Potawot Herb Garden

[edit] Introduction

Potawot United Indian Health Services is located on Janes Road in Arcata, CA. It has various sites on its ground other than the clinic, including a medicinal herb garden. It is located on the southwest side of the clinic. It is used to educate about alternative medicine, how to grow the herbs, and the uses of them. Eddie Mota and Eric Johnson maintain the garden throughout the seasons. It has numerous amounts of herbs, that all have medical uses. These herbs can be used in a tincture, pill, and lotion, made into tea, or eaten. They are continuously adding new herbs to their collection. The following are a few herbs one can visit at the garden.

[edit] Angelica (Angelica Archangelica)

Fig. 1 Angelica (Angelica Archangelica)^[1]

• Other Names: None
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • reduce gas
    • increase production of urine and perspiration
  • External Uses:(Tincture)
    • placed in the eyes or the ears will increase vision and hearing
    • applied to infected area will help with ulcerous sores, and wounds
• How to make Tea: 10oz powdered root with 1 pint boiling water
  • Uses of tea:
    • helps shortness of breath
    • lung disease
    • indigestion

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[edit] Bee Balm (Monarda Didyma)

Fig. 2 Bee Balm (Monara Didyma)^[1]

• Other Names: Wild Bergamot, Horsemint, Manarda
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • Colds, headaches
    • relieves flatulence, nausea, menstrual pain
    • Insomnia
  • External Uses:
    • relaxes and rejuvenates
    • used as an active sweat inducer for sweat lodges
• How to make Tea: none
  • Uses of tea:
    • None

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[edit] Calendula (Calendula Officinalis)

Fig. 3 Calendula (Calendula Officinalis)^[1]

• Other Names: Marigold
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • None
  • External Uses:
    • None
• How to make Tea: 1 pint boiling water, 1 oz powdered flower and stems; 1 tbspn 2-3x per day
  • Uses of tea:
    • Varicose veins
    • Chronic ulcers
    • increase perspiration
    • flushes poisons (sickness, bacteria...) from the body

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[edit] Echinecea (Echinecea Augustifolia)

Fig. 4 Echinecea (Echinecea Augustifolia)^[1]

• Other Names: Black Sampson, Red Sun-Flower, and Coneflower
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses: (Pill or Tincture)
    • destroys bacteria,
    • Blood cleanser,
    • Good for boils, bites, and stings from insects, spiders and snakes
    • relieve hemorrhoids
    • Aphrodisiac
    • tonsillitis
  • External Uses:
    • None
• How to make Tea: none
  • Uses:
    • None

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[edit] Figwort (Scrophularia Nodosa)

Fig. 5 Figwort (Scrophularia Nodosa)^[1]

• Other Names: Rose Noble Throatwort, Carpenters Square, Scrofula Plant
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • hastens the activity of the kidney, and increases flow of urine
  • External Uses: (apply as a poultice)
    • heal all skin eruptions, wounds, and abscesses
    • has a cleaning effect and removes pain.
• How to make Tea: 1 pint boiling water, 1 oz leaves; take 1/4 cup 2x daily

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[edit] Huckleberries (Vaccinum Myntillus)

Fig. 6 Huckleberries (Vaccinum Myntillus)^[1]

• Other Names: Bilberries, whortleberries
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • Ripe fruit relieves fever, and thirst
    • Dried berries eases gravel in kidneys and bladder
  • External Uses:
    • Washes of sores, ulcers
• How to make Tea: 1 oz of powdered dried berries, with 1 pint of boiling water
  • Uses of tea:
    • Diarrhea
    • Inflammation of the bowels

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[edit] Oregeno (Origanum Vulgare)

Fig. 7 Oregeno (origanum Vulgare)^[1]

• Other Names: None
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • None
  • External Uses:
    • None
• How to make Tea: 1-2 tsp dry leaf, 1 cup of boiling water; take 3x daily
  • Uses of tea:
    • Alzheimer’s
    • Anorexia
    • Cancer
    • Toothache
    • Vomiting... and many more

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[edit] Silk Tassel (Garryacea)

Fig. 9 Silk Tassel (Garryacea)^[1]

• Other Names: None
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • None
  • External Uses:
    • None
• How to make Tea:
  • Uses of tea;
    • Muscle relaxant
    • Treats severe stomach and intestinal cramping

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[edit] St. Johns Wort (Hypericum Perforatum)

Fig. 10 St. Johns Wort (Hypericum Perforatum)^[1]

• Other Names: Klamath weed, touch & heal, Goat weed
• Uses:
  • Internal Uses:
    • None
  • External Uses:
    • Depression
    • Treat poisonous bites
    • Bed wetting
    • Sedative & pain reliever
    • Stomach ache
    • Intestinal problems
    • Wounds, sores, burns, ulcers, swelling, cramps, tumors, skin issues
• How to make Tea: none
  • Uses of tea:
    • None

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[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} "http://www.flickr.com/photos/"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Kadans, Joseph M. Modern Encyclopedia of Herbs. West Nyack, NY: Parker Company, 1970."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} ""Medicinal Herb Uses and Picture Gallery." Alternative Nature. 22 Oct. 2008 <http://www.altnature.com/gallery/>."
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Duke, James A., Mary Jo Bogen Schultz-Godwin, Judi Du Cellier, and Peggy Ann K. Duke. Handbook of medicinal Herbs. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC P LLC, 2002."

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