Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Calling -- The Appalachian Witch or Conjure Person -- Witch Doctors and Charm Doctors -- Water Witches and Dowsers -- Wart Doctors -- Granny Women or Granny Midwives -- Yarb Doctors -- Burn Whisperers -- Blood Stoppers -- Mountain Medicine -- The Landscape -- The Roots of Appalachian Medicine -- Folk Medical Knowledge -- The Tonic Tradition -- The Yarbs: Occult Uses of Appalachian Herbs -- Asafoetida (Ferula asafoetida) -- Blackberry (Rubus spp.) -- Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum annuum) -- Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) -- Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) -- Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense), Apple of Sodom, Devil's Tomato -- Jimsonweed, Datura (Datura stramonium) -- Mayapple or American Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum) -- Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) -- Mullein (Verbascum thaspus) -- Onion (Allium cepa) -- Peach (Prunus persica) -- Persimmon (Diosphyros virginiana) -- Poke (Phytolacca americana) -- Rabbit Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium) -- Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) -- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) -- The Workings: Charms and Curses -- Materia Magica -- Protection from Evil -- Breaking Curses -- Witchballs -- SATOR ROTAS Square -- ABRACADABRA Charm -- Witch Bottles -- Healing Charms -- Love Workings -- Ghosts and Spirits -- Animalia -- Seasonal Lore and Mountain Astrology -- Lore for All Seasons -- Planting by the Signs with Mountain Astrology