3/22/12

One small step for Europeans one giant step for Native American Medicine


This is just one of the things learned by our people long before any contact with Europeans.

Now is a good time to remind you that, " At the time of first contact, our ancestors tried to educate your ancestor about the many ways, we found to make life easier on Mother Earth, for this help we were called savages"!

Rediscovered Native American remedy kills poxvirus


Historical sources suggest that in the 1800s, when smallpox still posed a serious threat, the Micmac native Americans of Nova Scotia treated the disease using a botanical infusion derived from the insectivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea, a species of pitcher plant.

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