Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Here is the information I received about wild lettuce on the foraging list: yes, you can eat wild lettuce. There are two kinds, smooth (under the leaves) and prickly. The smooth is the choice for eating. I use the leaves dried mostly for medicine though. The leaves contain a white laytex type sap something like what you will find when you break a dandelion leaf. This sap in the lettuce leaf contains minute amounts of lettuce opium that is good for pain. I have a friend who had kemo therapy so many times that whenever he turned over in his bed, he would break a foot bone. I sent him some dried wild lettuce, catnip leaf and passion flower leaf mix and asked him to try it for his pain. He notified me that for the first time in 3 years, he had a good nights sleep. This is also attributed to the passionflower leaf and catnip you must realize too. Right now in my yard there is a 12' wild lettuce plant that I am letting go to seed. I have many more around here that are encouraged to grow. As for passionflower, It is hard to walk through the property and not step on some around the back door or the shed area. It is thick and growing. I use the passion flower fruit for jelly also. Ok, enough ramble. Manyfeathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Suzi wrote: >Many Feathers, >Ok, I've been wanting to find this and tincture it to have for pain... >How do you do yours... do you use fresh or dried and does it matter... >I want to make some up but wondering if tincturing it is the way to go? >Suzi >PS Just keep on rambling... I'm sure there are many of us listening. > Suzi this was a repost of the reply I received from Manyfeathers, on a wild foraging list I am on. I'll relay the question. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Suzi wrote: Many Feathers, Ok, I've been wanting to find this and tincture it to have for pain... How do you do yours... do you use fresh or dried and does it matter... I want to make some up but wondering if tincturing it is the way to go? Suzi PS Just keep on rambling... I'm sure there are many of us listening. Ok Suzi, this is what Manyfeathers had to say: To tincture or not tincture, that is the question huh? Although I prefer using vinegar to tincture my plants and the tincture is used in my salads or in a glass of water, some plants just don't like being tinctured with vinegar, they prefer alchol. Wild lettuce seems to be one of those alchol plants. I use my plant matter fresh and packed tightly in the jar. If in a pinch or the plant is not available fresh, then sometimes dry will do. Because of the laytex type " sap " from this plant, alchol is the choice to tincture with. If you dry it, you can make a tea when needed or powder the leaves to put in capsules. The normal doseage is usually 1 tsp dried plant. Take this amount and powder it then measure. This measure is the amount you would put in your capsule(s). The plant will tell you what it is good for. Smooth wild lettuce is good for smooth muscle pain. Prickly wild lettuce is good for sharp pain. But maybe that is just an indian thing. Hope this helps! Manyfeathers Oh yeah, to all the experts out there that I highly respect, please excuse my random way of doing things, but this is how i was taught and how I do it. I am not a scientific type woman nor am I a good speller! LOL I mean no disrespect for your ways. Hope this helps you out. Manyfeathers is a wealth of information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peace!! - Herbs, Oils & More: http://www.greenladysgarden.com Wholesale Web Hosting: http://www.accessiblehosting.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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