Earth Medicine

Can DescriptionsEIAJ 1/2 in. open reel videotape. // Third program in series. Philip Lebowitz speaks with Little Tree in the New Fairfield woods. Focus of the episode is on the medicinal uses of 'roadside plants.' Program taped in August. Little Tree finds various plants and describes how to identify and use them. Plants include: evening primrose, which is edible but not medicinal; spreading dogbane, treatment for kidney ailments; bouncing bet, used as a soap; fleabane, which can be burned to repel bugs; yarrow, which can be made chewed as an oral novocaine and made into a tea for treating menstrual cramps; and wild carrot/Queen Anne's Lace, which has an edible root. // See collection folder for more information about Little Tree.