NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

Working in the garden today, taking out some weeds, and remembering something a dear friend once told me -
"The things that grow most prolifically may be there because you need them most."

So... There are all these purple dead nettles growing around the house. I wouldn't have known what they were or what, if anything, they were good for... but I finally googled the attached pictures of one of the groups if them in our "kitchen garden," right at the edge of the driveway.

"Purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) is a member of the mint family that has many medicinal and edible uses. The leaves can be used to treat wounds, as a tea, or made into a salve, balm, or lotion. Purple dead nettle has astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic, purgative, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and antibacterial properties. It can also help with seasonal allergies, joint pain, and water retention."

I'm trying a cup of tea right now. Not bad! Hoping it will help with all the sneezing I've been doing every morning. Something is playing havoc with my "hayfever" right now.

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Good research!

I had Michael Moore's medicinal plants books for years. Lost my library to a house fire, but have used wildcrafted herbs many times for various maladies.

Good luck with your "hayfever." If can, find some Mormon tea. Grows in Utah and desert-y areas. Worked for me and was quite tasty.

BIRDMAN

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NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

Thanks!
Re the Mormon tea...We are definitely not desert here, so no wild patches, but maybe some of the local herbal shops carry it. I'll have to check.