Topic 33 of 41: Medicinal Gardening
Fri, May 26, 2000 (14:30) |
Hosta too (MarciaH)
Plants for your garden which will make your feel better and more healthy.
8 responses total.
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 1 of 8: Hosta too (MarciaH) * Fri, May 26, 2000 (14:31) * 9 lines
Nasturtium For Itching
Nasturtium flowers look beautiful in a salad and have a
wonderfully light taste. But another use for this plant is
to relieve itching. Gather a handful of fresh nasturtium
leaves and bruise them to release the juice. Rub this juice
on bug bites, healing sunburns, or healing wounds to
relieve itching.
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 2 of 8: Hosta too (MarciaH) * Fri, May 26, 2000 (14:32) * 9 lines
Another Digestion Aid
Cilantro, the herb that gives a lot of Mexican food its
flavor, is also a good digestive aid. The flowers and
leaves are edible, so throw the flowers in a salad and use
some of the leaves to make a cup of tea to have after a
heavy meal. The dried seeds (usually called coriander) can
be chewed to freshen your breath.
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 3 of 8: Hosta too (MarciaH) * Fri, May 26, 2000 (14:33) * 12 lines
Treatment Burned Skin
Although I've already done tips on using aloe or
lavender oil for sunburns (or for other burns and
scalds), there's another thing you should do for
sunburned skin. Take plenty of vitamin C. Vitamin C
promotes wound healing and skin healing by helping
your body produce strong collagen (necessary for
healthy new skin). So if you get a bad sunburn, use
the aloe and lavender oil to soothe the burn, but don't
forget the 500 milligrams of Vitamin C (daily) to aid in
the healing of your skin.
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 4 of 8: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (05:01) * 1 lines
To add to this: I don't grow it - but we use cold used tea bags on burns (as well as a mulch for my roses). In Gambia the clinic would collect them from us for use on burns patients. The effect is amazing and very soothing.
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 5 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (13:28) * 1 lines
It's the tannin in it...very soothing and healing. Ever try it on closed eyes as you rest? Reclining, of course! Apparently it is good there, as well!
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 6 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (13:30) * 1 lines
I have bunches of Aloe vera growing all over the place...they tend to spread. I think it might be better than tea for burns and there are those who eat the stuff for ulcers and other digestive problems. The rare taste I have had of the stuff was bitter and unappealing!
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 7 of 8: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (02:21) * 1 lines
Yup aloe vera is great for burns. I accidently put my hand in boiling fat once in Africa, covered it in aloe vera gel, got strongly doped up for pain, and held it under the fan for hours. No scarring at all despite very severe burns to my fingers!!! I take 200ml every morning, and it's made huge difference to my insides. There are huge differences in taste between various companies products!!
Topic 33 of 41 [garden]: Medicinal Gardening
Response 8 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (21:15) * 1 lines
Oh yeah, and don't even think of eating it straight off the plant. Bitter like you cannot imagine!
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