Aquarium Lecture On Bermuda Folk Remedies
The use of traditional medicines and folk remedies in Bermuda dates back four centuries to the time the earliest settlers came ashore here and local herbs and plants are still being incorporated into homeopathic medicines.
The Bermuda Folk & Phyto Medicine Society is presenting an introduction to Bermudian Folk Remedies by Dr. Kuni Frith-Black on Tuesday [Nov.8] at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo.
Dr. Frith-Black’s talk will take place in BAMZ’s classroom from 7:00pm – 8:30 pm. Admission is $10 for BAMZ members, $15 for non-members. For tickets please e-mail: bermudafolkmedicine@live.com or call 504-5400
A herbal tea tasting will be included in the presentation.
Some traditional Bermuda folk remedies include:
- Lemongrass has been boiled and taken by Bermudians as a tea to reduce fevers for years (Historic and Edible Herbs of Bermuda).
- If you drink the tea of boiled Surinam cherry leaves, it cools your blood in the hot summer months.
- Scurvy grass grows abundantly in Bermuda and was widely used to treat scurvy disease when boiled and applied to areas affected.
- Fennel Herb tea was an old folk remedy used to regulate difficult and irregular cycles.
- Match me if you can leaves have been used by Bermudians for a range of different ailments such as reducing fevers when applied to the base of the feet.
- Father John is traditionally used to reduce fevers and in a tonic to build up the body Historic and Edible a).
- Allspice is traditionally used to boost the immune system. The leaves and berries are antioxidant and an infusion of dried leaves is used to treat a fever.
- Prickly Pear is traditionally used in small quantities as raw pulp to stop diarrhea
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