Feedback on Herbal Remedies
Feedback from issue # 25
I really enjoyed MOTHER NO. 25 especially Dave Caudill's
report on Roble del Campo Farm-and thought 1'd add my two
cents' worth on some of his suggestions concerning herbs
for human use.
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PILLOWS FOR INSOMNIACS:
I'd never heard of the heather leaf cure. The old timers up
here used the strobiles (seedpods) from hops both in tea
and made into pillows.
SALVE: Dave listed "oak bark" as
an ingredient of a salve for open wounds, corns and bunions
. . . but he didn't say whether the bark should be from the
black or white oak group. The leaves of the white oak have
rounded lobes and the acorns are in pairs. (After the
tannin is leached out of this fruit, it can be pounded into
flour or used as grits.) The tree's inner bark-an
astringent and a tonic-is used as a gargle for sore throat,
to treat spongy and bleeding gums and prolapsus uteri and
as a deodorant or a wash for nipples during late pregnancy.
The black oak group has leaves with sharp-pointed tips at
the ends of the lobes and bitter, inedible acorns. The
inner bark-especially that of the red oakis made into a
poultice and applied to skin cancer (apparently it destroys
the malignant cells by abstracting water from them). Honey
is used to heal the area after the growth is gone. One
caution: Do not employ oak preparations over large areas of
the body, or on mucous membranes, for extended periods . .
. the tannin tends to contract tissue permanently
WILLOW BARK TEA is, as Dave says,
a good headache remedy. People who may not be able to get
willow bark should try betony (Stachys betonica) which is
often grown around the house.
ARTHRITIS REMEDY: Dave's
grandfather had the right idea: Bee venom has been used
successfully for years as a "cure" for arthritis and
rheumatism. The method works only if the patient receives
actual bee stings (not injections of the poison). One
person didn't get results until he'd been stung 2,000 times
. . . but was completely free of all symptoms thereafter.
If any of MOTHER's friends would like more information on
this treatment, let me know.
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