Archives: 2009 September

Wild Bergamot

Latin Name: monarda fistulosa
Alternative Name: beebalm, horsemint
Forms Available: flowers, leaf. tea
Wild Bergamot – monarda fistulosa – this plant is both edible and medicinal. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked or even dried and brewed in a tea. The flowers themselves are also edible. The leaves and flowers are used iternally, in an [...]

Wild Garlic

Latin Name: allium canadense
Alternative Name: canadian garlic, meadow garlic
Forms Available: root, leaf, flower
Wild Garlic – allium canadense – The entire plant is edible and considered to be a healthy addition to the diet. Garlic helps lower cholesterol levels, and is a tonic to both the digestive and ciruculatory systems. A tincture of garlic has [...]

Wild Ginger

Latin Name: asarum canadense
Alternative Name: indian ginger, snakeroot, canada snakeroot, canadian wild ginger, wildginger
Forms Available: root, leaf
Wild Ginger – asarum canadense – Wild ginger was used by Native American Indians for many things, one of which was as a contraceptive measure. The root is used internally to treat: asthma, coughs, rheumatic problems, and [...]

Wild Lettuce

Latin Name: lactuca sp., lactuca virosa
Alternative Name: horse thistle, prickly lettuse, compass plant, wild opium
Forms Available: leaves
Wild Lettuce – lactuca sp. – wild lettuce is considered a substitute to opium. It acts as a sedative and pain reliever. It is has calming and sedating properties. It has been used to induce sleep, to calm [...]

Wild Onion

Latin Name: allium cernum
Alternative Name: nodding onion, nodding pink onion
Forms Available: bulb, leaf, flower
Wild Onion – allium cernum – The onion bulb, leaf and flower can be eaten raw or cooked. Medicinally, the onion can be used similarly to garlic but it can also be used as a poultice in various problem specific places [...]

Wild Quinine

Latin Name: parthenium integrifolium
Alternative Name: american feverfew
Forms Available: root, leaf, flower
Wild quinine – parthenium integrifolium – The flowers have been used to treat fevers – in the place of quinine. The root, applied externally as a poultice, to relieve burns. The root has been used as a kidney and bladder tonic, reducing inflammation.

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Wild Rose

Latin Name: rosa sp.
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Wild Spikenard

Latin Name: similacina racemosa
Alternative Name: false spikenard, false solomon’s seal
Forms Available: leaf, root
Wild Spikenard – smilacina racemosa – A contaceptive and haemostatic plant used in past by North American Indians. A tea made from the leaves was a contraceptive and a poultice from the leaves, applied externally, was applied to cuts. The root can [...]

Wild Yam

Latin Name: dioscorea villosa, dioscorea batatas
Alternative Name: colic-root, bitter yam, barbasco, liver root, devil’s bones, chinaroot, rheumatism root, yuma, aluka
Forms Available: root
Wild Yam – dioscorea villosa – Wild Yam has been used for centuries as a medicinal herb by the Aztec and Mayan peoples for a wide range of ailments including many female problems [...]

Willow

Latin Name: salix alba, salix sp.
Alternative Name: white willow, european willow, tree of enchantment, witches aspirin, osier, pussy willow, saille, salicyn willow, saugh tree, withe, withy
Forms Available: Bark, collected in the Spring.
Willow – salix alba – Also known as White Willow, European Willow, Tree of Enchantment, and Witches Aspirin. One of the Seven Sacred Trees [...]