First, what is a “medicinal tree?” When I use that term, I specifically mean a tree that I was able to find multiple historical sources documenting their herbal applications. I picked the trees for this video because they are common and have traditional uses for typical conditions in the wintertime. Additionally, you’ll notice that the bark is the medicinal component of each of them. That means you can find and gather them even in the middle of winter! On my website, you’ll find an article describing the proper harvest and sustainability of gathering bark for herbal purposes in greater depth. The main point I’ll give you is that I used branches for my testing for this video, not the trunk of the bark. This is a perfectly viable way to get the same chemicals as you’d find in the main trunk's inner bark without causing much harm to the tree! The fifth tree is Sassafras. Its use is now extremely controversial and comes with an important warning. Sassafras was once the principal flavoring component of root beer. However, the main chemical responsible for the distinct flavor, safrole, is now an FDA-banned substance because of its carcinogenic properties. I am completing a deep-dive on this subject as of writing this article on the legitimacy of the carcinogen concern with safrole. For now, I must advise you to consume at your own risk. When we investigate the historical uses of Sassafras, we will find a myriad of purported applications. I will describe the ones that I consistently found across multiple sources. Sassafras was used internally for conditions like parasites, fevers and chills, and venereal diseases (this may have been external as well). Externally, it was used as an antiseptic for cuts and sores and as an eye wash. Sassafras bark has some mucilaginous compounds as well, which may be why it was additionally regarded as a demulcent or soothing herb. Oh, I have downloadable PDFs with all the identification information for each of these trees for you! You can get them via the link in my bio! What trees would you like me to cover next? Medical Disclaimer - The information in this video is educational only. No claims are made that these trees will treat or cure anything.
I'm going to call foul with the "carcinogen" narrative, as the reason that the FDA banned safrole. They promote carcinogenic products in foods, jibs, tablets, capsules, liquids sprayed on pre-made cigarettes, abortions (cause breast cancer) etc... cancer is big business. No offense, but if you trust what the government publishes, you do not have the slightest clue of how government operates
My grandma always used real sassafras to make her homemade root beer when I was growing up. So good! I never got sick from it and have never had cancer. I'm 55. Grams died at 104 in her sleep. 😊
Bless her heart! If only we grew up using and gathering these remedies everyday and had the knowledge passed to each generation would be worth it's weight in gold. Mother nature provides for all our needs. I'd have to carry a book and note pad with me everywhere to know what I'd need.
Hi I’m 55 too 😊and my grandmother also used sassafras for tea and I would enjoy visiting with her when I was a child in New Jersey. That tea was the best! 😋😋😋
Inflammation is good. An inflamed are a is an area that blood is going to, carrying nutrients for healing with it. Don't take anti-inflammatories unless the Inflammation is SUPER PAINFUL.
Southern Prickly Ash, a.k.a. "tickle tongue tree." Could you pleese cover this? Native Americans used to scrape the bark and chew on it for toothaches and even abscessed teeth as it not only created healing saliva, chewing on it, usually you have to replace the piece every few minutes, until the actual avcess comes out! Yes, it pulls out the infection which to me, makes it a literal badass of a tree!
When I was between 10-14, I would go sassafras hunting. I would find a young sassafras tree, pull it up, clean the roots, then boil them for tea. It was wonderful. My grandparents taught me how to look for them and I would only get the ones to thin out so others could grow. This was on 140 acres so we had plenty of trees to choose from.
We had small woods with sassafras trees in our Woods. When I used sassafras to help in giving the voice a higher pitch in singing. Remember when people used sassafras wrong. Why was it banned. Black Cherry, Sweet Gum, & Slippery Elm knew about the benefits . My Great Grandfathers were Doctors. Reading the Journals as a child was blessed with learning at my age seeing more are looking to go more.natural is helping to feel better. Now in 70's glad to try other natural way. ✨
Would LOVE to have access to such info! I am truly jealous! Lol 😊 Have u ever considered publishing their work? Or just making it available to others in whatever way is good for you? If u ever do lmk, I'd buy or even help you in a heartbeat! That kind of info is priceless! Many happy blessings to you & ur family.
Hackberry bark has an interesting medicinal use. The inner bark was once brewed into a tea to induce miscarriage, same with juniper (juniper cones). Catalpa is both a stimulant and a mild narcotic, depending on the dosage. The tulip tree has a number of medicinal applications. Pretty sure all trees do at this point, just based on everything I've learned about various species so far. It's nothing short of incredible.
@@rugerraylewis2602This reply and the one by @FiloBetto74 are exactly why women who cared for other women's health and wellness were branded "witch" and suffered the indignities of witch trials and the death that followed. If anything is evil, it is that stigmatisation.
we used to eat all kinds of things and don't anymore. But given the cost of going to the grocery store and the crop damage from climate change, I think its time our diet expanded a bit!
There was a sweet gum tree in our yard when growing up. The seeds were murder on a child's bare feet. It is absolutely gorgeous in the fall with multicolored leaves, yellow, red, pink, orange and purple. I think it is the most beautiful autumn tree. of all.
I agree, it is such a beautiful tree!! But to save their feet, I think everyone of those seed pods ought to be picked up and used for medicinal or decorative purposes.
I have a tea that contains slippery elm and it’s the only thing that causes my throat to be so smooth and relaxed when ever I’m sick, it makes me feel like I’m not sick at all !! Amazing stuff
I’ve never had it straight from the tree; only in throat coat/throat comfort teas I get at the store. I have a cup or two every night. Tastes great and helps my voice bc I sing in a band. I’d love to find a tree and make some!
In 5th and 6th grade my school's 2 week spring camp they told us that pioneers used sweet gum leaves by chewing at the stem and using it as toothbrush, and that aspirin was invented because the Indians discovered willows growing near the springs helped eased aches and pain. My dad kept Sassafras tea around the house and it taste like root beer he told us it was used as a blood builder.
