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The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

Tonsillitis, Sore Throat, Glandular Fever,
and Prostate Problems: Cleaver juice works well
for glandular problems like tonsillitis, glandular fever,
and for prostate problems and prostate cancers. When
fresh juice is not available an infusion can be used, alt-
hough it is not usually as effective as the juice for these
issues.
Harvesting: Harvest cleavers in spring to mid-sum-
mer and use fresh or dry for later use.

Recipes. Cleaver Juice. Fresh cleavers leaves and
water. Wash the fresh leaves thoroughly and place
them in a blender with a small amount of water. Use
Stop Bleeding, Burns, and Sunburns: only as much water as needed to blend. Blend the
Freshly picked cleavers leaves are excellent for stop- leaves into a pulp and strain out the juice with a fine
ping bleeding in wounds, cuts, or other surface bleed- sieve. I recommend making a large batch of juice and
ing. Apply the leaves directly to the wound. It also re- freezing the extra. Most people drink 2 cups daily to
duces inflammation and speeds healing. The leaves treat cancers and tumors.
can be made into a poultice for larger wounds.

Club Moss, Congestion, Colds, and Flu: Club moss spores
act to dry out mucous membranes and relieve conges-
Lycopodium clavatum tion. Try a 1/4 teaspoon of the spores mixed into a glass

of water three times a day until the congestion clears.
Club moss is a vascular spore-bearing plant and pro-
pogates via spores. It is in the Club Moss Family, Lyco- Urinary Tract Disorders: Club moss is a diu-
podiaceae, and is not a true moss but is more closely retic, increasing the amount of urine expelled and
related to ferns and horsetail. Club Moss is found flushing toxins from the body. To treat urinary tract
worldwide and is also called staghorn, ground pine, problems, use a decoction of the whole plant. Common
and running pine, usage is 1 to 2 tablespoons of the decoction 3 to 4 times
a day.
Identification: The yellow-green leaves are scale- Skin Conditions: Club moss spores treat many dif-
like and short and taper to a fine feathery point. The 3
to 4-foot-long, ground-hugging stem of this plant is ferent skin
highly branched with small, spirally arranged scaly conditions, in-
leaves. The stem runs along the ground producing cluding aller-
roots at frequent intervals. It resembles the seedling of gic reactions,
coniferous trees, though there is no relationship be- sunburns,
psoriasis, ec-
tween them. Its spores grow on two or sometimes three
yellow-green barrel-shaped cones that are on small, 6- zema, fungal
infections,
inch (15 cm) stalks.
chickenpox,
Medicinal Use: Mostly the spores are used in med- contact der-
icine, but sometimes an extract of the entire plant is matitis, hives,
used. and insect
bites and
Respiratory Problems: Club moss spore decoc- stings. Make a
tions are used to treat ailments like chronic lung, bron- salve with the
chial disorders, and other respiratory issues.
spores of club
moss. The spores can also be applied lightly as a
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