HERBS 



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"Three drains of the powder of dried leaves taken in wine is a 

 speedy and best cure for sciatica (a painful affliction of the hip)." 

 Pliny says: "If a traveler bind some of the herb about him, he 

 will feel no weariness on his journey." 



Indians used it medicinally by making a decoction of the leaves 

 for colds, colic, bonchitis, rheumatism and fever. A poultice was 

 made for wounds, and the juice was used for poison oak. A leaf 

 inserted in one nostril was supposed to cure headache. 



H-57, COMMON YARROW or MIL- 

 FOIL, Achillea millefolium. A fairly 

 showy pl^nt, 1-3' high, on long stems 

 with finely-divided leaves and flat- 

 topped, white flower clusters (rarely 

 yellow); foliage appears grayish from 

 numerous tiny hairs. 



Leaves reported to stop bleeding 

 of wounds and to heal inflamation. 

 Powdered, dry herb taken with Plan- 

 tain water, will halt internal bleed- 

 ing and juice put in the eye will take 

 away redness ( says Achilles ). Oil 

 madefrom the plant stops falling hair. 

 The Indians picked and dried the 

 whole plant. They put a handful of 

 the dried material in a 

 small amount of boiling wa- 

 ter and used as a tonic for 

 rundown conditions and in- 

 digestion. The leaves were 

 used as a poultice for rash. 



H-58. CUDWEED or 

 EVERLASTING FLOWER, 

 Gnaphalium sp. (G. palus - 

 tre. Lowland Cudweed, il- 

 lustrated). 4-36" tall herbs 

 with aromatic scent and us- 

 ually woolly leaves. Small, 

 white, yellow, purplish or 



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