Fun fact: sassafras trees are used for a precursor to make MDMA. In countries where they grow abundant, they are being destroyed almost to extinction because of it.
My grandfather use'st to peal the bark off small sweet gum twigs and a lot of other tree varieties and chew on them to spread the fibers apart and use it like you said to clean his teeth. Also chew on young Willow twigs for the aspirin that was in it for headaches.
@@mjk6618 No worms. Just an odd palate. He also eats cacti, terra cotta pots, bricks, plastic bags, plastic silverware, candy wrappers, underwear, rocks and bees.
I grew up hearing the spikey seed pods called “gum balls” and always thought it was a silly name bc they’d make terrible gum balls. It makes a lot more sense knowing the tree is called a sweet gum! I never knew the name of the tree! Thank you for spreading this information for people to know more about what’s around them.
I can't remember the whole scientific name for it but I do remember the second part of the scientific name...liquidambar. not sure of the spelling. The liquidambar refers to the sap of the tree and it does look like liquid amber. One thing we used to do with the round spiky seed pod balls. We would put them in a big paper bag and spray them with gold paint. When they are thoroughly painted we would put them on a Christmas tree. They made some pretty ornaments. My grandmother was a school teacher and she would put up a Christmas tree in the classroom and decorate it with the gold sweet gum balls. I am sure there were other ornaments that the children probably made.
@@The_Legend47 if those pods had been heavier they would have really hurt. :) We used to pick up crabapples and throw them at each other. Rotten ones were to be dreaded.
I used the juniper that grows in Texas, and is incorrectly called Texas Cedar, to help prevent what the locals call cedar fever. I just harvested the berries and made them into tea that I drank before the pollination season began. The idea was to help make myself immune. I'm not sure how much it helped with my allergies to the plant. But the tea tasted good. 😅
Get Back to Eden, by Dr John Jethro Klaus. Printed 1898 by a country Dr who walked mountains to see his patients. He documents every herb, tree, root, tree and bark, nuts, etc. A plethora of knowledge every family needs to have. Can be Googled. Unrevised edition! Large book, too. Treasure-trove of medicinal remedies.
Imagine thinking that the native people of an area would not be the one who had traditional medicine information with the native trees to the area. I'm sure other people had it after they met the native people who discovered it and used it daily? 🤔🤔
Does the black cherry bark have to be fresh ? I have a friend who cut one down last year but has been drying the logs and thick branches for woodworking - would this be suitable ?
I just thought, that trees, are like the lungs of the planet, and nature sure does replicate everything in us! Trees look like lungs, and so on. I never put the trees and lungs things together until now. Thank you! I was told that we really need to started grounding with trees to bring in the new energies! 🤗
I had a busy sprout, neighbor said cut it down,too buggy. He said it was an Elm. It turned into a glorious Elm BUSH....(I left it grow)! My newly raised 3 Hens & Kitty avoided burning Sun all summer by hanging out under it. Buds on it now for this season I may trim it a bit,as it is like 2 trunks with many limbs. Green life is green life to me.....
@rdallas81 sassafras is a main ingredient in gumbo file.. the regular herb is not illegal, just safrole extracts. Plus you can use most any plant religiously just gotta get signed up lol
Sassafras cannot be used currently to make root beer as it has carcinogens in it. Some places have gone through the trouble of removing the carcinogens to make sassafras candy, but root beer now has a different recipe. Look it up. I have sassafras in my yard and wanted to make tea. When I looked up the recipe, I found that it was a bad idea.
Slippery elm is also very nutritious. In the olden times, families would supplement their diets with it and it helped during times of famines immensely. Another use was for people with cancer and other ailments that kept them from eating/being able to keep food down. The slippery elm helped keep them from starving when it was really bad.
I saw a giant queen crepe myrtle beside the road in San Diego It was in bloom and had tons of seed pods . A beautiful tree with many medicinal uses seed leaves and bark can be harvested. You should cover it . The leaves and bark used as a tea can regulate blood glucose levels for diabetics and pre diabetics. It is used in sports suplements under the name banaba.
I don't know why. There's a load of black willow growing on the banks of almost every creek and river in Arkansas. Look for it in your area. You don't need to cut a whole tree, just a branch has a lot of inner bark.
Very welcome! Haha, in my other video I talked about this exact situation and said, "If you don't know it by its name, you probably know it from the spiky gumballs it produces!" 😄
A few years ago I had a pup with intestinal parasites that were resisting medical treatment. She was obsessed with chewing on sweet gum gumballs. I suspected that she was drawn to them to rid herself of the parasites inside. I've had 2 dogs since, neither with worms and neither showed any interest in sweet gumballs. My guess is that they've had no interest because they didn't need the medicine from the trees.
Ive been using sweet gum as tamaflue for years and it works. Dont let them fool you. Crush alot of the balls up and soak for 6 months in strong alcohol .
Don't forget the bark of the Pacific yew tree, which is used to make paclitaxel, a very effective chemotherapy drug for certain ovarian, lung, prostate, and several other cancers. Many lives have been saved by this tree.
As a youngster I loved to visit my dear Aunt Margie who lived in the ed mountains of western Maryland. Each summer she would concoct and fill a basement with REAL ROOT BEER! It was a huge treat the large Family looked forward to! Now the FDA is telling me she was poisoning us all? If that's true I shoulda keeled over in the late 1980's sometime. Seriously! I drank alot of this heavenly elixir.
