Posting date: 2017-10-09

23 Medicinal Plants the Native Americans Used on a Daily Basis

Native Americans are renowned for their medicinal plant knowledge. It is rumored they first started using plants and herbs for healing after watching animals eat certain plants when they were sick. In order to protect these plants from over harvesting, the medicine men used to pick every third plant they found. The Native Americans had a spiritual view of life, and to be healthy, a person had to have a sense of purpose and follow a righteous, harmonious, and balanced path in life. They believed some illnesses were life lessons the person needed to learn and that they shouldn’t interfere. Many modern remedies and medicines are based on the Native American knowledge of the different plants and herbs they used for thousands of years.   Some of the herbs used were Sage, Saw Palmetto, Rosemary, Slippery elm, Ashwagandha and Licorice.

But one of the most remarkable herbs from the North American Native People is not even mentioned among the 23 medicinal plants. It is called Bloodroot and has been used by Native Americans for treatment of cancer as well as moles and warts.

There is even a Facebook group where people post pictures of the herb's action on their skin problems.

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