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Disclaimer:
I make no claim as to the efficacy of any use of the
plants in this database. The medicinal uses presented
are for investigative purposes only.
Herbs
- Native Plants
- Native plants are the oldest and safest tools for treating
illness. Most of today's medicines are derived or based on
the action of medicinal plants.
- Plantain - Plantago major
- Plantain is a wonderful wound medicine. It is good for
bee stings and open wounds. It is also a great tool to
fight Staphylococcus infection. I dry the plant and keep
it in a dry air tight container for use when it is out-of
season. To use: reconstitute with water and put on
wound as a poultice. Wrap with gauze to keep it in place.
In the Summer when stung by a bee or wasp, chew leaf
and apply to the sting area.
- Peppermint - Mentha piperita
- Peppermint is a good stomachic, which is good to use for
upset stomach. It is contra-indicated for pregnant women.
- Aloe - Aloe vera
- Aloe is a must as a house plant. There are few remedies
better than this for burns. Just break off a leaf and spread
the juice on the wound.
- Onion - Allium spp.
- Onion is used as an expectorant for colds and coughs.
Cook the onion and mix with honey. It is also a good
poultice for burns and stings.
- Chickory - Cichorium intybus
- Dry the root, then roast and grind it. It is good as a
hepatic, diuretic, stomachic, tonic and laxative.
- Strawberry - Fragaria spp.
- A tea from the leaf and flower can be used as a
laxative, diuretic and astringent. The fruit can be used
as a dentifrice, a cosmetic and for sunburn.
- Gumweed - Grindelia integrifolia
- This is the best poultice for poison ivy blisters.
- Sunflower - Helianthus annus
- The crushed rood is good for bruises, coughs and colds
- Catnip - Nepeta cataria
- This is a refrigerant which can lessen a fever.
- Rose - Rosa spp.
- A tea from the hips is used as a refrigerant, astringent
and stomachic. Mixed with honey, it is used for coughs.
- Figwort - Scrophularia californica
- This plant can be used to break fevers.
- Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
- Dry, roast and grind the roots. It is good for the liver
and is a detoxifier.
- Clover - Trifolium spp.
- For coughs, liver, sedative, carminative and digestive distress.
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), October 22, 2000
Spider,Great List! Thanks; I've printed it out to add to the other materials in my Health/Healing notebook.
Scotia
-- Scotia (scotia@ovis.net), October 24, 2000.