It probably would heal cancer but I’m sure the bad people would say it was poison don’t touch…FDA needs to be dismantled their pockets are very deep and will say nothing good about natural homeopathics…
Anything the government can't make money from, like NATURAL plants, they label them as poisonous and shouldn't be consumed ... Take all of that with a grain of salt ... 🤔👍
Sassafrass leaves are the "spice" used to make gumbo File' and other stews. The "spice" is called File' (of French derivation. The word is pronounced with an "A" sound on the end, not a silent "E".) I bought several jars of it when I found some on sale because the FDA was about to make it illegal for being carcinogenic. This was decades ago. I saw the same spice back on the shelves a year or so ago...so maybe they have changed their minds about Sassafras?
I think different species have different levels of safrole so I can imagine that's what they're using. The sassy trees around here have HEAPS, just chewing a leaf gives you a boost 😅
The young leaves have not picked up enough safrole to be included in the ban, so the filé that you see in stores are made from young Sassafras leaves. I, also thought it was strange to see filé in stores until I learned that.
Uh, I do think of pain with willow. Not because of the bark, but the switches I was told to pick. Don't pick a bad one, cause you're just gonna have to go get another one.
So all of those little balls are sweet gum trees. Also one of the American Indian Tribes believes in giving back to the tree by sprinkling tobacco around it's base or roots, but you could also probably use coffee grounds. Not everyone chews tobacco because Tobacco and coffee grounds are good for the soil also.
@@alisonhenry820The coffee grounds and tobacco go back to the soil to fertilize it. When you take from the trees it damages them so you have to give back.
@elliecherise1968 I agree with that, I was just saying that traditionally I don't think tobacco and coffee were used interchangeably, for ceremonies etc. It's giving back to the earth, but it's not the same from a ceremonial perspective in my opinion
Thank you for the valuable information, I would like to add my two cents worth While I do not know of any medicinal uses for pine-trees, however the enter bark can be used as a emergency survival food, take ruffley only a one foot square patch from a given tree so as to not kill the tree.
The inner soft bark of the little red willow trees was used for either head aches or getting a buzz, I can't remember, I haven't tried it, no idea how to use it.
Ive read where people have been using pine needles from the eastern white pine trees to detox from spike protein from covid and jabs. Mentioned it to an 80 yr old woman i know...she ordered some and said it helped with her knee pain she developed after jabs and helped her sleep better (white pine needle tea).
I have the seeds that fall on my patio out front. I didn’t know what they were but you talk about and show a picture of the seeds and it’s sweet gum. I never knew what they were before. Thank you.
Where I live all the trees are conifers, there is a species of maple and a species of alder too but they are not the dominant trees. We have cedar, spruce, pine, hemlocks, yews, and firs but very few deciduous trees. No shortage of usable plants but the ecosystem functions very differently so none of these trees live where I live.
@@SalyLuz-hc6he No sugar maples here for the syrup but I have made tea and jelly, my personal favorite in my area is the vast fields of wood sorrel under the stands of old growth trees. Wood sorrel are one of the few around here that are tasty on their own, just make sure to drink a lot of water if you eat them often or you may get kidney stones. Here its also always green too so its not hard to find herbs all year.
Mesquite tree beans have been used for food by man and beast. The sap I have seen chewed like gum. I wonder if there’s any nutritional information about the humble mesquite.
😂 True, that! But when you find a plant that is Both, it is like money in the bank ( as long as it grows where you have owner's permission to gather plants.)
@@fortheloveofnoise If you had read the comment I replied to a bit more carefully, they were saying some plants that you can eat without harm ( non toxic), taste terrible! I was basically agreeing, but added that if you find plants that are edible, AND taste good, you are money ahead, as long as it is ok to harvest there.
When I made it years ago I just added the berries to water and a bunch of sugar and boiled it all down, while stirring, until I had almost syrup consistency. It continues to thicken as it cools. So, if you boil until it's syrup consistency you'll end up with it so thick that it's almost like extra sticky taffy. So, take it off the heat when it's not quite syrup yet. I've done the same thing with mulberries and with muscadine grapes and some kind of ornamental plumb. It's an easy and fun way to make something delicious with our wild friends. Oh, and it's delicious over ice cream! 😋
@@anyascelticcreationsyou can also just put the berries in honey. They turn to syrup in a couple days. You can strain them or let them ferment into a probiotic syrup that is shelf stable for longer.
@@lavona8204 Ooo, thank you! That sounds like a much nicer way to do it. I'd prefer not to cook the bajeebers out of them if there's another way. And yours sounds like a wonderful way! 🙏
If anyone's wondering why we don't use natural remedies anymore despite the fact that they seem to be useful and delicious. Quite frankly, it's because petroleum based medicines are far easier to manufacture and produce, and you know they were pushed on by the health care association who is also owned by a large cotton, cotton or seed oil manufacturer that makes margarine you see You see the irony and all that
I work at a pharmacy, most medications are made of compounds originally discovered from natural sources or built off natural sources. Most have no relation to petroleum. What are you talking about?? You really shouldn’t spread misinformation about things that could save lives.
Pine - Pine tar is used as a salve for dry skin. It can be made into soap and the needle is used for tea. It is abundant and hearty. It also has antimicribial and antifungal properties.
I wish Sweet Gum trees grew where I live. I buy a bag of pods every year from a woman in Keokuk County, Iowa who sells them on Amazon. They are an important component in my Hoodoo practice.
@CricketsBay you can come gather them for free out of my yard, they are in every nook and cranny and make it difficult to walk through the yard. Beautiful tree, but the spiky gumballs are a pain!!
I've always called those ball things "Woolly Boogers" and if you bury them a monster with grow out of it. My Grandpa used to always tease me with them when I was a kid, saying he's gonna bury one and tell the Woolly Booger I've been bad so it comes to get me.
