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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Kinnickinnick: How to Cure a UTI
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Bear Berry, Tincture, Uva Ursi, Wildcrafting on December 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Three Ways Burdock Can Help You
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged arctium, burdock, gobo, herbs, velcro, weeds, Wildcrafting on June 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
You may know that burdock root is edible. It’s a favored food in Asia, where it’s called gobo, and it sometimes turns up in the produce section of health food stores in the U.S. But did you know it has medicinal uses, too? Burdock can: 1) Clear acne or eczema by helping your liver eliminate [...]
Mullein: Smokable medicine
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Lemonbalm, mullein, Wildcrafting on January 19, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Wild Girl holding a mullein leaf & smoking it with lemon balm You can find mullein in sunny, disturbed waste places like roadsides. Native American tribes historically smoked the dried leaves of the fuzzy plant, known by its Latin name Verbascum thapsus, for an array of healing uses. The Navajo used it to cure fevers; [...]
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