The Morningside: The Magic: Type 4: No. 1

HERBS FOR HEALING

ALFALFA Used with comfrey and kelp (bladderwrack) as tea to lose weight; food tea for cleaning kidneys; helps to decrease alcohol and drug use. ARNICA Good bruise ointment. BENZOIN Mixed with glycerin, makes a good ointment for chapped membranes. BLADDERWRACK Used for urinary track infections. BURDOCK Blood purifier, mixed with honey, eased bladder pain; use externally or a skin wash. CALEDULA Simmer with oil for cuts, bruises, and any external skin injuries or problems. CAMOMILE Nerve tea, relaxant, external use as a hair wash, to lighten and strengthen hair, mixed with olive oil, soothing for cramped muscles. CELANDINE Mixed with vinegar, use for eczema, itchy skin, ringworm. CHAPARRAL Hair strengthening. CINNAMON For nausea. CINQUEFOIL Mix with strawberry leaves, tansy, malva and plantain as a skin wash. CLARY SAGE Use in bath for headaches. COLTFOOT As a tea for coughs, colds, lung complaints. COMFREY Heal everything plant; good tea for all aches and pains; bath for aching muscles, joints, arthritis; powder in gel capsules for arthritic pain. DAMIANA Aphrodisiac; nerve toner. DONQ QUIA Toner for menstrual complaints; rejuvinative. ECHINACEA Purifies blood; good tea for boils, abscessed teeth, skin problems. ELDER Skin wash; helps sunburn; cooling eye wash. EPHEDRA Tea for colds be careful with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart or thyroid disease. EUCALYPTUS Bath herb for colds. EYEBRIGHT Cool the tea as an eye wash for infections, styes. FEVERFEW Good for migraines. GENTAIN Chew in small amounts to quit smoking; also relieves fever. GOLDENSEAL A cure all herb that can be used internally for sore mouths, eyes, stomach and digestive complaints, soother for mucous tissue. GUARANA 3 times the caffeine of coffee; good for headaches. HENNA Hair dye and strengthener. HIBISCUS Mixed with rose hips, good for colds, Vitamin C deficiency. HOPS Mixed with boneset, used for bruises; alone as a tea for insomnia, nerves. HYSSOP Tea as a wash for the skin, and gargle for sore throats. IRISH MOSS Good for stomach and intestinal complaints. JASMINE Cleansing douche. KAVA KAVA Douche for vaginitis; makes a potent fermented drink. KOLA NUTS POWDER Acts like guarana. LAVENDAR Astringent wash for skin and face. LEMON BALM Tea for depression. LICORICE For hoarseness, wheezing, sore throats. LINDEN Bath herb for relaxation and loosing weight { Diaphoretic }. LOVAGE Relaxing bath herb; supposed to remove freckles. MEADOWSWEET Beverage tea; used for bathing wounds externally. MUIRA PUAMA Aphrodisiac; nerve tonic. MYRTLE Douching herb. NETTLES Hair wash and strengthener. NUTMEG As an oil, use for insomnia on temples or forehead. PASSION FLOWER Good for nervousness and insomnia in capsules with Saw Palmetto, reputed to be an aphrodisiac. PATCHOULI Hair strengthener, shampoo, or hair rinse. PEACH LEAVES Good for upset stomach, nausea. PENNYROYAL An oil worn as an insect repellent. PEPPERMINT For upset stomach, nausea, diarrhea. PLANTAIN Wash for itches, scabs, bruises, clots bleeding. PRIMROSE Cool the tea for a face wash. QUASSIA Rinse for dandruff; tones scalp. RASPBERRY LEAF For menstrual cramps; use during last months of pregnancy to ease delivery. ROSE Astringent face wash and douche. ROSEMARY Used to darken and strengthen the hair. SAGE Tea for nerves, depression, headaches; mixed with alum, used as a mouth wash for canker sores; used in a bath for aching feet. ST. JOHN'S WORT Excellent for bruises. SASSAFRAS Internally for coughs and colds; externally as an eyewash for red eyes, or for skin irritations. SCULLCAP Relaxant tea. SENNA PODS Laxative. SLIPPERY ELM Internally, to soothe urinary tract and intestines; externally, for any skin inflammations. SOLOMON'S SEAL For nearly any internal pain, especially menstrual pain and intestinal problems. STRAWBERRY LEAF Good bath herb for pains in hips and thighs; astringent wash. TANSY Skin wash { astringent } { use with caution internally }. UVA URSI Excellent douche herb, for bladder infections. VALERIAN Excellent relaxant tea for insomnia and nervousness. VERVAIN Simmer with oil, for excellent massage oil to help headaches and pains. WALNUT BLACK Astringent for mucous membranes; mouthwash and douche powder. WHITE WILLOW BARK Acts as aspirin for headaches, muscle aches and arthritis. WINTERGREEN Relaxant tea; also for headaches; astringent skin wash. WITCH HAZEL Cool the tea for sunburns and any skin irritation, including poison ivy; hair rinse. YARROW Astringent douche.