FREE: GoldenRod Seeds 1/4 teaspoon

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Goldenrod Seeds.
Goldenrod is medicinal and used for naturally dying fabrics.

Scientific Names

Goldenrod
Salidago odora L.
Compositae
Composite family

Common names:
Anise-scented goldenrod
Blue mountain tea
Bohea-tea
Common goldenrod
Sweet goldenrod
Wound weed


Uses

Warm sweet goldenrod tea has diaphoretic properties; taken cold it stimulates the system and helps to dispel flatulence. A tea made from the dried leaves and flowers is an aromatic beverage and can be used to improve the taste of other medicinal preparations. Native Americans applied a lotion made from goldenrod flowers to bee stings. Promotes sweating in fevers. An infusion of flowers has been used to treat kidney gravel and dropsy. A digestive stimulant. Used for colic, to regulate menses, cystitis, colds, coughs, dysentery, diarrhea, measles; externally, a wash for rheumatism, neuralgia, headaches. Externally, treats old sores, wounds, sores or ulcers in the mouth.

Culpeper says use of this herb will “fasten the teeth that are loose in the gums.”

Where Found

Sweet goldenrod can be found in dry, sandy soils in the eastern half of the United States. Dry open woods, heathland, hillsides, and fields, from New England to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas.

Medicinal Properties

Astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, stimulant