I wished I learned this in school but you gotta imagine that somebody a VERY long time ago kept eating tree bark until they stumbled upon one that actually tasted good 😂
Having a southern grandparent tells you why Willow was known for pain. If they had that tree, and you did something stupid, Mama had a switch for you braided out of willow. Hearing about that after knowing about Harry Potter womping willow made me wonder what the Wizarding World of the South would be like. 😮
My mom used to talk about sassafras tea, but she never said much that I remember. I got the feeling that it was for healing but was never completely sure. Thank you for this information!!
!!! Finally I know what tree the prickleberries come from! I have been wondering for decades what they actually are, my brother and I started calling them prickleberries when we were really little, and our parents didn’t know the name of the tree they came from either. I’m still gonna call them prickleberries and prickleberry trees tho lol.
First, what is a “medicinal tree?” When I use that term, I specifically mean a tree that I was able to find multiple historical sources documenting their herbal applications.
I picked the trees for this video because they are common and have traditional uses for typical conditions in the wintertime. Additionally, you’ll notice that the bark is the medicinal component of each of them. That means you can find and gather them even in the middle of winter!
On my website, you’ll find an article describing the proper harvest and sustainability of gathering bark for herbal purposes in greater depth. The main point I’ll give you is that I used branches for my testing for this video, not the trunk of the bark. This is a perfectly viable way to get the same chemicals as you’d find in the main trunk's inner bark without causing much harm to the tree!
The fifth tree is Sassafras. Its use is now extremely controversial and comes with an important warning.
Sassafras was once the principal flavoring component of root beer. However, the main chemical responsible for the distinct flavor, safrole, is now an FDA-banned substance because of its carcinogenic properties.
I am completing a deep-dive on this subject as of writing this article on the legitimacy of the carcinogen concern with safrole. For now, I must advise you to consume at your own risk.
When we investigate the historical uses of Sassafras, we will find a myriad of purported applications. I will describe the ones that I consistently found across multiple sources.
Sassafras was used internally for conditions like parasites, fevers and chills, and venereal diseases (this may have been external as well). Externally, it was used as an antiseptic for cuts and sores and as an eye wash.
Sassafras bark has some mucilaginous compounds as well, which may be why it was additionally regarded as a demulcent or soothing herb.
Oh, I have downloadable PDFs with all the identification information for each of these trees for you! You can get them via the link in my bio!
What trees would you like me to cover next?
Medical Disclaimer - The information in this video is educational only. No claims are made that these trees will treat or cure anything.
That's a lot of words
I'm going to call foul with the "carcinogen" narrative, as the reason that the FDA banned safrole. They promote carcinogenic products in foods, jibs, tablets, capsules, liquids sprayed on pre-made cigarettes, abortions (cause breast cancer) etc... cancer is big business.
No offense, but if you trust what the government publishes, you do not have the slightest clue of how government operates
Love you to cover Autumn Olive and Black Locust ( I know AO is evasive but its yummy) but would like ur take on it...
Cottonwood buds
Trees with edible leaves like mulberry
This needs to be all in a single book with colored pictures to identify the trees
I have downloadable guides with colored photos and identification points for all of them! (Mentioned in pinned comment)
Just came home from the hospital, speaking to UA-cam so can I get the channels information I may sue.
Do not listen to the guy I got really sick
Yesssss
Awesome thank you!!!!
@@eggheadusa9900I can't tell if your joking or not, are u??
My grandma always used real sassafras to make her homemade root beer when I was growing up. So good! I never got sick from it and have never had cancer. I'm 55. Grams died at 104 in her sleep. 😊
If government says it's poison I say it's good for me probably.They poison foods and label it safe everyday all day...
Bless her heart! If only we grew up using and gathering these remedies everyday and had the knowledge passed to each generation would be worth it's weight in gold. Mother nature provides for all our needs. I'd have to carry a book and note pad with me everywhere to know what I'd need.
Thay awesome! It's the base ingredient for MDMA so maybe drugs are good?
And sassafras tea is so yummy !
Hi I’m 55 too 😊and my grandmother also used sassafras for tea and I would enjoy visiting with her when I was a child in New Jersey. That tea was the best! 😋😋😋
Dont forget birch! Its bark contains methyl salicylate a powerful analgesic and anti-inflamatory, great for even more serious injuries like sprains.
yeah he's a son of a birch for forgetting !
Bark humor!!! 😂😂😂😂
Inflammation is good. An inflamed are a is an area that blood is going to, carrying nutrients for healing with it. Don't take anti-inflammatories unless the Inflammation is SUPER PAINFUL.
Can I make meth with it?
@@farkasmactavish Now that is Golden Knowledge ✨️
With the black cherry, it now makes sense as to why most cough medications have a cherry flavor.
That’s what I was thinking too
so cool
I never thought of that but that does make sense.
I'm sure drug company's don't use the real black cherry tree for flavor
@@rhondablood7522 they probably got the idea of cherry flavoring from the black cherry medicinal properties
Southern Prickly Ash, a.k.a. "tickle tongue tree." Could you pleese cover this? Native Americans used to scrape the bark and chew on it for toothaches and even abscessed teeth as it not only created healing saliva, chewing on it, usually you have to replace the piece every few minutes, until the actual avcess comes out! Yes, it pulls out the infection which to me, makes it a literal badass of a tree!
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When I was between 10-14, I would go sassafras hunting. I would find a young sassafras tree, pull it up, clean the roots, then boil them for tea. It was wonderful. My grandparents taught me how to look for them and I would only get the ones to thin out so others could grow. This was on 140 acres so we had plenty of trees to choose from.
Where is the Sassafrass tree native to, PLZ?? & TY!
@@kimberlypasternak6925, Northeast and Southeast US. They are easy to find because they have 3 different shaped leaves.
We had small woods with sassafras trees in our Woods. When I used sassafras to help in giving the voice a higher pitch in singing. Remember when people used sassafras wrong. Why was it banned.
