Sweet Gum Tree Balls Medicinal Uses

If you re up for some experimenting sweet gum balls can been used to make a tea from boiling the young green seeds.

Sweet gum tree balls medicinal uses. For coughs and respiratory congestion due to colds the gum can be taken for expectoration or for sore throat. It is a potent anti fungal and an effective natural pesticide. 1 16th inch drill bit. A resin obtained from the trunk of the tree see uses notes below is antiseptic carminative diuretic expectorant parasiticide poultice salve sedative stimulant vulnerary.

This video is not intended to treat diagnose or cure any illness. Sweet gum bark and leaves have some but the highest concentration is in the infertile seeds. Sweet gum sap has caught the attention of medical researchers and we know that much of its folkloric uses are now backed with scientific reasoning. In addition another ingenious use of gum balls is for a low breast milk supply.

Native americans used a decoction of leaves or roots as a wash to treat injuries. Sweet gum seed pods this wreath takes 6 8 sweet gum balls white chenille stem. Plastic tree decoration for candle flame. The resulting decoction is known for it s antiviral properties and can be used as a preventative measure against sickness or as a remedy for the flu.

Nylon fishing line or beading wire. Gum resin from the trees has. For external use it is usually made into an ointment with lard or oil. Consult your doctor if symptoms persist.

Instructions using a 1 16th inch drill bit drill a hole completely through each gumball. Chief among them the sweet gum s fragrant resin was used to flavor a pipe full of an unfamiliar plant called tobacco. Their fruit is effective against rheumatic pain. Sweet gum is a well known tree i.

Interestingly sweet gum tea was an herbal treatment for the flu and the cherokee made a tea out of the bark. The star anise pod is about 7 shikimic acid the pine needles 3 and the sweet gum 1 7 to 3. Red beads artificial snow. The balsam is used effectively externally for wounds and for skin problems.

Ribbon or wooden bow. Sweet gum balls also known as lu lu tong turn out to be also one of amazing chinese herbs which is typically used for the treatment of nettle rash anaphylactic rhinitis rheumatic arthritis bruises missed menstrual periods and so on. Extracts from the sap have shown promise in fighting drug resistant bacteria and hypertension. Seek medical advice from your medical doctor.

The bark has astringent properties and addresses dysentery and diarrhea.