Bitterroot Restoration

Pneumonia can have over 30 different causes. The following plants can be used to treat pneumonia.

• Verbascum thapsus, Eucalyptus globules,Polygala senega, etc.
  

Opium (Papaver somniferum) is a poisonous plant that contains about 25 alkaloids among which morphine (10-16%) is the most important base. The other alkaloids isolated from the drug are codeine, narcotine, thebaine, noscapine, narceine, papaverine, etc. Opium is used to relieve pain, diarrhoea, dysentery, muscle spasms and cough.

Bidens spp. are abundant “pest weeds” in Florida and indeed all over the world. There are more than 40 native species in the United States alone and over 230 worldwide. The dried leaves of various species have been used as a tobacco substitute, called “Fakahatchee Gold,” according to Daniel Austin in Florida Ethnobotany. Medicinal uses included treatment for colds and flu, hepatitis, bacterial infections, inflammation, and urinary tract infections.

Bamboo is best known for its hard stems (culms) that are used in place of wood for a variety of applications including: furniture, scaffolding, flutes, fence posts, flooring, and even bicycle frames. Bamboo is used in Chinese medicine for treating infections and healing. Early Chinese books were written on bamboo slats and bamboo has been used as a source of medicine since ancient times.

Little is known on the chronical effects due to the widespread usage of different weedkillers or herbicides, nevertheless by limited studies available, a lot of these weedkillers have been related with cancer disease, central nervous system disorders, birth physical handicaps, behaviour changes, skin diseases, etc. on human beings.

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to the Caribbean, Mexico,  South America and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae  along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. The name "avocado" also refers to the fruit  (technically a large berry that contains a large seed of the tree, which may be egg-shaped or spherical.

Broccoli is high in vitamins C, K, and A, as well as dietary fibre; it also contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties, such as diindolylmethane and small amounts of selenium. A single serving provides more than 30 mg of Vitamin C and a half-cup provides 52 mg of Vitamin C.

Flax seeds contain high levels of dietary fiber including lignans, an abundance of micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids. Flax seeds may lower cholesterol levels, especially in women. Initial studies suggest that flax seeds taken in the diet may benefit individuals with certain types of breast and prostate cancers.

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, hence the word mushroom is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing: lamella).

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are very high in vitamin value. They are now eaten freely throughout the world, and their consumption is believed to benefit the heart among other things. They are wonderful as a blood cleanser, and excellent in elimination diets. Tomato juice can be used in convalescent diets, in combination with other raw vegetable juices such as celery, parsley, beet and carrot juice.