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Traditional Ailments

This page groups plants by the ailment tradition holds them to treat. Wikipedia notes that "the use of herbal remedies is more prevalent in people with chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, and end-stage kidney disease." Browsing by ailment lets a visitor find every plant traditionally reached for to treat one particular condition.

Facts

Bark and acorn used to stay fluxes and strengthen the body

Bark and fruit used to bind loose bowels

Bark and leaf used against fevers and rheumatism

Bark and leaves used to cleanse the blood and skin

Bark and pods used to stay fluxes and to heal

Bark used to stanch bleeding and cool inflammation

Berries used to ease the throat and the bowels

Blossom tisane calms the nerves and breaks a fever

Cones and leaves used to stay bleeding and firm loose gums

Dates nourish and restore the body

Figs used for the chest, the cough, and the throat

Flower and haw used as a tonic and steadier of the heart

Flowers and berries used against fevers, colds, and chills

Fruit used to cool a hot stomach and heart

Keys and bark used to open the liver and spleen

Leaves and bark used in cooling washes for skin and eyes

Leaves and bark used to bind fluxes and cool inflammation

Leaves and bark used to cool fevers and stay the flux

Needles and buds used against coughs, chills, and scurvy

Oil preserves, cleanses, and steadies the troubled mind

Oil soothes and heals the skin, gut, and wounds

Oil soothes the fevered body and inflamed skin

Resin used to heal wounds and ease inflammation

Tincture cleanses wounds and the mouth and gums

Used against cold griefs of the stomach

Used to comfort the stomach and head, ease wind