Dr. Lynn C. Smitherman and her colleagues at Wayne State's School of Medicine conducted a study to determine the usage of folk remedies to treat children among urban African Americans. This month\'s issue of Pediatrics reported that there are some folk remedies used such as various herbs, food products or household items recommended for healing purposes. \"The use of folk remedies is not necessarily based on income poverty, but, rather, is a part of childcare that is traditional in the African-American community and has been handed down through the generations,\" Smitherman told Reuters Health.