medicinal plants?

[barbourdurham]

while out with my daughter just now, i recognised five or six edibles. but then i got to thinking, 'what medicinal plants are there that are common?' (probably because ive got a sniffy nose.....) anybody know of easily identifiable, common medicinal plants?

 

[GGTBod]

Cannabis

 

[Janne]

Cannabis

I think Barbourdurham meant in the wild, not in the gardens.....


Burdock is a useful one.
Not a plant, but on plants: spiderwebs.

 

[Robson Valley]

I'll guess that you need to find a text concerning Ethnobotany of Britain.

 

[Tonyuk]

Doc leaf for nettle stings, worked like magic when i was younger and came off my bike into an overgrown path of nettles wearing tshirt and shorts.

Tonyuk

 

[TeeDee]

Great Plantain - very underrated.

Yarrow.

 

[TeeDee]

Here is an older thread I started on this subject.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62036&highlight=Top+Ten

 

[Drain Bamaged]

I think if I was only allowed to carry one native herb/medicinal plant in my pouch it would have to be Yarrow (knight's milfoil, soldiers woundwort) in its various forms and concoctions.

D.B.

 

[Herbalist1]

nettles, dandelion, daisy, plantain - greater or ribwort, dock - I would think just about everyone will know these and they tend to grow virtually anywhere. Remember lots of the wild edibles you already know will also have medicinal properties - so for just a little research you can double up the value of species you already know.
Check out these books - Wild Drugs, Hedgerow Medicine - both accessible and a good place to start you off.

 

[awarner]

Herb Robert (drink) and Hedge Woundwort (for cuts) are my favourites, have a Herb Robert cuppa most days

 

[Leshy]

Here is an older thread I started on this subject.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62036&highlight=Top+Ten

Brilliant thread TeeDee.
Thanks for sharing...

 

[woodstock]

I have found a not new but new to me Black seed oil.http://www.muslimhealthnetwork.org/ls_black_seed.shtml

 

[Leshy]

I have found a not new but new to me Black seed oil.http://www.muslimhealthnetwork.org/ls_black_seed.shtml

New to me too, but very interesting.
8 of the 9 essential amino acids!
Thanks for the heads up Woodstock, definitely on the 'to buy' list...
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