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 l«n'mla-lv(.'f-'o")"Nf5"' lsr-^nnl«'uo'"n>) (sa'ilskf tsda' 



It which tlioy i\ro iwtrlflliin Ihoy iut> (dllToroiill Ihoy aroiiin ll>(>iii 



lhiMii.soiv(\s, imd Ivliiils 



i)c'nnn<M>)\vn-'"ski k'i-\v'y i'"s(.i S9'"'(i\vu'''Ii tst\vi'i)ei.\>''.i 



OvIKI lly^hl>M^',Oll') (syciiiuoto) (nispborry) It which, 1|. hivs 



I'oino ilown, 11 



UOil iiUlor) thoy hiuo rools wiitor, l-on uU oloth nml 



a'wf'ni i''n!i'w;^"' "wa's-i" a'.stlV tsu^'yo'tsli' 



midoriUMvlh hor dnvs lIsiMf II iiuist, sho will do wltluml 



Ani> (Tins IS von) W'mkn '1'iikv aicI'! Unddk Ivksihu'imons (and) 

 TiiKV DuKAM OK Ai<i, Soirrs (dk Things) 



VnV.V. TliANSUATlDN 



^ViM liy(lrjin«iOM, sycumoro, nisplxM-ry (a hniuch of whicli) lias conio 

 down (and (akon root apiiiO, rod aldtM', all liaviiiix tJioir roots in tho 

 wniov. 



And she will havo to givo \ip hov own \indori:;arinont (as a fco). 



KXIM.ANATION 



TJiis pivsi-riplion is for iisowhon a woman, iluiin^ lior oalamenial 

 ])oriod droains of bnn»j:intc foilk a boar, a lilt or o^ pnp|)ios, or somo- 

 ihiivj; of a similar kind, i>\it of tho oixlinary ooiirso of nadiro. 

 tsn'iula-.V.t'tT.(,v'.i litorally: "wlion thoy aro rostd-ioliuir thomsolvos," 

 is tho toolmioal ttM-m for boinp: subjoot to tJic taboo nilos (of. uak.t\)"Do, 

 "ros(ric(od"); altho\ig-]i it is also iisod to iudioato tho roslriotioiis to 

 whioh oithor a malo or a foiualo patiojit may bo s\ibjootod in oase of 

 illnoss, it is, in this i'onnoo(it>n. nndorstood to rofor to tho injunctions 

 to bo obsorvod by a \\H>inan during hov monst rnal porimts. 



No formula is nsod, but tho proscription introduoos sovoral intor- 

 ostintr foatiiros of Cherokee medical practice. 



Tho patient drinks a decoctit>n of tho roots of iH\oantMow;>'"ski, 

 ////(//•(//)(/<•(/ arhoirsct-ns L.. wild hydiungeu; k'i'\v'yi'"sti, Platanus 

 occidental is L.. sycamore, buttomvood; i't.ts«''i, Alinis nKjosa (Pii 

 \\o\) Spreuix.. smootJi aider, ti> W"l\ich is added theroot of an "inverted" 

 raspberry branch si^r'tiwu "li, liiibus striijosus "Michx., wild red 

 raspberry. Also. Iiitbus occidental is L., black raspberry; thimble- 

 berry. 



As stated, not tho vooi o{ the main ]^lant is nscd but that, of a 

 bnuu'li tluit has taken root a second time. (Tl. (>. (/.) Such a 

 donblo-rooted raspberry is an important factor in a number of 

 proscriptions, altlu>n.uh the medicine man was \mable to assipi 

 anv reason for the fact. [l''iom informativm obtiuncil at. a h«tcr 



