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Agrimony
(Agrimonia Gyposepala) Drink tea of burs to check bowels, and for
fevers; root tea to build up blood. |
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Alder, red/smooth/tag (Alnus Serrulata) For pains related to birth, ingredient in tea for
menstrual period - acts as an emetic and a true purgative. |
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Alder, white (Clethra
Acuminata)
Decoction of bark and wild cherry is drunk to break a high fever. |
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Aloe, false Aloe
(Agave Virginica) Chew root for obstinate problems with diarrhea. Also
good for treating animals for worms. |
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Alum-root
(Heuchera Americana) Root is an astringent; root tea for bowel
complaints or dysentery (usually made with honey to improve the taste). |
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Angelica (Angelica
Atropurpurea)
Root tonic for fevers and colds; Gargle for sore throats and mouth pains/cold
sores. |
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Bastard Toadflax (Comandra
Umbellataa)
Steep with roots of pink lady's slipper for kidneys; put juice on open cuts or
sores. |
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Beardtongue, hairy
(Penstemon Laevigatus) Tea for cramps. |
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Birch,
cherry-mountain-red-river-sweet
(Betula Lenta) chew leaves or drink tea for dysentery; tea for colds. |
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Bittersweet (Celastrus
Scandens)
Bark tea to settle stomach; strong tea combined with red raspberry leaves for
pains of childbirth. |
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Blood leather-rock tripe
(Gyrophora Dillenii) Stop bleeding from open wounds. |
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Bluebells-Lungwort-Virginia
cowslip
(Mertensia Virginica) for whooping cough; consumption. |
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Bluets
(Houstonia Caerulea) Tea to stop bedwetting. |
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Branch lettuce-saxifrage
(Saxifraga Pensylvanica) Root poultice for sore swollen muscles. |
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Buckeye, red
(Aesculus Pavia) Pounded nuts are poultice for swelling, sprains and
infected wounds. bark tea drank for facilitating woman's delivery in childbirth. |
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Buffalo nut-oilnut
(Pyrularia Pubera) Salve for old sores. |
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Butterfly
weed-Witch weed (Asclepias Tuberosa)
Seeds or root are a gentle laxative; boil seeds in new milk for diarrhea; also
for pleurisy, pains in breast, stomach and lungs. |
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Cinnamon Tree
(Cinnamomum Zeylanicum) Bark tea for flu. |
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Comfrey
(Symphytum Officinale) Boil roots in water for gonorrhea. |
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Coneflower-Black-eyed Susan
(
Rudbeckia Fulgida) Root ooze for earache. wash for snakebites and
swelling caused by worms. |
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Fern, bracken
(Pteridium Aquilinum) Root tonic used as antiseptic. |
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Fern, rattlesnake
(Botrychium Virginianum) Boil root down to syrup and rub on snake
bites. |
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Feverfew
(Chrysanthemum Parthenium) Bathe swollen feet in a tea. |
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Geranium, wild
(Geranium Maculatum) used for open wounds; astringent. |
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Goosegrass
(Galium Aparine) Tea to move bowels. |
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Indian Pipe-Fit Root/Ice
Plant
(Monotropa Uniflora) Root pulverized and given for epilepsy and
convulsions. |
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Laurel, Mountain
(Kalmia Latifola) Ingredient in liniments. |
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New Jersey Tea/Red Root
(Ceanothus Americanus) hold root tea on an aching tooth; hot root tea
for bowel complaints. |
