Plight to Freedom

My WordPress Blog

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Field Guide
    • Wildflowers
      • Wildflower Quick ID
        • Plant List
          • Common Names
          • Scientific Names
        • Color
          • White
          • Yellow
          • Orange
          • Red
          • Pink
          • Blue
          • Purple
          • Green
          • Brown
        • Month
          • January
          • February
          • March
          • April
          • May
          • June
          • July
          • August
          • September
          • October
          • November
          • December
      • (1) Irregular Flowers
        • (2) Basal Leaves Only
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
      • 3 Regular Parts
        • (2) Basal Leaves Only
          • (2) Leaves Entire
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
      • 4 Regular Parts
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (6) Vines
          • (4) Leaves Divided
      • 5 Regular Parts
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (6) Vine
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
      • 6 Regular Parts
        • (2) Basal Leaves Only
          • (2) Leaves Entire
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
        • (6) Vines
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
      • 7 or More Regular Parts
        • (1) No Apparent Leaves
          • (1) No Apparent Leaves
        • (2) Basal Leaves Only
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
        • (6) Vines
          • (4) Leaves Divided
      • (8) Parts Indistinguishable
        • (2) Basal Leaves Only
          • (2) Leaves Entire
        • (3) Alternate Leaves
          • (2) Leaves Entire
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
          • (4) Leaves Divided
        • (4) Opposite or Whorled Leaves
          • (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed
      • Asters/Goldenrods
        • Asters
        • Goldenrods
    • Grasses
      • Sedge Family
    • Mushrooms
    • Amphibians
      • Frogs
    • Reptiles
      • Snakes
    • Insects
      • Caterpillars
    • Worms
    • Wild Edibles
      • Edible Wildflowers
      • Edible Grass
      • Edible Mushrooms
      • Edible Insects
      • Edible Reptiles/Amphibians
    • Wild Medicine
      • Medicinal Wildflowers
      • Medicinal Grass
      • Medicinal Mushrooms
      • Medicinal Insects
      • Medicinal Terms & Definitions
    • Poisonous or Venomous
      • Poisonous Plants
    • Resources
      • Botanical Terms & Definitions
      • Sources
  • Manual
    • Shelter
      • Poncho Shelters
      • Tarp Rigging
    • Knot Tying
      • Cordage Parts
      • Bends
      • Hitches
      • Knots
      • Loop Knots
  • Travel
    • Nature
    • Travel Writing
  • Gear Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Gear
  • Gallery
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for tuberculosis

Great Burdock: Edible, Medicinal, Cautions & Other Uses

April 13, 2016 by Mike 2 Comments

Great Burdock front finGreat Burdock back finGreat Burdock, Arctium lappa, is a common weed to waste places and roadsides known for it prickly burs. But what this wildflower lacks in beauty, it makes up for in practical use. The leaves, stalks and root are all edible. Medicinally, it has been used for a large variety of needs.

Keep your eyes and ears open and your powder dry.

BLOG SIG

Great Burdock Sources:

Brill, Steve. Wild Edibles Plus. Computer Software. WinterRoot LLC. Version 1.5. 2012. Web. Feb. 15, 2014.

Felter, Harvey Wickes, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D. King’s American Dispensatory, Vol. 2. Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Company, 1905. pg. 1118-1120

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon & Alfred Charles Kinsey. Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1996. Print. pg. 364-367

Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Print. pg. 186-187

Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey. Cherokee Plants and Their Uses- A 400 Year History. North Carolina: Herald Publishing. 1975. Print. pg. 27

Herrick, James William. Iroquois Medical Botany. Ph.D. Thesis, New York: State University of New York, Albany 1977. Print. pg. 229

Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 84

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 412-413

Peterson, Lee Allen. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants; Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Print. pg. 126-127

United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Services. Web.

