Sunday, December 27, 2020

Cornus, dogwood

 Extract added to tobacco for calming and enhancing perception. Bark and leaves are bitter tonic and analgesic, like aspirin. Good for lower GI deficiency/congestion, leaky gut.

From Torey:  Other uses for Dogwood species. Eastern Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), was widely used to treat malaria when quinine was unavailable. Pacific Flowering Dogwood (C. nuttallii) has a history of use as a febrifuge during fever outbreaks circa 1830-1834 at the HBC outpost, Fort Vancouver (Washington). 

One of the first medicines I learned about from indigenous elders was Red Osier Dogwood (aka Red Willow) (Cornus stolonifera). I will never forget one of its uses. Coughs, in particular, barking coughs. Barking coughs - Dogwood.

From  SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:

CORNUS STOLONIFERA 

Headache, from fevers. 

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