Black Cherry, Sweet Gum, & Slippery Elm knew about the benefits .
My Great Grandfathers were Doctors. Reading the Journals as a child was blessed with learning at my age seeing more are looking to go more.natural is helping to feel better. Now in 70's glad to try other natural way. ✨
Would LOVE to have access to such info! I am truly jealous! Lol 😊 Have u ever considered publishing their work? Or just making it available to others in whatever way is good for you?
If u ever do lmk, I'd buy or even help you in a heartbeat! That kind of info is priceless! Many happy blessings to you & ur family.
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Hackberry bark has an interesting medicinal use. The inner bark was once brewed into a tea to induce miscarriage, same with juniper (juniper cones). Catalpa is both a stimulant and a mild narcotic, depending on the dosage. The tulip tree has a number of medicinal applications. Pretty sure all trees do at this point, just based on everything I've learned about various species so far. It's nothing short of incredible.
"Induce Miscarriages"????
I will never understand or support this notion.
@@FiloBetto74exactly. Like clearly thats not a medicinal or beneficial tree. Sounds like a poisonous one
@@rugerraylewis2602This reply and the one by @FiloBetto74 are exactly why women who cared for other women's health and wellness were branded "witch" and suffered the indignities of witch trials and the death that followed. If anything is evil, it is that stigmatisation.
@@neonachastrue that!
@@neonachas whats evil is taking the life of a child. Murder is evil enough stop labeling it “womens health”
Mother nature's cupboard is quite the place 😂
Just as God designed, all these are to be food and medicine!
I prefer her knickers
we used to eat all kinds of things and don't anymore. But given the cost of going to the grocery store and the crop damage from climate change, I think its time our diet expanded a bit!
@@AnimeShinigami13 I used to eat people but we decided to stop
Its good to see old knowledge being taught.
We're getting there ❤
There was a sweet gum tree in our yard when growing up. The seeds were murder on a child's bare feet. It is absolutely gorgeous in the fall with multicolored leaves, yellow, red, pink, orange and purple. I think it is the most beautiful autumn tree. of all.
I agree, it is such a beautiful tree!! But to save their feet, I think everyone of those seed pods ought to be picked up and used for medicinal or decorative purposes.
@@SalyLuz-hc6he 🙂
They are beautiful but I have to look out for my daughter she’s allergic
Yeah, but picking up all of the gumballs... 😢 ugh.
Same here; we had a sweet gum tree in the back corner of the yard and it was murder on tender soles!
I have a tea that contains slippery elm and it’s the only thing that causes my throat to be so smooth and relaxed when ever I’m sick, it makes me feel like I’m not sick at all !! Amazing stuff
I buy slippery elm bark and run to the store whenever I run out, essential in dry winter air for us! Even my dog gets some.
Did it help to coughing?
I’ve never had it straight from the tree; only in throat coat/throat comfort teas I get at the store. I have a cup or two every night. Tastes great and helps my voice bc I sing in a band. I’d love to find a tree and make some!
@@AllenTax yes, I was able to take a break from coughing because my throat was so raw from all the coughing and it soothed it
d@@redfishbluefish4973Why did the mixture turn Rust color ?
In 5th and 6th grade my school's 2 week spring camp they told us that pioneers used sweet gum leaves by chewing at the stem and using it as toothbrush, and that aspirin was invented because the Indians discovered willows growing near the springs helped eased aches and pain. My dad kept Sassafras tea around the house and it taste like root beer he told us it was used as a blood builder.
Fun fact: sassafras trees are used for a precursor to make MDMA. In countries where they grow abundant, they are being destroyed almost to extinction because of it.
@bink9113 is that why the fda outlawed it? Precursor to mdma?
@@bink9113w
What is mama, please???
My grandfather use'st to peal the bark off small sweet gum twigs and a lot of other tree varieties and chew on them to spread the fibers apart and use it like you said to clean his teeth. Also chew on young Willow twigs for the aspirin that was in it for headaches.
@@patriciatinkey2677*MDMA - a HIGHLY ILLEGAL drug, similar to crystal meth
My dog wolfs down mouthfuls of sweet gum pods every chance he gets. Maybe it eases discomfort from all the other weird objects he eats.
😂 lord I couldn't imagine anything worse to east
Anti parasitic... Dogs know what they need to heal, he pr'bly had worms.
@@mjk6618 No worms. Just an odd palate. He also eats cacti, terra cotta pots, bricks, plastic bags, plastic silverware, candy wrappers, underwear, rocks and bees.
Love the heck outta this! I always believed in holistic medicines
Its all total nonsense
@@splibb like you!!😂😂
@@splibbok kids, play nice before someone gets a black 👁️ eye. 😂
Holistic medicine was how are ancestors survived. It's not a new age thing, but pharmaceuticals are
@@rachelp9631 yes totally aware of thi
When you mentioned what Willow bark is good for, I was like “Well, yeah. That’s literally Aspirin. That’s where aspirin is extracted from.”
I grew up hearing the spikey seed pods called “gum balls” and always thought it was a silly name bc they’d make terrible gum balls. It makes a lot more sense knowing the tree is called a sweet gum! I never knew the name of the tree! Thank you for spreading this information for people to know more about what’s around them.
I can't remember the whole scientific name for it but I do remember the second part of the scientific name...liquidambar. not sure of the spelling. The liquidambar refers to the sap of the tree and it does look like liquid amber.
One thing we used to do with the round spiky seed pod balls. We would put them in a big paper bag and spray them with gold paint. When they are thoroughly painted we would put them on a Christmas tree. They made some pretty ornaments. My grandmother was a school teacher and she would put up a Christmas tree in the classroom and decorate it with the gold sweet gum balls. I am sure there were other ornaments that the children probably made.
