When I was a little girl, my granny (West Virginia mountains all her life...herbal healer) told me that in most cases, the plants and herbs that can irritate you (poison ivy, stinging nettle etc), the "curing" plant or herb grows nearby and sometimes with the plants that cause the irritation. Example, I have stinging nettle in my pasture. Plaintain (which alleviates the burning itch) grows all around it. I wish my granny had lived long enough to teach me more. She was amazing.
I'm a practicing cancer researcher, (PhD biochem and mol bio, PI on several R01s, significant publication record) and wholly agree with the statements disregarding the cancer risk for sassafras. Everything causes cancer, when you concentrate it and feed huge amounts to model organisms. I'm more concerned about getting cancer from fast food habits than any freshly foraged foodstuffs.
Thank you for being outside the box in your thinking. We need more people like you in academia. You should look in to SV40 and Murine contamination. Corvelva Lab in Italy is doing amazing work against the grain too!
What's your take on the fenbendazole & Ivermectin on cancer? I'm starting to collect stories of people who have used one or both & cured their terminal cancer when everything else failed.
Herbalist from North Mississippi here,good job, keep up the good work. Constantly trying to teach the young all this knowledge before old timers like me are all gone.
Thank you sir! I'm in West Monroe, LA and trying to learn from experienced herbalists to keep the knowledge alive. Please let me know if you ever have classes. I'd be willing to make the drive to attend.
It’s an acquired taste. Not all are interested, but I agree that putting this info out will bring in those that are! I had to grow up a bit before I became interested 🤍
Big upz all the southeastern herbalists ive been realizing how many of us there are and that the traditional knowledge of these plants are in great hands 🙌🏼💚
Palmate and pinnate leaf vein/rib patterns have helped me identify plants. I learned in high school biology that "palmate" describes the way your fingers spread outward when looking at your open hand, with your wrist representing the base of the leaf. The "pinnate" leaf is patterned like a feather with a central vein down the length of the leaf and multiple lateral veins off that midline vein. That image has stuck in my head for 50 years. Great teachers are never forgotten.
🎉 Thank you for this. My life path often is beset by times of homelessness due to poor relationship decisions and horrible financial decisions but I'm a world class camper and hiker 😂 and I can honestly say I will use this information. Thank you again 🎉😊
Aw same girl,, and my grandpa got me hooked on sassafras. I think it's why I still love it so much because it reminds me if him. And there's alot on my property. I made some shagbark Hickory Syrup recently, made some plain, infused with cinnamon, some vanilla, and some with sassafras,,the sassafras was a hit with some of my family members, And we were thinking it would make a great pork marinade.
He lists this in the description, but here it is again, for those who didn't see it. 0:00 Intro 0:30 Sassafras 3:42 Mullein 5:12 Yaupon Holly (ilex vomitiria) 8:52 Wax Myrtle 10:21 Sweet Gum 11:52 Boneset 14:06 Wild Lettuce 17:23 Elderberry 22:03 Passionflower (Maypop) 23:46 Winged Sumac 26:39 Sweet Bay Magnolia 30:25 Plantain 32:57 Wild Violet 34:31 Dandelion 37:10 Spurge Nettle 39:09 Horsemint 40:18 Beautyberry 42:11 Crossvine 44:15 Goldenrod 46:19 Greenbriar 47:30 Free plant list
We always said that sassafras had root beer roots and seven - up leaves and stems….yummmm …we always thought God had fun making this for people as a treat…🥰
As for sweet gum, my grandparents showed me how to get “chewing gum” from them. Simply scar the tree, wait for the sap to dry, and it becomes “chewing gum”, sorta.
@@stettenfarms For me, not that great given I had real gum before I tried it, but not horrible. They did this as kids back in the 20’s and 30’s, so for them, it was probably good. It was pretty neat as a kid watching him cut a square off the tree and having to wait. It does take a little patience, as if you don’t let it dry long enough, it’s too sticky.
