Black Gold, Volume 2, Number 1, 1976 Page: 33
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Mrs. Lloyd's father, who was an Earth Doctor,
taught her the use of nature as medicine. She
said, "Everything you see here growing on the
earth, weed, herb or bush; is here on earth for a
purpose. Mrs. Lloyd remarked, "There are so
many things we can use that grows on earth and
won thave to go to the doctor." For instance, here
is one remedy that all of you ladies should knuw-
bitter weed. It's a weed that has a yellow bloom,
and is the real thing for fevers. I just take it
and chew it. When asked how she used the weed,
she stated, "You take it and crush it and boil
it and after that bath in it." If anyone is
afraid of bathing in it, you don't have to. Take
it and crumble it up and put it under your sheet
and sleep on it.
When asking Mrs. Lloyd about burns, she said
she couldn't tell us much about the treatment for
burns. She said, "It's somethings I can teach a
man, but I can't teach a lady. I can learn a man,
but I've got to know him well. I've got to know
his background.'' She also said, "I learned my
first husband and he failed on me." (He forgot how
to do it.)
Another home remedy Mrs. Lloyd told us about
was how to keep babies from catching colds. They
carry them so bare, lots of time they would catch
a cold, but always when my babies was born what I
would give them, they wouldn't ever have a cold or
hives. It's nothing but a cold drink of water;
just give him a cold drink of water. He'll drink
it like he's starved to death, a new-born baby
that has never had nothing. You give him this
before he has any milk or anything."
Over the years Mrs. Lloyd has delivered a
great number of babies. Even she doesn't know
how many she's delivered. One year she delivered
seventy-one babies both white and colored.
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Panola College. Dept. of Communications. Black Gold, Volume 2, Number 1, 1976, periodical, 1976; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151413/m1/35/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.