Herbs

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Alder tree: Alder bark

Scientific name: Alnus glutinosa

Description: Dark gray bark, fissured. Younger trees can also have greenish bark. Branches can sometimes be sticky.

Location: Along rivers, can also grow in swampy areas. Can be found during the snowy season also, unlike most herbs.

Usage: Unknown

Effect: Eases toothaches.

Beech tree: Beech nuts: Beech leaves

Scientific name: Fagus sylvatica

Description: Has broad, shiny leaves. Can have a variety of leaf colors, but typically are green, yellow, or golden, and can also be smaller or short. Female trees typically produce beech nuts. Bark can be thin, smooth, and gray in color.

Location: Grows well in moist, deep, and rich soil.

Usage: Unknown

Effect: Nuts are good for attracting prey.

Bindweed Scientific name: Convolvulus tricolor

Description: Blue petals with white throat and yellow center. Typically blooms in warmer weather. Stems contain green leaves.

Location: Can be found in sunny patches. Usually only found in spring and summer.

Usage: Helps bind sticks together.

Effect: When combined with sticks, can help mend a broken leg and keep it in-place.

Blackberries: Blackberry leaves

Scientific name: Rubus fruticosus 'Chester'

Description: Plant itself carries pinkish-white flowers, each flower has five petals and produces one fruit crop a year. Grows in sunny areas. Carries a sharp scent.

Location: Almost anywhere; they are very handy plants.

Usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp.

Effect: Mixed into a poultice to ease the pain of bee stings

Borage: Borage Leaves

Scientific name: Borago officinalis

Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped petals and hairy leaves. Can be distinguished by smell just as well as sight. The best leaves are typically halfway up the stem, and has a zesty scent to them. Leaves can be dark green or gray-green in color, soft, and they lose their flavor when they are dried out.

Location: Found mostly next to streams, or creeks.

Usage: Chewed and eaten my the patient.

Effect: It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers. Helps sooth bad bellies and relieves tight chests.

Bright Eyes: Garden Phlox

Scientific name: Phlox paniculata

Description: Light pink flowers with darker pink in the middles.

Location: Sunny areas, wooded areas, thickets.

Usage: Crushed into a poultice mixture.

Effect: Mix with lovage to help cure coughs.

Broom

Scientific name: Cytisus scoparius

Description: Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers. Flowers are often solitary, but can also come in pairs.

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