Names
Shoshone:
Unknown
English: Goldenrod
Scientific: Solidago sp.
Zone
Upper Foothills
Harvest Time
- When pollinating or when leaves are green
Primary Uses
- The entire plant was used as an antibacterial. Pollen was sprinkled on the wound site.
- Today sometimes are treated this because of its anti-fungal properties
Secondary Uses
- Leaves were used as pot herb
Cautions
- Some people maybe allergic to plants in this family
Active Principle(s)
- None Listed
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Notes
Medicinal Uses
- Abrasion: Wound dressing with roots and leaves
- Allergy: Leaf tea
- Antibacterial: Poultice or pollen sprinkled on open wound
- Anti-inflammatory: Leaf and root
- Bleeding: Pollen or leaf infusion
- Burns: Leaf or flower poultice soothes burns. Root was to heal burns
- Fungicide: Powdered leaves or leaf/flower/root tea
- Glomerulitis: Leaf/root tea
- Headache: Root tea
- Healing: Powdered plant or whole plant tea
- Infection: Flower, leaf, roots as powder or tea
- Itching: Tea drunk to reduce histamine reaction
- Intestinal Health: Leaf/flower tea
- Kidney Nephritis: Leaf tea
- Kidney Stones: Roo tea
- Lice: Powdered leaves in soapy water
- Menstruation: Tea regulates menstrual flow
- Neuropathy: Leaf/flower tea
- Pneumonia: Tea
- Rash: Tea
- Stomach: Tea to calm the sensitive stomach
- Swelling: Leaf/flower tea is anti-inflammatory
- Throat: tea
- Urinary Tract Infection: tea
- Vitamin C: LEaves as vegetable
- Yeast infection: Root, leaf, flower tea