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MOONKY
Olbrechth. THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 193
The following varieties of this plant are known:
1. Dt"'ttast9Gt''sti i;stt"Ga, Gerardia pedicularia L.
2. Di"tiast8Gt"8ti e-Gwo", Gerardia virginica (L.) BSP.
3. Dt"tlastaGt''sti i;'s(?"D')"n9 nt'G€-SQ"na, Gerardia flava L., also
called Do"yi wo-yi', Dasystoma flava (L.) Wood.
4. Dt"tlast8Gf'sti u'Ga-'tsulaGfsti' (not identified).
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so\i-nI5°' Dt"'myo"'tli tst-Di;"m8kwo"ldi*SG9/i
other, and they are little it they from stomach, Hab
which
k'9-N!i' Dttse'H a^W tsune-'co" Da-'ndfksG/ na.ski' |
noticeable they and they white they defecate, H this here
green
a"a-Gwo"' ng-Vo'tT o"Gan-a GQ^ta'ci ts-a no*se'g"[i''^l Dt^'uni'
this, L to cure with groundhog forehead
that which they call it, H for them to
drink It
And Another One if the Little Ones Have Diarrhea
FREE TRANSLATION
The symptoms of this are that they defecate green and white
matter (and) merely this is to treat (them) with (the plant), which
is usually called "groundhog's forehead," for them to drink.
explanation
This is a prescription for a variety of diarrhea in children ["little
ones"]. The medicine is a decoction of the herb called o"'Gana^-
GQ^ta'oi (o''Gano°' = groundhog: i;G9°ta'Gt = an animal's forehead {Epi-
fjaea repens L.). Another Cherokee name for this same plant is
tu'ksi wo-yi', "terrapin paw." The decoction is drunk by the child.
DiaiThea in children is usually ascribed to the evil influence of
birds.
This prescription in the manuscript follows another on the same
page, which accounts for the form of the heading, "and another,"
etc.
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