6 Apr 2013
It's almost that time of year again. Stock up now before you need then in a pinch
Summertime means insect bites and stings. Ouch! Soothe, heal, and prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live. The best natural remedies for insect bites are right underfoot.
Anise hyssop (Agastache forniculm)
Summer Colds
Summer Nausea, heaviness in the body, summer diarrhea
Food Poisoning
cough suppressant
fever reducer
Sore throat ameliorator
Cleavers (Gallium aparine)
Tea topically for sunburns, burns, scalds
You can even use a nest of them to clean dirty water
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) root or expressed juice
Tincture or compress of strong tea topically to bites and stings
virus infections
Strengthen Immunity
Gumweed (Grtindelia spp.)
Tops made into a wash for poison ivy
(crushed as a poultice of 15-minute decoction as a wash)
Tops Poultice on sores, cuts, burns
Plantain (Plantago major)
Bites (mosquito, spider, fly, snake) and stings
Cuts, scrapes
Aching feet
Boils
Poison Ivy
Thorns and splinters
Blood poisoning, abscesses
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Juice to alleviate stings
Bleeding (internal or external)
Leaf tea for hayfever
Arthritis
Lower back pain
Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus)
Poulticed leaves onto nettle stings
mild laxative
Irritated Dry cough
Comentários