Friday, March 17, 2006

Herbal Medicine In Your Back Yard

...Try a poultice or a generous application of plantain oil or ointment (made by thickening the oil with beeswax) on sprains, cuts, insect bites, rashes, chafed skin, skin boils, bruises, chapped and cracked lips, rough or sore hands, baby's diaper area, and burns...

...Plantain, also called ribwort, pig's ear, and the bandaid plant - and kopakopa or parerarera by the Maori - is a common weed of lawns, driveways, parks, and playgrounds. Identify it by the five parallel veins running the length of each leaf. You may find broad leaf plantain (Plantago major....

Herbal Medicine In Your Back Yard..