Filed Under: (2) Leaves Entire, (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed 83, August, Blog, Edible Wildflowers, July, Medicinal Wildflowers, October, Pink, Purple, September Tagged With: 832, acne, aperient, arctium lappa, Arctium lappa American Indian Remedies, Arctium lappa Bushcraft, Arctium lappa Edible, Arctium lappa Edible Wild Plants, Arctium lappa Ethnobotany, Arctium lappa Medicinal, Arctium lappa Medicine, Arctium lappa Plant ID, Arctium lappa Plant Identification, Arctium lappa Survival food, Arctium lappa survival medicine, Arctium lappa Survival Plants, Arctium lappa Wild Edibles, Arctium lappa Wild Medicine, bee sting, black majic, Blood Medicine, boils, bruises, Bushman's Wildflower Guide, chancre, Cherokee, diuretic, earache, eastern wildflowers, edible, Ethnobotany, field guide, food, gravel, great burdock, Great Burdock American Indian Remedies, Great Burdock Bushcraft, Great Burdock Edible, Great Burdock Edible Wild Plants, Great Burdock Ethnobotany, Great Burdock Medicinal, Great Burdock Medicine, Great Burdock Plant ID, Great Burdock Plant Identification, Great Burdock Survival food, Great Burdock survival medicine, Great Burdock Survival Plants, Great Burdock Wild Edibles, Great Burdock Wild Medicine, headaches, Iroquois, kidney aid, Leaves Entire, Malecite, medicinal, medicinal roots, Menominee, Micmac, National Park, nature, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, Ohio, Ojibwa, P2F, parts indistinguishable, plant identification, Plight to Freedom, prepper, rheumatism, scouting, scurvy, sores, sudorific, survival, survivalist, tuberculosis, venereal Aid, warning, wild edible, wild medicinal, Wilderness, wildflower, wounds

Virginia Bluebells: Medicinal

February 26, 2015 by Mike Leave a Comment

Virginia Bluebell finVirginia Bluebells Back finVirginia Bluebells, Mertensia virginica, is nature’s nodding trumpet of spring. It is found in rich woods and meadows and has been used as a pulmonary aid, poison antidote and venereal disease remedy.

BLOG SIG

 

 

Virginia Bluebells Sources:

Audubon Guides Box Set – Birds, Tree, Wildflowers & Mammals. Computer Software.Green Mountain Digital. Version: 2.3. Web. Jul 10, 2014.

Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey. Cherokee Plants and Their Uses- A 400 Year History. North Carolina: Herald Publishing. 1975. Print. pg. 26

Herrick, James William. Iroquois Medical Botany. Ph.D. Thesis, New York: State University of New York, Albany 1977. Print. pg. 204

Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 343

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 3196-197

United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Services. Web.

Filed Under: (2) Leaves Entire, April, Blog, Blue, May, Pink, Wild Medicine Tagged With: American Indian Remedies Mertensia virginica, American Indian Remedies Virginia Bluebells, Antidote, Bushman's Wildflower Guide, Cherokee, eastern wildflowers, Ethnobotany, Ethnobotany Mertensia virginica, Ethnobotany Virginia Bluebells, field guide, Iroquois, medicinal, Medicinal Mertensia virginica, medicinal plant, medicinal roots, Medicinal Virginia Bluebells, Medicine Mertensia virginica, Medicine Virginia Bluebells, Mertensia virginica, National Park, nature, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, P2F, Plant ID Mertensia virginica, Plant ID Virginia Bluebells, Plant Identification Mertensia virginica, Plant Identification Virginia Bluebells, Plight to Freedom, pulmonary aid, Survival Medicine Mertensia virginica, Survival Medicine Virginia Bluebells, TB remedy, tuberculosis, USA, Uses Mertensia virginica, Uses Virginia Bluebells, venereal disease remedy, Virginia Bluebells, Wild Medicine Mertensia virginica, Wild Medicine Virginia Bluebells, Wilderness, wildflower

Tall Bellflower: Medicinal

February 20, 2015 by Mike Leave a Comment

Tall Bellflower fin Tall bellflower back fin

Tall Bellflower, Campanula americana, is a tall plant of moist thickets and stream banks with a starlike blue flower. The lance shaped, toothed, leaves are in an alternate pattern along the stem. Medicinally, this plant has been used by the Iroquois and Meskwaki Indians as cough medicine, for whooping cough and tuberculosis. For whooping cough smash three roots and steep them for thirty minutes in a teacup filled with hot water. Then take three tablespoons before meals. A similar remedy may have been used to treat consumption also known as tuberculosis.

