I have heard of Ozark yarb doctors who claim that they can cure epileptic fits, but I have never met one of these gentlemen. The old folks say, however, that a poultice of colts-tongue leaves, applied to the sufferer’s forehead, often affords a measure of relief. “Mirandy” Bauersfeld tells of an Ozark granny who chewed up fitweed leaves and then thrust them into the patient’s mouth, but I have not been able to find any plant called fitweed.2 A tea made of fresh parsley is supposed to be beneficial in epilepsy,
