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We're posting some of the medicinal questions we get along with answers
from our Herbalist David Brill of The Rosemary House. Hopefully this may
help you with some of your own questions.
If you want to ask a new question there is a charge of $25 per question. Click
here for new question The answer will be sent to you directly by David.
Questions and answers may be posted on this site (names removed) to help
other people with the same concerns.
WILDCRAFTING
QUESTION: Could you please tell me, when gathering various barks, for medicinal purposes, si it safe to assume that
different varieties of the same tree will have the same properities? i.e.. white willow bark vs. river willow bark? Also,
does it make a difference which part of the tree you remove the bark from? I've read different theories such as
shaving the base of the trunk, (ouch), or using small twigs and branches. The later seems much kinder to the tree.
ANSWER: For most cases, the best time to gather bark is when trimming branches from a tree, strip the bark from the
cut branches not from the trunk of a tree, never ring a tree or it will probably kill the tree.
Yes, its important to know what species of tree to use.
Technically, it is also important to know whether to harvest, spring, summer, fall or winter, when the tree is in bloom,
in fruit, leafing or dropping leaves. And, yes its important to know if you want, inner bark, outer bark, root bark, trunk or
branch bark.
The final rule of Wild Crafting (harvesting what you need from the wild) is if you need it badly and don't have time to be
ethical or technical, take what you need where you can find it. But this mainly applies to emergency situations, not
planned wild crafting such as you are suggesting.
Here is a little information for Willow:
Use the following species, Latin Name: Salix alba, S nigra, S purpurea
Part Used: bark of the three and aments of black willow
Gathering Time: early spring or fall for the bark and spring for the aments
The Aments are used for excessive libido and priapism (permanent erections)
The Bark is used as an antiinflammatory, anodyne, and wide range of muscular-skeletol pain. Along with general
aches and pains where you would use aspirin. It doesn't thin the blood like aspirin but will lower fevers
Could you please tell me a natural or herbal remedy for thrush? >>
ANSWER:Who has the thrush, male/female, baby child, adult?
The simple answer to your question is Barberry, Yellowroot, Oregan Grape Root, Goldenseal, Spilanthes, Thyme,
Black Walnut and Usnea have been used. You would normally gargle a tea, swish in mouth, etc, 3 - 4 times a day.
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