Plant Name
|
How is it Administered?
|
What does it treat?
| Modern day use? | |
Acorus calamus - Sweet Flag
| Orally | High Cholesterol | used in perfumes | |
Arctostaphylos uva- ursi - Bearberry
| Smoked or taken orally | Diarrhea, kidney infection | used in tea | |
Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's-slipper
| taken orally with water | sedative for insomnia | still used by aboriginals | |
Gaultheria procumbens - Teaberry
| orally and externally | Headache, upset stomach, arthritis, rheumatism | used in flavouring tea | |
Heuchera richardsonii - Alumroot
| chewed and a tea is made | diarrhea, bleeding, speeds healing | natives still use to stop bleeding | |
Hierochloe odorata
- Sweet Grass | smoked or made into tea | To thin blood, treat colds | used in smudging ceremonies, made into baskets | |
Ledum groenlandicum - Labrador Tea
| internally | stomach and kidneys, coughs, colds and asthma | made in paper products | |
Polygala senega - Seneca Root
| internally | rheumatism, asthma, | put in cough syrup in Europe | |
Sanguinaria canadense - Bloodroot
|
| still found in some cough syrups in Canada |
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
First Nations.
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A good job researching herbs Caileigh. I like the layout of your chart and how easy it is to read and understand. I think we should find someone local to show us how they find the local herbs. I'll see if I can find someone to help us in the spring. You can pray for this as a field trip idea.
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