Thank you for this very good, informative, detailed, and practical video! And especially thank you for NOT using any kind of background music. I am now subscribed:)
My Grandmother chewed the end of a Sassafras twig and used it for a toothbrush. I love the root tea! As kids we liked to chew the leaves. Oh for the good ole days in the 1950s!
Passion flower grows all over our fences. As a child I was fascinated by the orange butterflies that lay their eggs on it. I would catch the caterpillars and put them in a jar with some leaves to watch them build cocoons and come out as a beautiful butterfly
Yes, Gulf Fritillaries lay their eggs on sunny parts of Passiflora, while Zebra Longwings (our state butterfly) lay their eggs in the shaded parts of the Passiflora vines. Zebra Longwings with sometimes even form their chrysalis right there on the Passiflora vine. Great video. Nice to see something produced for us southerners. Most videos for the north or out west in California area. 😊
I had a really bad cold last weekend and used one drop of Goldenrod essential oil with one drop of mint oil on a piece of tissue paper wet with a few drops of water and folded it inside a face mask. 😷 It worked so well!! Within minutes, my runny nose had stopped and my sinuses were feeling better!
I have chronic sinus congestion & drainage. I oil pull with coconut oil, & mix in a couple of drops of oregano, peppermint, or rosemary oil with the coconut. It will really open your sinuses! Also can mix these into a vaporizer or a hot bath.
Honestly bro this is one of the better videos to cover a wide range of good herbs with good info. I have now added crossvine to my arsenal of herbs i collect
Thank you I learned a lot from you. I just wanted to add that dried corn silk also breaks up kidney stones, and good for lowering the Creighton in the kidneys you make a tea with it.
Definitely a favorite. In Steve Brill's book he talks about soaking multiple batches in the same water to create a concentrate, then freezing it to use throughout the year. I want to try that this summer.
I absolutely love sassafras, I have alot on my place. I made shagbark Hickory Syrup recently, and made some infused with sassafras,,yumm. My family thinks it would also make a great marinade..
Oh wow what great news! First I hated pihe trees, but now we make pine needle tea, now his we hated those prickly balls,I calked it thrb"banana peel tree" because they'll knock you off your feet. But now I can use it for something useful! Thank you. ❤
This was a great educational video. I took 7 pages of notes. I've been foraging and growing edible and medicinal plants for about four years and I didn't know half of the information in here. Definitely, I'm going to watch his other videos
In High school, I took Wet & Dry Biology and LOVED it! I specifically grasped onto the plant identification parts and the bird call identifications ~ this channel is re-igniting my love for plant identification! I've noticed when I love and fully enjoy a subject, the information sticks into my memory quickly...which is so interesting to me ❤ THANK YOU for this channel!!!
I’ve had yaupon holly now for about 5 years. I bought two about 10 years after planting my camellia sinensis. I would bet I probably have or know all of these plants in your video. 😀
Thanks for watching!!! Be on the lookout for more coming soon. We just spent all day filming a new one. Should be ready to release by the end of the week.
Even though I have been gardening for several years, I never really noticed how many different kinds of leaves grow in different ways. I guess I recognize most vegetable and common flower plants by their leaves, but looking at the ones you showed here, it really was amazing. I found that as interesting as the different uses for each plant. 🙂
You are such an excellent teacher! Well spoken, great clear photography, and best of all you GIVE CREDIT to others that you learn from! I love your channel! Thank you so much!
Many Thxs for this video and all that you do! My grandmother use to collect sassafras in the springtime for use as a spring tonic tea! Great memories of drinking Sassafras tea! as a child! ❤️👍🏼
I have a beauty berry shrub that the birds planted in my yard. I love it! It’s so beautiful when the purple berries are on the shrub. I’ve heard that people use the berries to make jelly.
I've made jelly from beauty berries before. It's really good. It's made from cooking down the berries into a juice and straining out like mayhaw and grape jelly. It's really good on toasted sourdough bread.
