Alfalfa
When Alfalfa sports the tall slender seed pod on the top of its stem it's time to gather the seed...a very good food source has some medicinal uses...will help discourage fungal growth. Alfalfa will...produce an insect repellant.
Blackberry
...there are few plant species that will kick a bout of diarrhea faster...will help ease the pain of mastitis...
Cattails
...shoots can be...sliced and then boiled, fried or dried...like potatoes, the Cattail root can be boiled, baked, fried, sautéed, dried, smashed, mashed...Cattails provide many useful products. The fluff may be used to pack bleeding wounds...
Chickweed
...is a wonderful salad food...has a very high Vitamin C content...the most common use is to help reduce fluid retention. The gentleness of this plant lends it for use in cosmetic applications...one of the safe plants that all ages can use...
Chicory
...leaves of Chicory are edible also and are used as a pot herb or as one would use domesticated spinach...the roots...washed and roasted can be used as a coffee substitute...intestinal parasites that chicory will get rid of
Dandelion
Eating dandelion leaves will provide your diet with an abundance of minerals and vitamins...juice, if dabbed on a wart, will cause the wart to disappear...Once dry the petals can be ground fine and be used as a spice...
Dogbane
...a TOXIC plant and should not be used as a medicine...two-ply strand of cord made from Dogbane is strong enough to string a 70 pound test longbow...excellent tinder for primitive fire making...
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Goldenrod
The dried flowers may be added to any primitive flour...has a pleasant aroma and as such the stems once dried can be used for bedding...mild astringent can also be made from the whole plant...
Grape
Grape is a water holder...vines are an excellent source of wood from which many items may be made...the seeds produce a fine, very healthy oil...use the leaves of Grapes for holding foods...
Johnson Grass
...second most prevalent use is for sweetener...provide a staple grain for use as a cereal, animal feed, ground into flour or anything else...When the stalks are green they will braid up well...
Lambsquarters
...fast growing and hardy plant is found everywhere...are great additions to fresh salads...available to eat long before any domestic food crop is...
Oat
Oat is only one part of the plant that is valuable...straw can also be used for stuffing mattresses, as floor coverings...puts back into the soil what other plants remove...a good oatmeal scrub removes dead skin...
Plantain
...the shoots can be eaten raw in salads and as a lettuce substitute on sandwiches...bring a person out of the winter doldrums...Apply the masticated pulp to the spot...relief from the burn and the itch are almost instant.
Queen Annes Lace
...few things taste as good as fried Queen Annes flower heads...make an excellent holder for fluff for both flint and steel and firebow fire starters...will expel internal parasites faster...
Sheep Sorrel
...the lemony citrus flavor enhances just about every dish its put in or used with...enough Vitamin C to help prevent scurvy...tea helps to lessen the severity of colds and minor respiratory conditions...
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