Sandmann’s Useful Herbs

11/11/2021

05/12/2020

We went foraging for honeysuckle and returned with a massive harvest. Immediately made fresh tea by the gallons and dehydrated enough to have Tea all year round! There is tons more to harvest, let me know if you’re interested in some of your own!

05/12/2020

Growing strong

04/30/2020

Elderberry flower buds are appearing and my oh my, am I so excited!

04/28/2020

Lyreleaf Sage

Salvia Lyrata is a medicinal and edible herb. As alternative medicine, it is carminative, diaphoretic, laxative, and salve. Lyre-leaved sage has some of the same properties of the other sages but is very weak. It is used mainly as a gargle in the treatment of sore throat and mouth infections. Medicinal salve made from root is applied to sores. Warm infusion of herb is taken as a laxative or for colds, coughs and nervous debility. This sage is not very strong tasting, and has a rather pleasant minty flavor, fresh young leaves are edible in salads, or cooked as pot herb.

History and Folklore

Lyre-leaved sage is also a folk remedy for cancer (as the plant grows like a cancer upon the earth) it is therefore said to cure it. The fresh leaves are said to remove warts.

Reference:
AltNature
https://altnature.com/gallery/lyreleafsage.htm

04/28/2020

European Honeysuckle is in full bloom!

Edible Parts: Nectar
Children (of all ages) suck the base of the flowers to extract the nectar[66].

Medicinal Uses
(Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally.)
Antispasmodic
Astringent
Cathartic
Depurative
Diaphoretic
Diuretic
Emetic
Expectorant
Febrifuge
Laxative
Mouthwash
Skin
The plant has expectorant and laxative properties. A syrup made from the flowers has been used in the treatment of respiratory diseases whilst a decoction of the leaves is considered beneficial in treating diseases of the liver and spleen. It is used as a mouthwash for ulcers and is considered to be a good ingredient in gargles. The flowers are antispasmodic, astringent, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge and sudorific. The fruit is emetic and cathartic. The herbage is used as a cutaneous and mucous tonic and as a vulnerary. It is also diaphoretic.The leaves are laxative and slightly astringent. The seed is diuretic. The bark is anticatarrhal, depurative, diuretic and sudorific.

Reference:
Plants For a Future
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lonicera+periclymenum

04/21/2020

Passionfruit plants are making themselves known over here!

04/18/2020

According to WebMD:

In folk medicine today, the elderberry is widely considered one of the world’s most healing plants.

The berries and flowers of elderberry are packed with antioxidants and vitamins that may boost your immune system. They can help tame inflammation, lessen stress, and help protect your heart, too.

Some experts recommend elderberry to help prevent and ease cold and flu symptoms.

It’s also been used as a treatment for:
Constipation
Joint and muscle pain
Infections that affect how you breathe
Headaches
Fever
Kidney problems
Epilepsy
Minor skin conditions
Stress
HIV and AIDS

Elderberry is AMAZING.
I have elderberry plants available for you to grow your own berries, and
Ask me how you can get a daily dose of elderberry and many more berries each day.

04/08/2020

I truly have a passion for plants, especially nutritious vegetables and fruits. I love to forage my land for edible and medicinal plants and they are plentiful. Our dream of self sustainability is in the works. We have very plentiful and established elderberry growth areas, we have a passionfruit grove that is just magical and delicious, and muscadine grapes vines everywhere. I have been sharing my plants across the country with fellow plant lovers and it is an amazing and loving community. I am growing vegetables, herbs and fruit plants from seed with organic gardening strategies. I will post pictures, interesting plant info, and I will have plants for sale as they become available. Thank you for your support; being able to garden and connect with the land this way is a dream come true.

Little brown jug (Hexastylis arifolia)

04/06/2020

I have a passion for plants and health!