This Amazing Book -- Hoodoo Herb and Root Medicine -- Opens the Door to Better Health

by Sunrae Products Company

Other authorsCatherine Yronwode (Editor), F. Schuyler Mathews (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Collection

Publication

Lucky Mojo Curio Company (2017), 96 pages

Description

In 1947, when it was first offered for sale, This Amazing Book was a rural herbalist's delight. Published by the strangely obscure Sunrae Products Company in the tiny town of Ogema, Wisconsin, it was marketed via a series of small classified ads in popular do-it-yourself magazines, and gave traditional rootworkers an introduction to the convenience of mail- order supplies.The anonymous author took the secret of his or her identity to the grave, but the data supplied here about down-home treatments with herbs, roots, seeds, and flowers forms the foundation of modern herbal medicine.Now, on the 70th anniversary of its original publication, the Lucky Mojo Curio Company is proud to present a restored and revised edition of this essential text, newly edited by catherine yronwode and illustrated with the classic botanical art of F. Schuyler Mathews. Filled with historically valuable medical lore, this beautiful book belongs in every conjure worker's library.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

96 p.; 8.35 inches

ISBN

0996147160 / 9780996147163

Local notes

An update of the 1947 herbal reference from the Sunrae Products Company, a mail-order supplier to herbalists, hoodoo, and conjure practitioners. Updated by cat yronwode in 2017. Sunrae Products are no longer available, but the charm of the older publication endures, together with 20th century herbalism uses (Mrs. Grieve's Modern Herbal 1931, Joseph E. Meyer's The Herbalist 1918, King's American Dispensatory 1898) and illustrations by F.S. Matthews' early 20th century Fieldbook of American Wildflowers. Excellent introductory essay about Hoodoo and rootwork history and culture. Cross-referenced to cat yronwode's 2002 Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic, which lists magical uses.
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