I remember picking up & THROWING the sweet gum seed pods, like they were grenades
@@susanfarley1332nice idea!
Are there other trees with those prickly seed pods? Those are common around here
@@The_Legend47 if those pods had been heavier they would have really hurt. :)
We used to pick up crabapples and throw them at each other. Rotten ones were to be dreaded.
Please cover birch, juniper, American basswood, balsams and pines next!!
I used the juniper that grows in Texas, and is incorrectly called Texas Cedar, to help prevent what the locals call cedar fever. I just harvested the berries and made them into tea that I drank before the pollination season began. The idea was to help make myself immune. I'm not sure how much it helped with my allergies to the plant. But the tea tasted good. 😅
I had to look back at this comment I read birch as something else😂😂
Get Back to Eden, by Dr John Jethro Klaus. Printed 1898 by a country Dr who walked mountains to see his patients. He documents every herb, tree, root, tree and bark, nuts, etc. A plethora of knowledge every family needs to have. Can be Googled. Unrevised edition! Large book, too. Treasure-trove of medicinal remedies.
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Not to mention you can soak it and wrap an injury with it and it will harden to form a sort of cast to hold in place.
So nice to see Indigenous Native Traditional Knowledge being shared🌎🏞🐬💦🌱🌹🌳🌲🌲🌴🌵🌿🪴🍁🦋💚🏺
Imagine thinking only one race has/have/had knowledge that no other race did/does.
Imagine thinking that the native people of an area would not be the one who had traditional medicine information with the native trees to the area. I'm sure other people had it after they met the native people who discovered it and used it daily? 🤔🤔
Aho!
Imagine we had a world where people stopped being shitty to each other over who discovered what...
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I’ve been making wild cherry bark tincture for coughs for years. Works well!!
Ooh - recipe please 🙏 ❤
So curious to try it, cherry wood is expensive in furniture, never thought it would make a good remedy 🍒😃😄!
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Does the black cherry bark have to be fresh ? I have a friend who cut one down last year but has been drying the logs and thick branches for woodworking - would this be suitable ?
Had a guy caught on a national park cutting slippery elm bark off of trees, caught 15 years in prison.
Ridiculous
Oh no 😮 I will pray for him. 🙏
I love this type of content. I work at a plant nursery and always love when I can learn further about all types of plants. Subscribed!
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I just thought, that trees, are like the lungs of the planet, and nature sure does replicate everything in us! Trees look like lungs, and so on. I never put the trees and lungs things together until now. Thank you! I was told that we really need to started grounding with trees to bring in the new energies! 🤗
Never too late to start climbing trees or at least hugging them ❤
Great info. I'd love an episode about all the types of elms.
I had a busy sprout, neighbor said cut it down,too buggy. He said it was an Elm. It turned into a glorious Elm BUSH....(I left it grow)! My newly raised 3 Hens & Kitty avoided burning Sun all summer by hanging out under it. Buds on it now for this season
I may trim it a bit,as it is like 2 trunks with many limbs. Green life is green life to me.....
Sassafras is delicious. I like to go thru a bunch of every spring making tea. A spring tonic. Reminds me it'll be spring soon I need to get some
ILLEGAL!
LOL.
Safrole, sassafras, M2dp2-
It's delicious!!
@rdallas81 sassafras is a main ingredient in gumbo file.. the regular herb is not illegal, just safrole extracts. Plus you can use most any plant religiously just gotta get signed up lol
Sassafras cannot be used currently to make root beer as it has carcinogens in it. Some places have gone through the trouble of removing the carcinogens to make sassafras candy, but root beer now has a different recipe. Look it up. I have sassafras in my yard and wanted to make tea. When I looked up the recipe, I found that it was a bad idea.
We used to drink sassafras tea at grandparents' house when I was a kid.
Slippery elm is also very nutritious. In the olden times, families would supplement their diets with it and it helped during times of famines immensely. Another use was for people with cancer and other ailments that kept them from eating/being able to keep food down. The slippery elm helped keep them from starving when it was really bad.
Thank you for sharing this with us?
Thanks, I can use that info.
Well, now I want to make the black cherry syrup and slippery elm. Got a video on how to do that? 😊
I saw a giant queen crepe myrtle beside the road in San Diego It was in bloom and had tons of seed pods .
A beautiful tree with many medicinal uses seed leaves and bark can be harvested. You should cover it .
The leaves and bark used as a tea can regulate blood glucose levels for diabetics and pre diabetics.
It is used in sports suplements under the name banaba.
WOW good to know 👍🏻
Crepe myrtle in general, or just one variety?
Cool! If you get back to that tree, send me some seeds. Sounds like a good candidate for a Bonsai.
In the Southern US dogwood bark was often used in place of black willow.
its a daag. lol you like daags?
I don't know why. There's a load of black willow growing on the banks of almost every creek and river in Arkansas. Look for it in your area. You don't need to cut a whole tree, just a branch has a lot of inner bark.
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Informative and interesting. Please continue...thank you. 😊
We drank sassafrass tea all the time when we were growing up. Loved it. Catnip tea too. Had wild spearmint too.
We need more tree education.
Agreed!
I second this.
Treeducation
Sweetgum... So that's the tree that those weird spiky ball things grow on. I didn't know what it was called for years, thank you!
Very welcome! Haha, in my other video I talked about this exact situation and said, "If you don't know it by its name, you probably know it from the spiky gumballs it produces!" 😄
@@FeralForaging I sometimes like to pretend they're mini flails and smack my friends and family with them.
A few years ago I had a pup with intestinal parasites that were resisting medical treatment. She was obsessed with chewing on sweet gum gumballs. I suspected that she was drawn to them to rid herself of the parasites inside.
I've had 2 dogs since, neither with worms and neither showed any interest in sweet gumballs. My guess is that they've had no interest because they didn't need the medicine from the trees.
