what are some foods, beverages, or medicines youve tried personally that are made with tree leaves, needles, bark, sap, or roots?
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I made cedar tea by steeping needles in hot water. Slightly vanilla flavor.
In summer I like a tiny bit of pine sap in my moustache wax. Helps keep it firm & hold shape once it cools. Not needed in the winter though, the temperature takes care of that.
Sassafras roots make a good tea
Dandelion roots in a tea in one of the most delicious drinks you can consume
I made a hickory shell brew one summer that was interesting and pretty good
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I put mullberry leaves in my salads. A good alternative to annuals. They say lime leaves are edible but I must have the wrong kind, way too tough.
Funny you mention this because I just learned that the sumac is often tuned into a flavouring/spice used in cooking that gives a somewhat citrusy taste
Tree Crops by Russell Smith is an interesting read and it's public domain.
ooh! ill check that out. thanks 🙂
I have a wild mexican plum on my property and I looked it up and the leaves are edible so looks like I have an additional salad green. It unfortunately doesn't produce fruit, I suspect not enough sun. Regardless there is so much abundance all around once you explore outside the programmed box.
It appears hackberry leaves are edible, I started adding them, 4x the iron of spinach, 20x the calcium as kale and 20% more potassium than dates. Not that I am hung up on numbers but for others to evaluate. These things grow like crazy around here. Everybody wants to get rid of them.
Neem powder in hot water - for an eye stye.... it's antibacterial and antiviral
Neem, moringa, papaya, lemon grass leaves.
Also turmeric root.
Lemonade from sumac berries.
Turmeric root and ginger root among other things in the fire cider we make and drink daily. I can feel it move through my body.
cinnamon
Japanese Knot Weed. Stems, shoots and roots.
I wild forage medicinal mushrooms and herbs, and make oils / tinctures from them.
I can't recommend mullein enough for chest colds / coughs. Tea made from the dried leaves actually works like a cough syrup. It's my goto now.
Little known fact is mullein flowers contain an aquatic tranquilizer, which means that in a survival situation, you can sprinkle them into a pool and all the fish will become unconscious and float to the surface.
I'm building my own pharmacy in case the one down the road goes away.
I have various tinctures to treat pain, emotional issues, blunt forced trauma, superficial wounds, and skin infections.
Oh and for folks who live in regions where box elder / Manitoba maple grows, it makes a good syrup from the sap. Like butterscotch.
And since that tree is almost indestructible, you can draw a ton of sap from them in the spring and they just bounce back.
My kids actually prefer this syrup to maple syrup.
Oregon grape root tincture
Pickled Douglas fir needles
Also added them to mead
Madrona bark tea
Alder leaf tea