Hi! I’m in southern NC and have lots of sassafras trees on my property. My mom made tea every year when I was a child. I never knew how to harvest it for tea because she didn’t care much for teaching us daughters anything although she was a good cook and could can just about anything. Will you please share how you make the tea? Thank you so much.
I have yet to see my elderberry be called a small bush. This past year they grew to well over 12' tall. And this was a freshening year, the year following us cutting them all down the previous fall. Lots of great information, great video ❤
Great Video. I grew up in The Big Thicket of East Texas. I recognized many of these plants. Note: The roots of the Green Briar are edible, as well as the tender shoots.
@LegacyWildernessAcademy Awesome. As a teen, I couldn't wait to explore other places. I've lived all over the US, and I never knew how special the East Texas biome was until I left. Good Luck with your channel. The knowledge of medicinal plants must not be lost.
Really cool that you explained about Ilex vomitoria. I remember leaning about it in a woody shrub ID class; however the instructor didn't explain in detail that it was used ritualisticly and it could also be safely ingested. Awesome.
Pro tip sassafras and mimosas make mda and dmt respectively. Wild lettuce is also called poor mans opium. Reduce it down until it looks opiumish and it makes really good pain medicine.
I believe sassfrass somehow converts to mda in the body. It has such an uplifting feeling to it. Try smoking the root bark… many native tribes smoked the root bark
Even if it doesnt actually make mda it still tastes hella good with some good tobacco lol 😆 and always makes me feel good when i drink some sassafras tea 👍🏻🧡
Hi! Can you please share what you know about mimosas? I have two huge trees that the monarchs flock to every year. I live in the woods, lol in a house and plant many flowers for the bees and butterflies.
@@BarbaraBoix-id5zf its called he huan pi in chinese medicine. “Collective Happiness Bark” said to hold medicine for the collective heart of humanity. You can use for anxiety/depression, sleep issues, etc. The flowers make awesome tea when they bloom
Hi. You likely have our regional mimosa, the lovely multi-colored pufball flowers make a great tincture. As for the other comment, that requires rootbark from the mimosa hostilis, not native to SE states, but can be found south Texas and further south. Can be found on the internet too, as it is also makes a nice textile/fabric dye
Oh my gosh I just downloaded your handbook and its so important to me - thank you!!! I actually had to order plantain because I could not find it here. I'm hoping to start cutting down some saplings but wanted to make sure I wasn't cutting anything I could use medicinally. The others will become fence posts or arbors. Going to try to plant mullein again this year also. I don't know why, but I've had such a hard time finding info on plants and fungi here. Probably has a lot to do with my dyslexia. Again, thank you so much!
I very new to this subject, but a couple of years ago I found an American beauty berry tree. Heard about the insect repellent possibilities. And replanted it. Was a very pretty ornamental. I made the repellent. The north Florida mosquitos laughed at me.
Lol thank you for sharing. I probably need to stop mentioning that in the future because like you said, I'm not sure it's a very effective use of the plant.
So funny!! I made some repellent late last year and will be checking it out this Summer. So we'll see if I too will be the laughing stock of the woods haha
Dandelions in like Montana and Idaho and Washington, all have similar single taproot, but depending on environment can be really short (usually found in groomed yards), tall and lanky (undisturbed shaded areas) or robust large leaves and tall flower stems. The last growing condition is great for kids and outside play, they can make their play salads due to how safe the plant is. Bitter it is too, except the yellow of the flower, that can be sweet.
Ooooh! You're learning from Darryl! Good for you! I've been looking for herbs and most especially trees to grow. In Phoenix I had nothing in the yard that couldn't be used medicinally or be edible. I want that here to.
Oh my word. I was watching this video with my kids for homeschool and immediately recognized something familiar about the whole video situation.. then you said your name. We’ve been avid Sheologians listeners since the beginning😂 I never thought I’d be able to recognize you just by quick clues. Thanks for the homeschool lesson!!
