10 Medicinal Plants You Want to Have in Your Backyard

10 Medicinal Plants You Want to Have in Your Backyard:

Wild Lettuce – The Forgotten “Relieving Plant”
That Should Grow in Every U.S Backyard

The first plant you’ll have

in your Medicinal Garden

is Wild Lettuce. This “relieving

plant” was largely used by

our forefathers whenever

they were in pain. The potency

of this plant lies in its milky

substance flowing inside, called

Lactucarium, which has many

health properties that you can

take advantage of. You will find

out how to use this plant.

Yarrow – Nature’s Tourniquet

The second plant you’ll receive

is called Yarrow and this one

saved my knuckle. On day

42 of the Alone Show, I

accidentally cut my hand

while gutting a fish. The wound

was deep and most likely would

have gotten infected. Luckily,

I found some Yarrow growing

nearby and packed some inside

the cut. The bleeding stopped

in minutes and my wound healed

so well that now there’s barely a

scar left.

California Poppy – The Herbal Sandman

You won’t know the value of a

good night’s sleep until you can’t

get anymore. Unfortunately, as

we age, that naturally tends to

happen to most people. But this

plant can help support a healthy

and restorative deep sleep like

we enjoyed as children when

falling and staying asleep were

both effortless. I usually take my

California Poppy as a simple tea,

right before bed, and then doze

off soon after. But you can also

enjoy its sleep benefits as a

more concentrated tincture.

Peppermint – The Pioneer’s Stomach Band-Aid

The 4th plant will fill your

backyard with a pleasantly

refreshing smell. When you

pick and prepare your newly

grown Peppermint leaves,

your stomach will be grateful.

Most of our lives we eat

whatever we want, and we

rarely give it a break. But

FRESH Peppermint tea or

oil are doing just that. you’ll find

more of its uses for skin,

nerves, intestines, bile,

or the liver just to name a few.

Chamomile – Our Grandparents Eye-Catching

Plant

The 5th plant you’ll have is

called Chamomile. And this

is how it could look in your

garden. My grandmother

used to dip a clean cloth in

warm chamomile tea and

place it over swollen joints

or irritated eyes. Chamomile

has a lot of healthy properties

and uses. So, if you have it

on hand, you can use it for:

muscles, skin, eyes, and many

others.

Chicory – For a healthy back, knee, neck, hip,

shoulder, and joints in general

The 6th plant you’ll have

in your medicinal garden

has been used for centuries

by wise healers across

America. This “relieving

plant” helped our forefathers

deal with a wide range of

physical discomforts, especially

aches and inflammation of

the joints. Its bruised leaves

were poulticed where there

was swelling and that swelling

would go away. Chicoric Acid

(CA) seems to be the plant

substance responsible for that.

Meadowsweet – The Perennial Anti-Inflammatory

Herb

The 7th plant you’ll find waiting

for you in the garden is

Meadowsweet. This was

one of three plants revered

most by the druid healers.

Later, during the 19th century,

Felix Hoffman used Meadowsweet

and not the Willow Tree when

he first extracted his famous

salicylic acid. You might know

it as Aspirin. But it has several

other powerful uses for lungs and

nerves.

Echinacea – The Plant for a Strong Immune

System

What I realized in my 20 years

of practicing herbalism is that

the medicinal substances found

in plants you buy at the herbal

stores pale in comparison to

the ones you find in nature or

grow yourself. It’s never been

more evident than for Echinacea,

which is a plant known to support

a healthy immune system. But

Echinacea is also used for the

urinary tract in both women and

men.

Calendula – The Herb You Need to Keep Close

during Dark Times

The 9th plant in your kit is

Calendula. In the old days’

folks used to dress wounds

and cover cuts with a salve

made from it. But where this

plant really shines is with

the immune and lymphatic

system. A good plant to have

around the house, especially

in times like these.

Moringa – The Fastest Growing Medicinal Tree

in The World

The 10th and the final plant

is called Moringa Oleifera.

This is the closest thing to

a ‘miracle plant’ you’ll get

to see in your own backyard.

Moringa grows by 9 to 16 feet

a year if left uncropped, every

part of it is a super-food and

you can use it to purify large

amounts of water. But most

importantly the whole plant

can be used for: skin, joints,

liver, kidneys, heart, muscles,

digestive tract, stomach, eyes,

brain, nervous system, pancreas.

A lot of people with high blood

sugar are taking Moringa powder

on a regular basis.