For chest colds, fry a possum. Take the grease and cover the entire chest with it.

The juice from Goats Beard is good for constipation. It also helps with gall bladder function.

You can take two handfulls of the leaves, stalks, flowers and roots and clean them with cold water. Boil this in water for about 10 minutes and strain. Drink this with a little honey and it is good for bladder and kidney infections. 

You can also use this tea for cuts, scrapes, wounds to relieve pain.

Do only the roots as stated above and make a tea to drink for heartburn. This tea can also be used for kidney stones.

 Peel the roots, boil them and saute with onions. This is good for colds. 

Bake one large onion and squeeze out the juice. Add some honey to this and drink while warm.

This is safe to give to chilren and infants as well. Give in smaller doses when giving to a child. This will often break a fever and ease a chest cold.

Leeks:

eat the leaves for colds and cough
*warm the juice from the leaves and bulbs and use for earaches