HI😘i am So Impressed With the Plants I Love and Forage here in South Louisiana. Wax mrtyle, the Sumac.,The passion Flower, Elderberry of course. Oh and Rhanks for the Sassafrass ID 😀 I m Lookin for that one. I male Wine and will use that😉
My granny was amazing too. Cherokee and lived in NE Louisiana. All kinds of healing plants. Sumac top of list. I wish she was still with us. So much knowledge.
Another great plant from this region is Salvia Divinorum. Its widely used by a lot of people in the area and can fight off cancer cells and help with arthritis. If you find some out in the wild you should definitely try it, its safe to eat raw and tastes like mint!
Tried that crap from a head shop it was purple salvia 30x and I filled a bowl in a water bong and smoked it and the effects were not pleasant at all, I thought I was dead and was looking at my body shuddering violently sitting on the couch and then I was swallowed by the floor and went to a orange fire in the center of the earth,then I was suddenly back to somewhat normal but I had a sense of darkness and depression that lasted for months
I believe that you are thinking of a different salvia.. Salvia divinorum being not native to north America Salvia divinorum is endemic to the Sierra Mazateca in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, growing in the primary or secondary cloud forest and tropical evergreen forest at elevations from 300 to 1,830 metres (980 to 6,000 ft).
In my younger years we used to pick elderberries for making wine and I used to dig sassafras roots for my mom, she grew all types of herbal plants in our yard and we still have some of them 50 years later.
Safrol is only created as a byproduct of the distillation process so will only be found within the essential oil. No worries with consuming any part of sassafras. Keep going Matthew!
Best video I've found! I'm so glad you put this list together with so much info! Last summer I used plantain leaves on my toddlers bee sting. His hand was very swollen but within just a couple minutes of putting crushed (chewed) plantain leaf on it it was almost completely back to normal!
I have 6 to 7 foot elderberry bushes growing in my yard to make elderberry jelly in late summer. We always had those bushes growing in the ditches until the county sprayed the ditches and killed the plants. The berries are deep dark purple and do not use them in pies as the fruit very seedy and not good to eat. Makes yummy jelly.
God gave us everything we need to survive,for free.Mother Earth gives us water,oxygen,minerals,vitamins,nature to heal our soul,&plants to heal our bodies.Were one with the Earth❤& all connected. More people need to spend more time in nature & let it renew & rejuvenate your mind & soul. Be aware & thankful for what social media blinds you from.The government has most conformed & puppets. Break free & live. Lifes so precious & short.Thank you so much for this video! Plants,vegetables,& fruits gives us what we need..more people need to grow their own food(especially with the prices they charge us to eat) Great informative video.God Bless You & your journey ❤
Great video! I've spent my whole life in south Mississippi and southeast Louisiana with much of my time being spent in the woods observing the plants since I was around 5yo. I've also worked as an arborist here and my coworkers actually went to college for this so I learned a good bit from them. I recognized every plant you showed and I could identify many of them myself yet I only knew the medicinal uses of a few so this was very eye opening for me. We are literally surrounded by all that we need to be healthy bodied and minded.
I really appreciate your channel and helping people know what's available in this area for backyard medicine and alternative food etc. thanks for sharing your knowledge 🫂🌸
I absolutely enjoy your videos. No way to tell just how many plants I thought were weeds I have cut not knowing. You are the Rockstar of plants my friend.
Hi there! Thank you for this, just starting my full time vanlife and looking forward to learning from you! (So broke rn, need to forage for my pharmacy). Great presentation and excellent work ❤
Matthew, you are awesome. Please tell Darryl thank you so very much for training you. I loved all of his videos & you have obviously been a great student of his. I've already subscribed & look worward for more gems from you.
This is an EXCELLENT presentation of common and easily recognized plants that would be very valuable to any forager. Although i was familiar with most of the plants, you brought out a number of facts that I was unaware if about almost each plant!! THANK YOU for a well presennted and easily understood video....... I will be following you from now on!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’ve lived in the southeast off and on for most of my life (foreign deployments) and have been interested in this for awhile but now that I’m retired I think it would be great to get to know these plants.
