Comments on: Top 5 Favorite Medicinal Herbs

By: LindaG

LindaG — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:43:12 +0000

I've also heard that honey applied to a wound will speed the healing process. Seems our skin LOVES honey!

By: Bets

Bets — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:43:47 +0000

Hi all! I posted this info elsewhere on this site, but it's so cool and I'm so amazed, do you mind me repeating it?
If you get a blister, use the membrane from a raw egg to cover it. It works to protect & heal the skin.

By: William C Sankey

William C Sankey — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:36:45 +0000

I know this is not a herb, but I use Vitamen C when I start getting a sour throat or a cold or flu symptoms. I normally take 4 1000mg a day. For any flu or sour throat I will take 6 1000mg four times a day. All symptoms go away in 2 to 3 days.

By: inaminute

inaminute — Sat, 22 May 2010 05:47:07 +0000

I'd like to add 3 favorites I use. For burns and mild skin irritations, aloe is great. I have several plants, and I just snip off an end, slice it open, and put it on the hurting spot. Vitamin E oil is wonderful for first and second degree burns. It helps stop the pain and helps heal the skin. Plantain, a weed that looks like wide grass, is the best poison ivy treatment I know. I have plantain growing all over my yard, and if I need it I just cut some leaves, mash them, and put it on the itchy place.

By: Layla Cook

Layla Cook — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:16:10 +0000

Herbs are really useful in getting nutrients naturally, some of them have medicinal properties too.”,:

By: barron

barron — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:37:06 +0000

this is so cool

By: rightwingmom

rightwingmom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:16:44 +0000

Thanks for all the positive comments and added advice. Continue researching and adding natural healing to your prepping. There are so many benefits to herbs and home remedies. This knowledge could be invaluable if or when traditional medicines become hard to come by.

By: zmalfoy

zmalfoy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:12:47 +0000

Very good list of the most essential basics! Chamomile is such a great multi-purpose herb, I'll be growing several plants this year.

If I were to expand this any, I'd add a few herbs to deal with bleeding wounds (if things get troublesome, infection becomes a greater risk): Yarrow for poultices to staunch bleeding (also good as a tea for oncoming colds), Calendula in an ointment heals would very quickly, and/ or Lady's Mantle is reputed to be all around good when wounds need healing. And they're all quite pretty!

By: mama4x

mama4x — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:56:43 +0000

Selenium is evidently the most effective element to prevent flu. My friend in RN school said Hydrogen Peroxide will kill strep if you gargle it.

By: Ravenwolf31

Ravenwolf31 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:25:33 +0000

I also like rosemary for a mild pain reliever, and raspberry or strawberry leaves for "the monthly visitor".