This thread is for any plants that we might be growing, or thinking about growing, that also are said to have medicinal properties. We know that many of the plants we think of as weeds were brought over by early settlers to America because they were considered healing medicinal plants.
This included plants like dandelion and Plantago (also called plantain); but there are also plants, shrubs, and trees that are native to an area that have been used for centuries , and some of those were eventually patented into a medicine .
Aspirin is one of the most common medicines that comes from a plant.
It is found in its natural state in willow trees. Some willows have more natural aspirin than others, but all of them have some of it.
Using the natural willow to make aspirin does not have any of the side effects that taking as aspirin tablet has, so it is safer in that respect. This video explains how to take willow bark and steep it for pain relief.
Bobby and I have been talking about having a weeping willow in the back yard, and keeping it pruned so it does not get too large. I ordered cuttings from Amazon for weeping curly willow trees.
I will get two cuttings to root, so we should at lest get one good cutting to plant. We can also use the tree to help root other cuttings since willow is supposed to be great for helping any kind of cuttings to root, as well as trying it out as a pain medicine.
This included plants like dandelion and Plantago (also called plantain); but there are also plants, shrubs, and trees that are native to an area that have been used for centuries , and some of those were eventually patented into a medicine .
Aspirin is one of the most common medicines that comes from a plant.
It is found in its natural state in willow trees. Some willows have more natural aspirin than others, but all of them have some of it.
Using the natural willow to make aspirin does not have any of the side effects that taking as aspirin tablet has, so it is safer in that respect. This video explains how to take willow bark and steep it for pain relief.
Bobby and I have been talking about having a weeping willow in the back yard, and keeping it pruned so it does not get too large. I ordered cuttings from Amazon for weeping curly willow trees.
I will get two cuttings to root, so we should at lest get one good cutting to plant. We can also use the tree to help root other cuttings since willow is supposed to be great for helping any kind of cuttings to root, as well as trying it out as a pain medicine.
