wound healing
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Lavender – Lavendula spp.
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$8.40 – $39.95Lavender has been used for centuries to inflame passions as an aphrodisiac, and it is still one of the most recognized scents in the world.
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St Johns Wort – Hypericum perforatum
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$8.90 – $43.10St John’s Wort has been used in folk medicine for thousands of years as a painkiller or sedative.
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Comfrey Leaf – Symphytum officinale
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$7.10 – $34.70Comfrey has been used externally for its wound healing capabilities, it has does this extremely fast – sometimes too fast as skin forms over a wound before it has healed properly.
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Arnica Flowers – Arnica montana
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$28.10 – $125.60Arnica has been used for medicinal purposes since the 1500s.
These Alpine flowers are an old time tested remedy for healing wounds and bruising.
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Chickweed – Stellaria media
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$6.60 – $32.20Chickweed is ‘THE’ best anti itch herb.
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Comfrey Root – Symphytum officinale
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$8.80 – $42.80Comfrey has been used externally for its wound healing capabilities.
Comfrey’s other name is Knitbone and it makes it a very valuable herb to use heal and mend inflammation, sprains and broken bones.
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Marshmallow Leaf – Althea officinalis
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$6.60 – $32.10Marshmallow Leaf has been traditionally used to soothe and support the intestines, lungs and urinary system.
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Myrrh – Commiphora molmol
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$14.40 – $68.90Myrrh (and various species) came from the Middle East, Ethiopia and Somalia.
It is an antiseptic tonic that soothes and heals. Myrrh comes from tree sap which once hardened, becomes a resin.
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Juniper – Juniperus communis
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$7.60 – $36.95Juniper berries (the mature female cone) have long been used as a flavouring in foods and alcoholic beverages such as gin.
The berries also serve as seasonings for pickling meats and as flavouring for liqueurs and bitters.
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Sarsaparilla – Smilax ornate
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$11.90 – $46.65It has likely been used for thousands of years by indigenous tribes of South America but was first introduced to Europe near the end of the Dark Ages.
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Chapparral – Larrea tridentata
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$13.90 – $52.80Chaparral is also known as creosote bush because of its taste. Do not let that put you off as this is a potent herb with a lot of punch.
It is a powerful healing herb that grows in the desert regions of the American Southwest, in quite arid condition.
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Cats Claw – Uncaria tormentosa
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$8.20 – $39.95Cats Claw is a woody vine native to the Amazon rainforest and other places in South and Central America.
Ancient Peruvian medicine used Cats Claw for digestive complaints, stomach problems, cancers, arthritis and to treat wounds.
