This is the root of Pokeweed (Pyhtolacca americana)  which my neighbor told me was poisonous. I'l have a lot of it and was worried about the kids maybe eating some of the berries. I was ready to wage war on it.

Then I learned that is a valued medicinal plant with all sorts of uses.

Now I'm going to be making some tinctures and salves with it. I also gathered several pounds of seeds from it.

To loosely quote Emerson: A weed is just a plant whose virtues have not been discovered yet.

#homestead #medicinalplants #plants #permies


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 We have patches of it in our garden. Curious what the medicinal uses are? 

 Here is a snip from Dr Christopher's School of Natural Healing



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 Poke weed salads are a thing too. 

 You thought your kids would dig em up from the garden and start eating the roots? 

 Negative, I was worried about them eating the purple berries.