Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest
- Improve blood flow
- leaf tea: put the leaves in boiling water and allow them to steep
- Coughs and Fevers
- also leaf tea
- Rheumatism and gout
- flower tea: put the flower in boiling water and let it steep until its soaked in
- (source)
Chemical in Trifolium pratense: Genistein:
Juniper Berry (Juniperus communis)
- Found in both Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest
- Poison: make a tea from the berries
- tea: boil one cup of water and add one tablespoon of berries
- Constipation: Berry Tincture
- tincture: fill jar with berries, fill remaining space with a 1:1 ratio of alcohol and water
- Rashes/ Dermatitis:
- To make a remarkably effective natural itch salve, melt two tablespoons of of beeswax in a saucepan, add about 1/3 cup unsalted butter, 1/3 cup ground juniper berries, and a tablespoon of ground cloves and stir. Allow the salve to cool before applying to itchy skin, as needed. (source)
- Anti-inflammatory/Anti-
infection: any ingested form of the berry - could be useful in the healing of sprained body parts
- Sore Throat: juniper berry tea
- refer to the above recipe for tea making
- Food Poisoning:
- Antiseptic: any ingested form of the berry (tea is recommended) can help clear waste from the systems
- (Source)
- Chemical in Juniper Berries: Terpinene-4-ol
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