Common Name: Sweet gum Latin Name: Liquidambar styraciflua Family: Hamamelidaceae (Witch hazel family) Parts used: green balls, leaves, bark, resin Tissue or system affinity: lungs, throat, joints, immune system Taste: aromatic, slightly bitter Energetics: warming, slightly drying Actions: anti-viral, expectorant, astringent, drawing Uses: topically, the resin can be used to draw out infection; topically, the … Continue reading
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Poke: a Deep South Herb for Deep Work
The Spring 2017 issue of Catfish Alley is now available! And, as usual, I submitted an article on a local plant that I like to use as medicine. As you can already tell by now, the article was on poke or Phytolacca americana. A fun twist this quarter, is that my article on poke was … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 