Plantain (Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata)
- Leaves are used fresh, as tinctures, as poultices, ointments, washes, gargles and syrups. Useful for inflamed mucous membranes in cystitus, diarrhea and lung infections.
- Used on bee stings and slow healing sounds.
- Leaves snatched from the lawn as said to ease insect bites.
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
- Aerial parts made into Decoction s(relieves tiredness, debility, urinary track inflammations) Tinctures (for rheumatism,) Poultices (boils, abscesses, rheumatic joints, compresses, creams and infused oil.
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale)
- Leaves used as diuretic and liver and digestive tonics.
- Roots for liver tonic, promotes bile flow, diuretic, mildly laxative, antirheumatic
- Whole plant as salad greens and used for boils and abscesses.
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Flowers are used in a variety of forms.
- Fresh crushed flowers can be applied to insect bites and stings.
- Tincture for eczema and psoriasis.
- Tincture for eyes for conjunctivitis.
- Compress for arthritic pains and gout.
- Syrup from infusion for stubborn, dry coughs.
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
- Long history of uses of flowers and leaves for many ailments.
- Acts as expectorant, demulccent, diuretic, sedative, heals wounds, astringent, antiinflammatory.
- Infused oil from flowers used for earaches, salves on wounds, hemorrhoids, eczema and inflamed eyelids.
Stinging Nettle (urtica Dioica) (HC)
- Root is traditional conditioner for falling hair and dandruff.
- Various parts used in many forms as astringent, diuretic, tonic, to stop bleeding, as circulatory stimulant. Promotes milk flow, lowers blood sugar levels, prevents scurvy.