Me neither
@@FeralForaging Are you referring to a Mulberry tree or did old neighbors mislabel,theirs?
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I have sassafras trees growing all over my yard. It's the only tree that has 2 leaves on the same tree
Three different, but yes. The mitten, and two others, which I can't think of their nicknames off hand, due to their shape.
We have a sweet gum in our backyard. We would call it our 'prickle berry tree', and the seed pods are the 'prickke berries'.
LOL yeah, it's a pretty apt description
Ive been using sweet gum as tamaflue for years and it works. Dont let them fool you. Crush alot of the balls up and soak for 6 months in strong alcohol .
Interesting information, thank you!
Don't forget the bark of the Pacific yew tree, which is used to make paclitaxel, a very effective chemotherapy drug for certain ovarian, lung, prostate, and several other cancers. Many lives have been saved by this tree.
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As a youngster I loved to visit my dear Aunt Margie who lived in the ed mountains of western Maryland. Each summer she would concoct and fill a basement with REAL ROOT BEER! It was a huge treat the large Family looked forward to!
Now the FDA is telling me she was poisoning us all? If that's true I shoulda keeled over in the late 1980's sometime. Seriously! I drank alot of this heavenly elixir.
It probably would heal cancer but I’m sure the bad people would say it was poison don’t touch…FDA needs to be dismantled their pockets are very deep and will say nothing good about natural homeopathics…
Anything the government can't make money from, like NATURAL plants, they label them as poisonous and shouldn't be consumed ... Take all of that with a grain of salt ... 🤔👍
Thank you for this important information
The black cherry sounds like it would taste amazing. Guess that's where they got Black Cherry Soda from.
Sassafrass leaves are the "spice" used to make gumbo File' and other stews. The "spice" is called File' (of French derivation. The word is pronounced with an "A" sound on the end, not a silent "E".)
I bought several jars of it when I found some on sale because the FDA was about to make it illegal for being carcinogenic. This was decades ago.
I saw the same spice back on the shelves a year or so ago...so maybe they have changed their minds about Sassafras?
Maybe it's because the saffrole is used for hallucinogenic purposes ?
@@redneckmutherf no, they said it was a carcinogen. . Go figure, they are selling it again anyway!
Only extracts of safrole are illegal. The regular herb is fine last I heard 🤔
I think different species have different levels of safrole so I can imagine that's what they're using. The sassy trees around here have HEAPS, just chewing a leaf gives you a boost 😅
The young leaves have not picked up enough safrole to be included in the ban, so the filé that you see in stores are made from young Sassafras leaves. I, also thought it was strange to see filé in stores until I learned that.
Uh, I do think of pain with willow. Not because of the bark, but the switches I was told to pick.
Don't pick a bad one, cause you're just gonna have to go get another one.
So all of those little balls are sweet gum trees.
Also one of the American Indian Tribes believes in giving back to the tree by sprinkling tobacco around it's base or roots, but you could also probably use coffee grounds.
Not everyone chews tobacco because Tobacco and coffee grounds are good for the soil also.
😂coffee grounds instead of one of the most sacred medicines used by first nations people??
@@alisonhenry820The coffee grounds and tobacco go back to the soil to fertilize it.
When you take from the trees it damages them so you have to give back.
@elliecherise1968 I agree with that, I was just saying that traditionally I don't think tobacco and coffee were used interchangeably, for ceremonies etc. It's giving back to the earth, but it's not the same from a ceremonial perspective in my opinion
Thank you for the valuable information, I would like to add my two cents worth While I do not know of any medicinal uses for pine-trees, however the enter bark can be used as a emergency survival food, take ruffley only a one foot square patch from a given tree so as to not kill the tree.
Pine needles contain a lot of vitamin C, and have been used to make tea during winter.
The inner soft bark of the little red willow trees was used for either head aches or getting a buzz, I can't remember, I haven't tried it, no idea how to use it.
Stick your finger in a light socket, Buzzz..
Silly question…If you take bark from the tree will it kill the tree?
Cover: American Tulip, Hickory, Walnut, Eastern White Pine.
If you take only one 4" X 4" square off of each tree, they will heal as you are not girdling it and cutting off the flow of sap.
@@maecarpenter6735Or if you only use bark from a few branches, not the trunk. Assuming you have a ladder that can reach them.
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Awesome, thank you!
Great stuff. Thank you so much for your knowledge for us!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great short
Ive read where people have been using pine needles from the eastern white pine trees to detox from spike protein from covid and jabs. Mentioned it to an 80 yr old woman i know...she ordered some and said it helped with her knee pain she developed after jabs and helped her sleep better (white pine needle tea).
Going to look into these, thank you! I have been curious about sweet gum because I see many of the seeds all over my area, thank you!
Thank you, happy New Year
Same to you!
I have the seeds that fall on my patio out front. I didn’t know what they were but you talk about and show a picture of the seeds and it’s sweet gum. I never knew what they were before. Thank you.
I love the info i took horticulture in highschool but never heard about this stuff it's very interesting
Where I live all the trees are conifers, there is a species of maple and a species of alder too but they are not the dominant trees. We have cedar, spruce, pine, hemlocks, yews, and firs but very few deciduous trees.
No shortage of usable plants but the ecosystem functions very differently so none of these trees live where I live.
Do you make tea and jelly with spruce tips in the spring? I remember sweetening that with a little bit of maple syrup, and it’s very good!
@@SalyLuz-hc6he No sugar maples here for the syrup but I have made tea and jelly, my personal favorite in my area is the vast fields of wood sorrel under the stands of old growth trees. Wood sorrel are one of the few around here that are tasty on their own, just make sure to drink a lot of water if you eat them often or you may get kidney stones.
Here its also always green too so its not hard to find herbs all year.
