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Kinnickinnick: How to Cure a UTI

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , on December 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Kinnickinnick, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, also called Uva Ursi, Bear Berry, and Indian tobacco, is a common shrub planted ornamentally outside apartment complexes and homes and a common wild plant found in western and northern America. Kinnickinnick is a diuretic and urinary antiseptic, which makes it an effective cure for acute urinary tract infections. To make the [...]

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Elderberry: How To Cure the Flu

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , on January 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »

When I got sick last week with body aches and sudden fatigue, I was glad to have elderberry tincture on hand. Multiple studies show that elderberry is extremely effective at curing the flu. In one study published in the Journal of International Medical Research, 90% of Norwegian influenza patients who took elderberry extract were back [...]

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Wild Carrot: As Creative Companion

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , on August 27, 2010 | 16 Comments »

Wild carrot, Daucus carota, is growing in direct sunlight all over the roadsides of Portland right now. I gathered a bunch of blossoms yesterday and tore them up and put them in a glass jar, filled it halfway with water and topped the rest with Everclear (190 proof vodka) to make a folk tincture. It’ll [...]

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