“One of the most prevalent superstitions was regarding the burial of partially decayed materials under steps of the house of the person to whom one wished harm. Some prescriptions meant death, some insanity and others only ill health.… The ‘crazy dose,’ or concoction to procure insanity, was administered by putting herbs in the victim’s coffee,” recalled Mrs. John Coleman, the daughter of a Texas Ranger, as she reminisced about the early days of Texas. Herbs, as we know them to
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