Medicine plant of the Day

[shanrose]

Verbena rigida, one of the vervains that I saw beside a dirt road yesterday. It has a famous cousin Blue Vervain aka Verbena officinalis that was used by the ancient egyptians. Verbena brasiliensis aka Brasilian vervain is also common here in the south. Verbena urticifolia aka white vervain is also common, see above. All 4 have square stems like mints but are not mints


And there is a more distant cousin Verbesina virginica aka Frost Weed. All 5 are similar medicinally speaking.

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Have you ever used Usnea? I ordered some from France but it died. Hubby said it's growing in the woods but I don't know - I haven't tried to identify it and unsure if I'd know how.

 

[Peanut]

Have you ever used Usnea? I ordered some from France but it died. Hubby said it's growing in the woods but I don't know - I haven't tried to identify it and unsure if I'd know how.

I use it often, grows in every state in the US, all of n. america in fact. 7 or 8 species, don't remember how many.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/usnea.1278/

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/medicine-plant-of-the-day.15853/page-15#post-1012597

 

[shanrose]

I use it often, grows in every state in the US, all of n. america in fact. 7 or 8 species, - remember how many.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/usnea.1278/
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https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/medicine-plant-of-the-day.15853/page-15#post-1012597

I've never tried foraging before and trying to identify a plant - but it seems a good thing to know. I remember reading about a man who died from an antibiotic-resistant infection and I wonder if he could have been saved by knowing some of these plants. I'm annoyed that my plant died. We have a lot of moss-type plants growing in the woods. I'll try to take a pic of It and post it here to see if its the right thing. Might take a couple days.

 

[shanrose]

I use it often, grows in every state in the US, all of n. america in fact. 7 or 8 species, don't remember how many.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/usnea.1278/

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/medicine-plant-of-the-day.15853/page-15#post-1012597

Do you mind sharing what you use it for? I bought some on Amazon but afraid to use it because people complained that fake vitamins were being sold! I bought ubiquinol on Amazon and the pills were round, then I bought some of the same product from an online retailer and the pills were oblong.

 

[Peanut]

Do you mind sharing what you use it for? I bought some on Amazon but afraid to use it because people complained that fake vitamins were being sold! I bought ubiquinol on Amazon and the pills were round, then I bought some of the same product from an online retailer and the pills were oblong.

I don't use it for 'one' thing. It's a complex plant with multiple useful properties.

Again... this thread lists many of them.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/usnea.1278/

 

[shanrose]

I don't use it for 'one' thing. It's a complex plant with multiple useful properties.

Again... this thread lists many of them.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/usnea.1278/

Thank you. I read about cases of fungal infections that were resistant to antifungals. You don't want to find yourself in that situation and scramble to try to find something that works. There was a woman at bible study years ago, whose daughter was a nurse, who died of lion - an infection - maybe MRSA? The woman was unbelievably happy and I wondered how she could be.