This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday 26 January 2024
Plants We Used To Use 278. Marsh cudweed
Dried Marsh cudweed (Filaginella uliginosa) has been used as a 'tea' and smoked as 'Rabbit Tobacco'. It's also been employed internally and externally, to treat laryngitis; upper respiratory catarrh and tonsillitis. In Russia, cudweed was used to treat high blood pressure.
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