Bitterroot Restoration

Taxus baccata or Yew has important medicinal Uses. The yew tree is a highly toxic plant that has occasionally been used medicinally, mainly in the treatment of chest complaints.

Alnus incana is found in swamps and along the marshy banks of streams from New England south to Florida and Texas and westward to Ohio and Minnesota. The bark of this plant is alterative, astringent, emetic, laxative, ophthalmic, stomachic and tonic. The bark contains salicin, which probably decomposes into salicylic acid (closely related to aspirin) in the human body.

Aesculus hippocastanum L. is a large deciduous tree. It is a flowering plant which native to a small area in the mountains of the Balkans in southeast Europe, in small areas in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria (Pindus Mountains mixed forests and Balkan mixed forests).

Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Allium sativum is close relatives of the onion, shallot, leek, and chive. It has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. Garlic is claimed to help prevent heart disease (including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and atherosclerosis ) and cancer.

The herb is the well-known drug kalmegh or 'green chiretta', and forms the principal ingredient of a reputed household medicine, used as a bitter tonic and febrifuge.

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a flowering plant, which was cultivated as an important forage crop. In folk medicine, the drug is used in the treatment of diabetes and malfunctioning of the thyroid gland. Alfalfa has isolated use as a diuretic and aromatic. The saponin contents act on the cardiovascular, nervous and digestive systems.

The different types of toxins that are known to occur in mushrooms. These types of toxins are: Amanitoxins, Gyromitrin, Orellanine, Muscarine, Ibotenic Acid, Muscimol, Psilocybin, Coprine.

Mushroom poisoning, also known as mycetism, refers to deleterious effects from ingestion of toxic substances present in a mushroom. These symptoms can vary from slight gastrointestinal discomfort to death.

An estimated 38,000 species of mushrooms, most provide a wealth of protein, fiber, B vitamins, and vitamin C, as well as calcium and other minerals. These medicinal mushrooms have been shown to boost heart health; lower the risk of cancer; ect. Many species of mushrooms used in folk medicine for thousands of years are under intense study by ethnobotanists and medical researchers.

As a purgative, galactogogue (to increase production of breast milk), anthelmintic- and hemostatic agent (purifies the blood). It is also effective against schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Further is it used against intestinal infections, infestations and to calm indigestion and heartburn.