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PLANTS USED TO MAKE INFUSED OIL

DR. BEHRE
FOOT CLINIC
8 a.m.-noon
Nov. 13; 1-4 p.m.
Nov. 28: The
ChehalisTribal
Arnica Yarrow Plantain Wellness Center’s
podiatrist meets
This perennial grows in mountain This perennial grows all over our Also called frog leaf and Indian foot care needs.
woods and pastures and can area (yards, fields, sandy soil) and band-aid plant, plantain has
also be located in our bountiful in the Chehalis Herbal Garden. been used as a first-aid remedy DIABETES
Chehalis Herbal Garden. Flowers Yarrow has been called “medicine for sealing wounds and drawing CLINIC
are harvested when in full bloom. for the wounded” because it out infections. It grows in yards,
Arnica is effective in ointments arrests bleeding and cools pain driveways and walkways and 5-7 p.m. Aug. 7:
and salves for bruises, sprains and inflammation. All parts of the can be found almost anywhere. Patients need
labs, medicine
and muscle pain. Arnica improves plant are used (leaves, flowers Leaves picked fresh can be made review, foot/
local blood supply and speeds and roots). The white flowers are into a healing oil or salve. To dry diabetes/physical
healing. most commonly used in tea for leaves, pick them in spring to exams and a uric
colds, fever and infections. Yarrow early summer, bundle with rubber acid blood test.
is harvested in spring to summer bands and hang them. Plant can
when the plant looks vibrant. You be used in tea or to wash wounds COMMUNITY
can bundle then hang dry or dry in or soak irritated skin. WALK
a basket or paper bags.
Noon Nov. 15:
Join others for a
fun fitness walk.
Starts at the
Chehalis Tribal
Calendula Wellness Center.

You can find this plant in the MAMMOGRAM
Chehalis Herbal Garden. The CLINIC
petals of the flower can be eaten Cottonwood bud
fresh or used as a soothing St. John’s Wort 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
medicine for skin ailments. Anti- The cottonwood tree is also Nov. 13: Swedish
inflammatory and astringent Look for this plant on sunny called Populus or peoples’ tree. Women’s
properties in the flower make prairies and open sites. It has They grow in river valleys, open Wellness Clinic.
it useful for cuts, scrapes, become a noxious weed in our woodlands and flood plains. The Call your health
care provider to
abrasions, burns and other topical country. The flower appears bark, buds and leaves are used. schedule.
ailments. You can add fresh petals around summer solstice from We use the buds to make salve
to salads, soups and casseroles. June 20-25. Gather flower tops because they contain a resin high
Tea is a good was to use the flower on a dry day and prepare infused in medicine used to treat a variety FOR MORE
by steeping one tablespoon in a oil or dry in baskets or paper of ailments including baldness, INFORMATION
cup of boiling water for five-10 bags to use in salves or tea. It is sore throats, rheumatism, coughs, Call Sandra
minutes and strain. Internally, used to relieve depression and tuberculosis and stomach Dickenson at
calendula is useful for healing anxiety. It also has significant troubles. Buds can be harvested in 360-709-1660
ulcers in the mouth, stomach and antiviral properties and alleviates winter or early spring. or Christina Hicks
small intestine. inflammation and nerve pain. at 360-709-1741.

CLASS essential oils are antiseptic and safe for n Tea tree essential oil is antiseptic,
From page 7 topical application. drying and healing.
You also can add tinctures of non-lipid n Rose geranium essential oil is
Make sure to get a jar with a secure lid. soluble plants to herbal oils and heat off balancing to the skin and has antifungal
A salve that has melted in the sun and alcohol and water. properties.
leaked inside of a backpack or elsewhere is n Vitamin E is a preservative that is
a mess to clean up! Possible additions helpful for skin regeneration.
n Lavender essential oil smells euphoric
n Tincture of benzoin can be added to
Get creative and is wonderful for burns and skin herbal oils or salves as a preservative.
Many herbs can be used for salves. Most irritations.