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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