Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge
available during hte long winters. Fruits and gardened vegetables such as corn, squash, pumpkins, beans, were dried, but these d ...
Slippery elm Gawakomisk, Ulmus fulva, a foof more than a drink. Good food (powdered, jelly-like) for people so gut-sick they ca ...
SWAMP TEA Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Lots of people, many kids, on northern reservations here and west into Montana, ...
Here's a swamp tea plant (not in bloom) from around this area.Dried to keep (which few seem to do any more) it is best gathered ...
Ceanothus ovatus, common name New Jersey tea, is called in Ojibwe Odigadimanido, top gift from the Manido powers. No use trying ...
RECIPE Page PLANTS Page --MAIN MENU CREDITS: Most photos from Michael Moore's images database. You'll be looking at the main sub ...
MINT FAMILY Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Mint, as used by Ojibwe women of the White Earth reservation in northern Minn ...
Monarda menthaefolia, Wild Oregano (of the Sierras). See/save a large original JPEG from the image database. This photo shows go ...
Catnip, Nepeta cataria, is a mint family member said to be an import that went wild and now flourishes everywhere. It grows abou ...
Naturalized Mints RECIPE page menu --MAIN MENU CREDITS: Photos from Herb Foundation's image database. Two were taken by Mimi Kam ...
NATURALIZED MINTS Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Peppermint (Mentha Piperita) is a mint from Britain that, like the othe ...
Naturalized means that the plants have gone wild, are weeds (if you so regard them). Gathering and use of any of these 3 escaped ...
small, insulated, air-tight winter wigwams, as well as modern elevators. "An excellent remedy for flatulence and colicky pains i ...
CLOVER BLOSSOMS Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Clover (Basibuguk meaning "small leaves" or Trifolium pratense), dried fl ...
RECIPE Page --MAIN MENU CREDITS: Photo from Herb Research Foundation image database, taken by Mimi Kamp Copyright 1995, Paula Gi ...
WILD ROSES: HIPS, HAWS, VITAMIN C Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Wild roses of many species (Oginiminaga wunj rose berri ...
hot tea is acid-tasting, but not as sharp as lemon juice. Some like it sweetened. A half-teaspoon of dried mint may be added to ...
other plants in this database. What the table below shows is that rosehips are extremely high in vitamin C (ascorbic acid), have ...
CREDITS: Wild rose and haws from the Colour Herbal by Nicholas Culpepper, 1649. This neat book has stayed in print over 300 year ...
ELDER FLOWERS, BERRIES Jump to Page Navigation buttons===> Elder (Sambucus canadensis), is a large bush or small tree. I forg ...
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