Top 10 Medicinal Plants?

Preemptive 5* and pin

#1 Cannabis

Cannabis
Chamomile
Tea
Aloe vera
Garlic
Mint
Berries

Wild oregano

Marijuana, ferns, poppy, alfalfa, blackberries

Dandelion

coca
opium poppy

Mecanopsis betonicifiola

Graviola

Black seed /black cummin

Cat's claw

Pau d'arco

kombu

Grapefruit seed

Reishi mushroom

how about rose hips? i'd add those in there :)
and there seem to be roses for almost all zones

what is that and what do you use it for?

cats claw good one

but reishi grows on silver birch does it not ?

also i'd add

camu camu

acai

ungurahui

Himalayan Blue poppy.

Pain relief (legal and non addicting)

Turmeric Root should be in there somewhere.
Great for detox.

Sceletium.

Both emarcidum and tortuosum.

Meconopsis is one of the hardest plants to grow (unless you happen to live in Alaska)

~Chills

There's a patch in a front garden about 100 meters down the road from me.

Apple trees to make apple cider vinegar.

marijuana
cayanne
tea tree
arnica
opium poppy
boneset
comfrey
cilantro
garlic
valerian

That's just what I'd grow because you don't find it wild much here.

But there's tons that I wouldn't grow because it grows everywhere and is there for the taking.

Mullin
Dandelion
Tansey
Horsetail
angelica
etc

Cool topic.

banisteriopsis caapi
Psychotria viridis

excellent topic!

I'd choose flaxseed since it has multi uses

Easiest to find and very easy to grow loads, dandilion.

I had a Banisteriopsis once, was such a hardy plant.

Kinda miss him...

Gave him to a plantard becuase I was moving and couldn't really take him with me...

He'd feel around for things to climb, if I tried to guide him a certain way I'd come back later and it would going the way he wanted. Was eerie...

dandelions! best thing ever!

Some suggestions taken from dandiliontea.org

1) Gotu kola is a herb with stimulant properties. It helps the body to produce substances that strengthen the collagen fibers and improve the circulation of blood. Gotu kola reduces and slows down the process of hardening of connective tissues below the skin surface. It strengthens the vein walls, thereby preventing damage and leaking veins. It improves the flexibility of the connective tissue. This in turn improves the skin tone and firmness. The extract of Gotu kola can be used in cream, supplement, and as mesotherapy injection forms for cellulite treatment.

2) Horse chestnut is a herb with anti-inflammatory properties. One of its components, Aescin, decreases the poresize of the capillary walls and improves their tone thereby improving blood flow. This improvement in the tone of the capillaries under the skin reduces the appearance of the cellulite and smoothens the skin. This makes Aescin in the horse chestnut a valuable component in hand creams, lotions, and other cellulite products.

3) Grape seed extract reinforces the fibers of collagen, is an antioxidant and helps to maintain the elasticity of the blood vessels. It also contains flavonoids and tannings that strengthen the walls of small veins and lymphatic vessels – it improves circulation from the legs thereby preventing cellulite development.

4) Ginkgo biloba is a vasodilator which boosts circulation. It acts as an antioxidant and reduces the formation of damaging oxidized cholesterol on the vessels and thus helps in the smooth passage of blood.

5) Kelp with its high iodine content boosts the body’s metabolism and helps to burn more calories. It also contains mucilage, a natural compound that prevents fluid retention. It is often used in cellulite treatment as body wraps.

6) Green tea is a plant extract that has antioxidant and blood thinning effects. One should have atleast one cup a day of green tea.

7) Some herbs like dandelion enhance the livers ability to break down waste products and toxins. It also aids the kidneys to filter blood of these waste products and toxins. Dandelion leaves can be added to salads or cooked like spinach. A cup of dandelion tea each day containing 50 Gms of fresh dandelion leaves to half a liter of water.

Sweet clover, sea-weed, lecithins, evening primrose oil, lemon, ivy barley, strawberry, algae etc are also some of the herbal methods to reduce cellulite and improve the skin texture in the affected areas. They are to be rubbed in the affected areas three to four times a day daily.

Herbal remedies help improve the flow of blood and tone the capillary walls under the skin surface thereby improving the skin texture and reducing the cellulite.

i love turmeric so much.
i wish i could grow it here in zone 4!

Withania somnifera is a good one (Indian ginseng)

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Morning Glory
Calea Zacatechichi
Salvia Divinorum
Sandalwood
Syrian Rue