We know sweetgum as luiquid amber. Used like chewing gum.
Ooo, how did you harvest it? What part and how processed? I have it near me and would love to try.
@tamaraspillis612 ^this!!
Subbed - great info, and I love trees
Thank you for sharing.
Mesquite tree beans have been used for food by man and beast. The sap I have seen chewed like gum. I wonder if there’s any nutritional information about the humble mesquite.
Yes the seed pods are a survival food and if you have no other food source around it could save your life.
This would be a good reason to coppice a tree. Lots of young branches with bark, and you don't have to worry about killing the tree.
I just came across this video and its great lots of great info that i didnt even know. Thank you for your hard work.
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Many Thanks, you are so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Delicious and nontoxic are 2 different things...
😂 True, that! But when you find a plant that is Both, it is like money in the bank ( as long as it grows where you have owner's permission to gather plants.)
never met something that was toxic but delicious besides deadly apricot seeds
@@fortheloveofnoise If you had read the comment I replied to a bit more carefully, they were saying some plants that you can eat without harm ( non toxic), taste terrible! I was basically agreeing, but added that if you find plants that are edible, AND taste good, you are money ahead, as long as it is ok to harvest there.
Great video make more on trees please!
this is slightly unrelated but I have been wracking my brain for the word 'mucilaginous' for literal years. thank you brother
Can you explain the black cherry syrup? I have those trees local
When I made it years ago I just added the berries to water and a bunch of sugar and boiled it all down, while stirring, until I had almost syrup consistency. It continues to thicken as it cools. So, if you boil until it's syrup consistency you'll end up with it so thick that it's almost like extra sticky taffy. So, take it off the heat when it's not quite syrup yet.
I've done the same thing with mulberries and with muscadine grapes and some kind of ornamental plumb. It's an easy and fun way to make something delicious with our wild friends.
Oh, and it's delicious over ice cream! 😋
@@anyascelticcreationsyou can also just put the berries in honey. They turn to syrup in a couple days. You can strain them or let them ferment into a probiotic syrup that is shelf stable for longer.
@@lavona8204 Ooo, thank you! That sounds like a much nicer way to do it. I'd prefer not to cook the bajeebers out of them if there's another way. And yours sounds like a wonderful way! 🙏
I use willow bark for clone propagation.
Right On
Out of curiosity, what type do you use? I have heard that curly willow has the most of the growth hormone that helps so much with cloning.
Thanks for sharing
Love this info.
My entire backyard is all sassafrass
If anyone's wondering why we don't use natural remedies anymore despite the fact that they seem to be useful and delicious. Quite frankly, it's because petroleum based medicines are far easier to manufacture and produce, and you know they were pushed on by the health care association who is also owned by a large cotton, cotton or seed oil manufacturer that makes margarine you see You see the irony and all that
I work at a pharmacy, most medications are made of compounds originally discovered from natural sources or built off natural sources. Most have no relation to petroleum. What are you talking about?? You really shouldn’t spread misinformation about things that could save lives.
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Pine - Pine tar is used as a salve for dry skin. It can be made into soap and the needle is used for tea. It is abundant and hearty. It also has antimicribial and antifungal properties.
Subscribed! Live this kind of information. Videos showing the how to’s step by step please would be beneficial.
Sassafras was declared to be a carcinogen due to safrole being a precursor for MDMA and MDA and the traditional process was not followed in doing so.
Yep. It was administered to lab rats in insanely high doses. Doses so high that no one would come across them in real life.
I wish Sweet Gum trees grew where I live. I buy a bag of pods every year from a woman in Keokuk County, Iowa who sells them on Amazon. They are an important component in my Hoodoo practice.
This video is the first time I’ve ever heard of those trees being useful
@CricketsBay you can come gather them for free out of my yard, they are in every nook and cranny and make it difficult to walk through the yard. Beautiful tree, but the spiky gumballs are a pain!!
Do you use them to make a sticky hoodoo bomb?
I've always called those ball things "Woolly Boogers" and if you bury them a monster with grow out of it. My Grandpa used to always tease me with them when I was a kid, saying he's gonna bury one and tell the Woolly Booger I've been bad so it comes to get me.
👍🤩💝🙏‼️Thank you so very much for making this video and providing this valuable information.
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I wished I learned this in school but you gotta imagine that somebody a VERY long time ago kept eating tree bark until they stumbled upon one that actually tasted good 😂
Who knew that the sticky balls that we use to peg each other with, as kids, is great 👍🏾 for the respiratory tract...
My grandmother always said when you know medicine is every where. Thank you God for taking care of my grandmother 😊❤❤
Having a southern grandparent tells you why Willow was known for pain. If they had that tree, and you did something stupid, Mama had a switch for you braided out of willow.
Hearing about that after knowing about Harry Potter womping willow made me wonder what the Wizarding World of the South would be like. 😮
Very interesting and informative 👍
My mom used to talk about sassafras tea, but she never said much that I remember. I got the feeling that it was for healing but was never completely sure. Thank you for this information!!
I love to see more education for using local natural floura!
!!! Finally I know what tree the prickleberries come from! I have been wondering for decades what they actually are, my brother and I started calling them prickleberries when we were really little, and our parents didn’t know the name of the tree they came from either. I’m still gonna call them prickleberries and prickleberry trees tho lol.
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Fascinating
Your amazing because i love trees so thank you for this beautiful info ❤❤❤❤
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Siberian elm in China has its bark soaked in water as hair glue to glue hairs of Peking opera performers. They are a nature’s wonder.
Thank-you so much for sharing your knowledge and video.💖👣
I love and respect that you finished the video even though it didn't fit in the short 🔥 thank you ❤
When I saw him sniff I knew it was sassafras. We used to have one in our backyard at our old house.