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The mayapple in the second picture is not quite ripe yet. Because of toxicity you don’t want to eat it if it’s at all green. That one was soft though, and popped off the stem so I brought it home, put it in a paper bag and it ripened in a couple of days.
A Manual of Cherokee Herbal Remedies: History, Information, Identification, Medicinal Healing. : Schafer, Patricia D. : Free Download, Borro
The entire plant, apart from the ripe yellow fruit, is deadly toxic. Even the seeds are toxic, and you can only eat a little bit of the ripe
My attempt to pull together primary, non AI sources, on the plants I am foraging and using. I’ll be adding to it as I go. Culinary, medicinal, and magical/spiritual uses will be included as they pertain. I’ll link to this post on my pinned master post.
Foraged Plants:
Blackberry/dewberry/bramble
Bloodroot
Beebalm (and horsemint)
Cottonwood by Rosalee De La Forêt
Elder
Evening Primrose
Five-finger Grass/Cinquefoil (potentilla)
Heartleaf Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata)
Lizard Tail
Mayapple
Mountain Mint
Mullein
Nettles
Nettle by Rosalee De La Forêt
Passion-flower
Plantains
Plantains (Jitrocel) A Modern,Diasporic, Novice Kořenářka’s Notes
Selfheal
Shiso/perilla/beefsteak plant
Shiso A Modern,Diasporic, Novice Kořenářka’s Notes
St. John’s Wort by Rosalee De La Forêt
Wild/Native Black Cherry
Yarrow
Plants in Czech Herbalism and Folklore/magic:
Bez/elder
řebříček obecný/yarrow, and another
Třešeň/cherry
Saints Peter and Paul Chickory (Succory)/Čekanka Obecná Amulet in Czech and Other Central European Folklore
Řimbaba/Feverfew
Strawberries
Garlic
PDF | This paper is the literature survey of wild food plants used within the present borders of the Czech Republic. Thirty-seven freely ava
Plants in Ozark Folklore:
Bloodroot
Elder, plantain, and yarrow
Mullein
Grocery Store Plants:
Ginger
Recipes:
Late Luteal Phase Headaches with PMDD, with recipes
Topical:
American beautyberry insect repellant
Cinquefoil Root, Blackberry Leaf, Plantain, and Mullein Mouthwash
Ribwort plantain and common Selfheal heal bug balm
Balm for sore muscles
Compress for tender breasts
Medicinal Teas:
Morning digestive tea
Shiso, yarrow, and mountain mint tea for indigestion (specifically pressure in the esophagus)
After-meal digestive tea (mountain mint, shiso, dandelion, passionflower, and ginger)
@jayeltontoro ‘s Ivan chai (fermented Rosebay willow herb tea): I plan on adapting it to blackberry leaves, which are also traditionally fermented
Culinary
Wild cherry cordial
Elderflower syrup
Mayapple pancakes
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Five herbs for cold and flu season with recipes by Rosalee De La Forêt
These posts are to document my own research and are intended as inspiration, not medical advice. I am self-taught and in no way in a position to offer medical advice to others. I always respect the plants I work with and do research to make sure they are not harmful in combination with any prescription or otc medications I take or with my medical conditions and/or allergies. If you are foraging your plants, do not use unless you are 100% sure of your identification.
Foraging These Four Acres—my foraging practice when I was constructed to four acres as a 24/7 caregiver
Parts used: medicinally: leaves, culinarily: berries, crafting: roots produce an orange dye.
Primary uses: medicinally: internally to treat diarrhea and aid digestion, externally sore throats and sore gums (as a gargle), staunch wounds (highly astringent), magically/spiritually: crawling through a natural arch of the canes for magical healing, abundance, protection
Warnings: be sure to do further research on any interactions with your own personal medications and medical diagnoses
Originally appeared in the U.S. Army survival handbook, 1985 as an appendix called edible wild plants, with illustrations
Encyclopedia Of Herbal Medicine : The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments (
Advice on cultivating, collecting, and preserving herbs augments discussion on the origins and development of herbalism, traditional herbal
The Plant Apothecary:
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Magical Plants
Do you work magic with herbs? Do you use them in spells, for talismans or simply use their innate powers? If you don't have Cunningham's Enc
