Grow Your Own Antibacterial Band aids
I am always on the lookout for useful plants. One day I was in my garden in the back yard and I found a strange little plant with only three leaves that were thick and fuzzy. They were soft as velvet. Being curious, I looked it up on the internet and found it to be a plant called Wooly Lamb's Ear.
Lamb's Ear is a very versatile plant and it has many uses, both edible and medicinal:
Lamb's Ear is a very versatile plant and it has many uses, both edible and medicinal:
1. Organic band aid - wash and place over cuts, scrapes or burns. The leaves are
antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and help the blot clot.
2. Reduce swelling of insect stings - crush the leaves and press on the sting site.
3. Remedy for Pinkeye and Sties - chop and steep a few leaves and strain. Wash the eye with the liquid.
4. Fever and diarrhea - make tea with chopped fresh or dried lamb's ear leaves and drink.
5. Hemorrhoids - wash and place over the tender area to shrink swelling and reduce pain.
6. Rash - wash and place over a skin rash. It's anti-inflammatory properties will help stop the itching and reduce swelling.
7. Salad - small young leaves can be eaten in salad or steamed and eaten hot.
8. Plant for your garden - makes a lovely perennial plant for a flower or herb garden
9. Washcloth - Large leaves has been used as washcloths to wash up or bathe.
10. Toilet Paper - wash the leaves and they are a great alternative to toilet paper.
antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and help the blot clot.
2. Reduce swelling of insect stings - crush the leaves and press on the sting site.
3. Remedy for Pinkeye and Sties - chop and steep a few leaves and strain. Wash the eye with the liquid.
4. Fever and diarrhea - make tea with chopped fresh or dried lamb's ear leaves and drink.
5. Hemorrhoids - wash and place over the tender area to shrink swelling and reduce pain.
6. Rash - wash and place over a skin rash. It's anti-inflammatory properties will help stop the itching and reduce swelling.
7. Salad - small young leaves can be eaten in salad or steamed and eaten hot.
8. Plant for your garden - makes a lovely perennial plant for a flower or herb garden
9. Washcloth - Large leaves has been used as washcloths to wash up or bathe.
10. Toilet Paper - wash the leaves and they are a great alternative to toilet paper.
When it got too chilly outside, I dug my lambs ear up and potted it to bring in the house. I placed it in my south facing front window and it really loves it there! It has doubled in size in three weeks and is really beautiful. See the picture above.
How to Grow Your Own Lamb's Ear
A Video Tutorial
You can grow your own lambs ear either from seed, a starter plant, or if you know someone that has a wooly lamb's ear plant, you can ask them to divide it and give you a piece of theirs to plant. They do well outside in the ground or in containers.
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I hope you will plant some lamb's ear, it is one of the most useful plants you can have!
Have a great weekend, Jade :) |
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