Meet the Woman Who Heals with Wild Mountain Herbs! Digging Natural Medicine

Meet the woman who heals with wild mountain herbs, Rilla Welch. Just about every week she is wandering up Stover’s Mountain near Ellijay, Georgia. Rilla is digging medicinal plants, roots and herbs. I guess you could call her an herbalist. She says that she just uses the lessons her mother and grandmother taught her to make natural remedies that can cure diseases and keep people healthy. Folk medicine is a tradition in the Appalachian Mountains. Ratbane, wild cherry bark, coltsfoot and Queen of the Meadow are just parts of Nature’s pharmacy. Back at the house Rilla Welch puts a pot on to boil, grabs a handful of leaves, roots and herbs and brews up a tea that's good for "whatever ails you." This story aired on WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News in 1974.

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Long before CNN and Fox News the Traveler series with Andy Johnston was presenting positive, inspirational, uplifting, funny and happy news. This Emmy award winning program showcased amazing people, unusual things, local legends, food finds, outdoor activities, folk art, and family fun. In 2022 the Walter J. Brown Media Archives at the University of Georgia founded The Original Georgia Traveler -- Andy Johnston Collection to preserve and maintain the stories.

The Traveler Series celebrates life and living in America in the 1970s. Nostalgia, small towns, traditional life and the good old days. The stories give us ways to compare then and now. Folklore, music, handcrafts, vanishing America and unusual people. Heartwarming stories, funny stories, personal stories and amazing people are in this collection.

This story is presented for educational and preservation purposes and is covered under Fair Use. At the time it was broadcast the television station had a blanket music license with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. The station maintains that license today. All music used is covered under that agreement.

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