Health Talk – Bloodroot

Truxton, NY
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This is one of the first plants to flower in the spring.  Between its name and the time of year that it flowers shows what this plants healing powers are.  Its Latin name means blood.  The Indian name for this plant is puccoon.  Where there is evil there is balance with good.  Bloodroot is one of those very strong herbs that are balancing for the negative.  Next to every poison plant in the wild God has also planted a plant to stop its effects.

FOLK NAMES:  King root, red root.

LATIN NAME:  Sanguinaria Canadensis.

ELEMENT:  Fire.

POWERS:  Protection, love and purification.

MEDICINAL PARTS:  The whole plant.

CONSTITUTES:  Alkaloids mainly sanguinarine, resins, starch.

PROPERTIES:  Expectorant, diuretic, febrifuge, antispasmodic, slightly narcotic, antipathogenic, antibacterial, red dye, drying agent, emetic, antiseptic, anesthetic, anticancer.

MAGICAL USES:  An Indian brave would rub the root into the palm of his hand and then shake hands with the squaw that he wished to be with.  After four to five days she would agree.  The plant was put near doorways and windows to protect a home.

INTERNAL USES:  Respiratory and throat infections, coughs, to dry and flick off any unwanted putrified mucus, environmental toxins, swellings, tumors, brain cyst, polyps, toothpaste or mouthwash for plague, dissolves uric acid buildup.

EXTERNAL USES:  Warts, moles, Indians used it for war paint on their skins, skin tumors, chilblains, sore throats, snuff of polyps, gargle for throat ailments, an ointment for edema, eczema, and all skin problems even poison ivy.

HARVEST:  The whole plant can be dug up and dried as soon as you see it in the spring.  Remember to leave a piece of the root behind so the plant can grow.

USE AS:  Snuff, gargle, ointment, extract, oil.

PRECAUTIONS:  Bloodroot should not be used by women who are pregnant.  An overdose of this plant would cause first nausea, then vomiting which is needed if you are stopping food poisoning but the overdose can go faster and cause the heart rate to slow down, tunnel vision (if chew the root), can cause central nervous depressant, and intestinal colic.  Giving peppermint will help prevent colic reactions.

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Vibrantly,
Beth Hill of Beth’s Natural Way!

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