5 Medicinal Plants And Herbs You Can Find In Your Yard
5 Medicinal Plants And Herbs You Can Find In Your Yard
Hey guys in this video we take a look at and discuss 5 medicinal plants that you can find in your yard. There are a lot of medicinal plants that grow in and around lawns and this video does not cover them all. We’ll take a look at plants like Red Clover, Wild Lettuce, Jewel Weed, Lobelia Inflata, Yellow Wood Sorrel, and the Broad Leaf Plantain. Some of the medicinal plants are common and well known while others are more obscure. The first medicinal plant we look at is Red Clover with its unique flowers and three leaflets. The Red Clover is a good plant for purifying the blood and to be used with other supporting herbs for respiratory ailments, colds and flu. The herb is rich in isoflavones that show anti-oxidant activity as well as estrogen like compounds.
The Wild Lettuce family has a lot of varieties and the can all be used interchangeably to calm the nerves or as a sedative. The plant has medicinal use as a painkiller as well as some topical uses for things like warts. Named Lactuca for its lactating properties, this milky latex is responsible for its calming actions on the body. Another plant, the Yellow Wood Sorrel is popular for its lemony flavor but many may not know the plant is also medicinal. High in vitamin C content the plant was used in colonial times to treat and prevent scurvy. It has other medicinal uses such as being added to flavor cough syrups and to help ease sore throats imparting a delicious citrus like flavor wherever it is used. The are several varieties of wood sorrel and they can all be used interchangeably.
Lobelia Inflata is commonly referred to as Indian Tobacco because in the 18th and 19th centuries it was used as a tobacco substitute. This small and delicate medicinal herb also has use as a sedative and pain reliever, especially when used with other herbs. Lobelia can also be used to increase the effectiveness of other herbal treatments, and can be used with another plant we talk about, Plantain, to help draw out poison from insect and spider bites. The Broad Leaf Plantain and Narrow Leaf Plantain are two plants high in mucilage, which makes them a good medicinal plant for use as an expectorant. The commercial source of Psyllium is derived from a Plantago species and these two species can be used the same way. The mucilage is not only soothing to the throat and lungs, but also lowers cholesterol in experiments. This herb contains anti inflammatory compounds and antibacterial compounds which makes it good for use as a poultice for bug bites, pain and inflammation. The astringent quality is good for cuts and you can even put the whole plant in bathwater to provide relief from sore muscles.
Jewel Weed, or Touch Me Not as it’s know has two varieties but both are used in similar ways. The main use for this plant is as a poison ivy rash treatment and some will swear by its effectiveness, though science has not proven this yet. The Jewel weed can also be used in conjunction with Plantain to provide relief from poison ivy rash and sunburns because of its juicy stems. Jewel weed absorbs water later in summer forming very large bumps on its stem. These bumps are highest in juices and therefore provide the best relief.
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I heard the Indians used would eat poison ivy leaf to never get poison ivy again. Thoughts?
Me encanta tus videos.
Purple Crown… thought it was poisonous
Io non parlo inglese..perche no traducete questi post in italiano?
VERY informative!!! Thank you!!
Sour clover my grand children loves this lol we even planted for winter insider use
As an old farm boy I’ve been using these for some time
Clovers then wouldn’t be good for sufferers of endometriosis.
Too bad I can’t find Mary Jane in my backyard.
Wait so hold up do you eat the red and white clover to revive cancer or other therapy stuff I don’t understand cause i have it growing in my yard and if anything i need to know how to eat it
I am having trouble sleeping what can I use please let me know
Great videos man. Very informative. I’ve been able to identify most of the plants growing around the ole house now. Very good stuff to know.
You forget tell us how to use them like eat cook, raw or what?
This is natural stuff not like the one from the pharmacy store drugs medical
What about this video
https://youtu.be/o93E4Yuu01I
I picked some red clover..which looks purple…how do I use it ..it dried naturally on my windowsill but was in stagnant water. ?!?..shoyld I toss it bee cause of the h2o ?
In this day and age i think it would be nice to add a warning, do not use herbs picked in a area where it has been sprayed with chemicals or where dogs /cats aso frequently walk. other than that it was nice to see a couple of plants i haven’t heard of before. i`m not sure if they are so common here in Norway 🙂 But we have the Red Clover and plantain. drying plantain for tea as of right now. 🙂 The Lord knows we need some alternatives to the commercial medicine… But be careful when trying something new everyone, always start with a little.
Thank You; very informative
So glad I found this channel! ☀️
Do these get you high
Do you prepare the red clover like a dandelion? Like making tea?
I grew up on these and I’ve tried to teach my children but no one seems interested nowadays
nice video
We can’t understand your language.our language is Urdu.
Oh, thanks for your tips🙏! I was able to get rid of my shingles after taking the herbal treatment I received from Dr. Odion🌿 https://youtube.com/channel/UCLJPudFNpftjjnmFkkPGt7g
too bad I don’t have many of these around here. boo hoo. but I do have many other ones that I use a lot. (purslane, mullein, lambs quarters, dandelion, etc.)
Fabulous site 😄
Science will never admit that Gods meds are better than man made poisons
I love videos like these. They make me want to go outside and just start eating like a free buffet
What about this video
https://youtu.be/3w8wkw3ZWA4
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I love the wild lettuce 🥬
I’ve git lots of white clover in my lawn and the red are just starting to bloom 😊
Thanks.I’ve been looking for medicinal herbs .There are so many herbs to discover.Thank God for His wonderful creation.
wtf ? HOW do U actually eat it ? WHAT PARTS ?
I have enjoyed learning from your videos.
I’ve been eating a lot of these for most of my life, started as a kid because it tasted good. 😂 now I feel a lot less crazy.
Men: DON’T EAT THE RED CLOVER
LOLOL and yes…i DO swear it gets rid of pouson ivy
I’ve never understood why red clover is called red when it is clearly purple.
Perhaps a few frames of the entire plant might help one to identify with more accuracy.
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Thank you very much it’s nice to learn this stuff
Takes me back to my childhood I remember all these plants
I have seen lobelia cure pneumonia that was unresponsive to antibiotics, it’s old names were asthma weed and puke weed. It is very good for respiratory infections. I keep it around as tea bags .
Lmao!! Psydomedicine
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Amazing video. Right to the point and very educational. I have to watch it again just to try to get all of the information available. Can’t wait to watch more!
white clover/ little purple ?but not the same as shown ..
heads up on jewel weed I am very alergic to poison ivy and as soon as i get it on me i put jewel weed on it and then wash when i get water to wash with and i dont break out at all