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Wild Edible, Medicinal, Utilitarian Plants of the Second Circle Camp

Water Lilies flower buds can be eaten raw or pickled.

A tea made of white lily roots is a good gargle for irritation and inflammation of the mouth or throat. As a chest medicine it has been used for asthma and tuberculosis. This same infusion has been effective as an eyewash and also makes a good skin lotion to heal sores.  The leaves and roots are useful as a poultice for wounds, cuts and bruises.

Lifesong Wilderness Adventures continues to create valuable and educational awareness about wild plants.

Without awareness we travel through our environment never seeing, touching, feeling, knowing the flora and fauna that surrounds us.                                                                                       

     Skunk Cabbage is perhaps best used for lining your cooking pit.

     The Eastern counterpart is more potent, but the western skunk

     cabbage has many uses.  It may  be used for layering of other fruits

     and vegetables keeping them fresh until they can be refrigerated.

  Prairie Flax is delicate but hardy and requires little moisture to survive.  Flax

  seeds are the most commonly used containing the omega 3 oils or lignans. 

  Native Americans used the plant for a poultice on bruises and swellings. 

  Externally a tea is used for hair loss....hmm.

  Flax blooms last only one day, but they bloom continuously throughout the

  summer and fall.  A favorite of mine ~ Celeste

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