Wood Sorrel:

This is one of my favorite herbs. Use the leaves to make a mild tea and cool this. Sip it for heartburn and it works pretty good.

Mullein:

The best use I have found for this herb, and there are many….
If you have a stomach virus….

Get a handful of flowers from mullein and STEEP them in 2 cups of hot water, strain this and drink one entire cup. This will almost immediately ease stomach cramps.

These flowers make a good sedative for the nervous system and also will ease pain.

Breathe in the vapors of tea made with fresh leaves for congestion.

Bone and Joint pain: Make a mild tea by steeping the fresh (or dried) JOINED leaves of Boneset for about 30 minutes. A handful of leaves to two cups of water is sufficient.

Laxative: Make a cold tea from steeping a palmful of leaves of Boneset for 20 minutes and drink as a laxative.

Flu: Steep the Boneset leaves for 30 minutes and drink for colds, flu and fever.
You can add mint to this as well.

*use the upper, unjoined leaves for cold, flu and fever remedies. It is important to know when studying herbalism that one cannot just know this plant is good for that. One must know what part of the plant, when to remove it from the plant and how to remove it, how to prepare it and what route to present it to the body. One herb, like boneset, has many uses, making it the same way, but steeping it for different amounts of time. You don’t want to drink it for the flu and end up on the toilet because you mistakenly made the tea as a laxative!

Rattlesnake Plantain:

Make a tea with the leaves and mix with whiskey for colds and toothaches
*If you have a burn type accident when hiking, chew some of the leaves and place it on the burn, it eases the pain

Comfrey

One should keep comfrey available in case say….

you are cutting something like say, a bagel….and you almost slice your finger off, you are bleeding all over the place and most likely need stitches. Well, wash a comfrey leaf thoroughly and wrap it around the area. It stops the bleeding so you can give yourself stitches (or go get them or whatever).

after the bleeding stops

cover the area with RAW honey and place another comfrey leaf around the wound and wrap it up. Change this several times each day, washing gently and putting more honey on. The honey helps heal and the comfrey keeps it from bleeding.

If you take the root, wash it thoroughly, peel the outside layer away, slice the inner layer into thin slices and let them dry slowly and completely….

you can pound this into a fine powder. Store this powder in an air tight jar and if you have a bleeding cut, you can add a small amount to water, stirring thoroughly, and wash the wound with it. This helps stop bleeding.

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