Page 9 - Lost Book Remedies

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

Pipsissewa or Prince's Pine, Chimaphila umbellata ....................................................................................... 195
Red Raspberry, Rubus idaeus .......................................................................................................................... 197
Red Root, New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus and other Ceanothus spp. ..............................................198

Rhodiola rosea, Golden Root ........................................................................................................................... 199
Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum spp. ................................................................................................................. 200

Spanish Moss, Tillandsia usneoides ............................................................................................................... 202
Stone Root, Richweed, Collinsonia canadensis .............................................................................................. 203

Unicorn Root, Aletris farinosa ....................................................................................................................... 204
Wild Comfrey, Hound’s Tongue, Cynoglossum virginianum ........................................................................ 205

Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum .................................................................................................................... 206
Wild Strawberries, Fragaria vesca ................................................................................................................. 207
Wild Yam, Dioscorea villosa ........................................................................................................................... 208

Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens............................................................................................................ 209
Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium ................................................................................................................ 210

Yellow Jessamine, Gelsemium sempervirens .................................................................................................. 211
Yerba Santa, Eriodictyon californicum ........................................................................................................... 213

Trees and Shrubs ................................................................................................................................................. 215
American Basswood or American Linden, Tilia americana............................................................................ 215

Ash, Fraxinus americana or Fraxinus excelsior ............................................................................................. 216
Balsam Fir, Abies balsamea ............................................................................................................................. 217
Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera .............................................................................................................. 219

Bayberry and Wax Myrtle, Myrica carolinensis and M. cerifera ................................................................... 220
Bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus ......................................................................................................................... 221

Birch, Betula spp. ............................................................................................................................................ 223
Black Crowberry, Empetrum nigrum ............................................................................................................. 225

Black Walnut, Eastern, Juglans nigra ............................................................................................................ 226
Blue & Black Elderberry, Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (blue) and Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (black)
......................................................................................................................................................................... 227
Burning Bush, Western, Euonymus occidentalis ........................................................................................... 229

Cascara Sagrada, Rhamnus or Frangula purshiana ...................................................................................... 229
Chaparral or Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata .............................................................................................. 231
Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana .................................................................................................................... 232

Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa and P. deltoides ....................................................................................... 233
Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon .............................................................................................................. 235

Devil's Club, Oplopanax horridus, (Echinopanax horridus, Fatsia horrida) ............................................... 236

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