Briar Moss (
growingwild) wrote2012-12-04 07:34 pm
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Glossary of Green Knowledge
- Plant uses
- Comfrey - can be made into a salve which will heal small wounds so they don't scar (The Power in the Storm) Fennel - given as a tea to babies to relieve colic, Good for wrinkles, indigestion, helps to move the bowels, helps mothers produce more breast milk. Grown around the home, fennel gives magical protection; hung in windows and doors, it wards off evil spirits. (The Magic in the Weaving)
- Yarrow - water with fresh yarrow crushed in it will clean wounds (The Power in the Storm)
- Thorny plants: brambles, briars (roses, rubus, smilax), milk thistle, narmorn thistle, rosevines, sea buckthorn, sea holly (The Power in the Storm)
