Field Journal 3: Day Trip to Black Canyon Campground, New Mexico

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1.Blue vervain
2.Burdock leaves
3.Burdock root
4.Mullein (little yellow flowers)
5.Raspberry
6.Mullein leaves
7.Conyza canadensis
8.Evening primrose - essential fatty acids, cell protection. Good for menapause, repairing skin, elasticity, osteoporosis. Similar to borage & black currant oil. Borage is very cooling.
9.Wild cherry tree. Cherry bark tincture or tea. Soothing anti inflammatory. Dry Coughs. Good with OSHA or thyme. Mildly sedating to cough. Boil bark for a while. Good for rheumatism. Make strong decoction, add 10% glycerin. Alkaline diet for gout.  Mouth, upper respiratory issues/inflammation
10.Artemisia/wormwood : small leaves, look like parsley. Anti parasitic,  antiviral, burn to purify air, bug repellant, eat leaves to prevent from getting airborne diseases.
11.Oregon grape (Spiny leaves with a little red). Root tincture. Good for staph infection, fevers & topically psoriasis. Mix with St. John's wort.
Mix with witch hazel for wounds topically antibiotic. Psoriasis - hyper inflammation of the skin. Calms liver. Skin issues have inflamed liver condition oftentimes. Bitters cooling. High  Burberine content. Good for diabetics.
Goldenseal & myhrr good remedy for skin conditions. Anti fungal. Blood toxicity. Systemic blood toxicity. Berries & root good for candida, kills yeast.
11.Gentian (lettuce looking plant). Dig roots of 1st year plant. Harvest in fall or spring. Good for digestion, acid reflux. Helps break down foods.
If crave drinks, cold stuff, iced cold stuff. Not good, contracts the stomach. Dry stomach. As you get older, digestive enzymes are less, hydrochloric acid less. Fungicide, suppresses fermentation, candida. Candida blend: desert willow, gentian & Oregon grape.
Gentian root powder for skin cancer.
Digestive aids (carminatives). Cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel
12.False Solomon seal. Red berries when in bloom. Use the root. Moistening & cooling. Good for lungs. Tea or fresh plant tincture. Soothing, expectorant. Licorice root also moistening for the lungs. Dry, hot lung condition. For coughs good with lobelia to calm cough.  Joint dryness. Rub on belly of woman in labor to help baby come out. Helps things make final move toward exit into next phase b/c of way leaves are formed. Considered wolf medicines. Change in life direction energetic medicine.
13.Pissipsia, like UVA ursi. Small dark green leaves. Use leaves & stem. Fresh plant tincture. Super shiny leaves. Pale, red berries when in bloom. Use for utis. Infections. Good w/Oregon grape. Soothe & shrink bladder & urethra tissue.
14.UVA ursi. Tiny short plant, multiple leaves. Shiny leaves.
15.Usnea

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