Guest guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 This is a quite interesting discussion. I was at the Herbal conference of American Herbalist Guild in Oct. and Winston was promoting Epiloba to be used more over there and citing Treben, BHP and candida. My books report the following: Epi means on top and Loba means pod in Greek, the 'flowers' stand on top of the long thin fruit, that looks like their stem. Called fireweed because colonises burned areas very early and thoroughly, sprang up in London bombsites in WWII. Constituents of leaves: 20% tannins, mucilage, pectins, sugars, Vit C. Properties: demulcent, astringent, tranquillizing Uses: headaches,migraines. Eaten (leaves) in springtime as a tonic ( Vit. C). Ditto use as tea substitute. Rhizome: has fewer tannins, no mucilages. traditionally decocted or chewed for stomach disroders including diarrhea. ( hence the candida use?) It grows so profusely in SW England. I am going to be gathering quite a lot this year. Rhizomes, young shoots, youngs leaves edible vegetable, lves.eaten as salad or shoots treated like asparagus. Hm-mm, can't wait! Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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