BLOG SIG

 

 

Tall Bellflower Sources:

Audubon Guides Box Set – Birds, Tree, Wildflowers & Mammals. Computer Software.Green Mountain Digital. Version: 2.3. Web. Jul 10, 2014.

Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Print. pg. 193

Herrick, James William. Iroquois Medical Botany. Ph.D. Thesis, New York: State University of New York, Albany 1977. Print. pg. 217

Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 135

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 216-217

United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Services. Web.

Filed Under: (3) Leaves Toothed or Lobed, August, Blog, Blue, July, June, September, Wild Medicine, Wildflowers Tagged With: American Indian Remedies Campanula americana, American Indian Remedies Tall Bellflower, Bushman's Wildflower Guide, Campanula americana, cough medicine, eastern wildflowers, Ethnobotany, Ethnobotany Campanula americana, Ethnobotany Tall Bellflower, field guide, Iroquois, medicinal, Medicinal Campanula americana, medicinal plant, Medicinal Tall Bellflower, Medicine Campanula americana, Medicine Tall Bellflower, Meskwaki, nature, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, P2F, Plant ID Campanula americana, Plant ID Tall Bellflower, plant identification, Plant Identification Campanula americana, Plant Identification Tall Bellflower, Plight to Freedom, Survival Medicine Campanula americana, Survival Medicine Tall Bellflower, Tall Bellflower, TB, tuberculosis, USA, Uses Campanula americana, Uses Tall Bellflower, Whooping Cough Remedy, Wild Medicine Campanula americana, Wild Medicine Tall Bellflower, Wilderness, wildflower

About Me

My name is Mike, and I am just a regular guy nothing more and nothing less. This is a blog about self-sufficiency and my individualistic pursuit of freedom through knowledge. Read More…

Follow the Journey

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Subscribe

Sign up to receive updates via email

Disclaimer

The information provided using this website is intended for educational purposes only. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the information provided here. However, I make no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding errors or omissions and assume no legal liability or responsibility for any injuries resulting from the use of information contained within.

Recent Posts

  • Poncho Shelter: 4 Fly Configurations
  • Poncho Shelter: Open A-Frame
  • Poncho Shelter: The A Frame
  • Poncho Shelter: The Bat and Flying Squirrel
  • Poncho Shelter: Plow Point A.K.A Flying V

Top Posts

A Comprehensive Guide to Tarp and Tent Guy Lines
Tent Stakes & How to Use Them
Three Ways to Set Up A Tarp Using Trekking Poles
Star-of-Bethlehem: Poison, Edible & Medicinal
Common Mullein: Cautions, Edible, Medicinal & Other Uses
Yellow Wood Sorrel: Edible, Medicinal, Cautions & Other Uses
Birdsfoot Trefoil: Poison, Edible, Medicinal & Other Uses
Butterfly Weed: Poison, Medicinal & Other Uses
Wood Nettle: Edible, Medicinal, Cautions & Other Uses
Adam's Needle: Edible, Medicinal, Cautions & Other Uses

Read More About

adventure bushcraft Bushman's Wildflower Guide camp camping Cherokee Chippewa diuretic eastern wildflowers edible Ethnobotany field guide food hammock camp Hammock Camping hiking Iroquois Knot tying medicinal medicinal roots Menominee Meskwaki mountain man National Park nature Newcomb's Wildflower Guide Ohio Ojibwa P2F perennial plant identification Plight to Freedom Potawatomi prepper rheumatism scouting survival survivalist tonic USA warning wild edible Wilderness wildflower wild medicinal

Copyright © 2019 · Outreach Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in