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SOME FOLKS USED TO PULL GRASS FROM THE EDGE OF THEIR
YARD AND CALL THIS "FEVER GRASS." THEY'D BOIL THE ROOTS
AND SERVE THEM AS TEA; THE TEA ACTED AS A LAXATIVE.

Submitter comment: THE LAXATIVE ONLY WORKED IF THE ROOTS THAT WERE USED
TO MAKE IT WERE FROM THE CORNER OF THE YARD.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; PICKENS

Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 10-14-1984

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