GRINDELIA- HERBAL ANTIDOTE FOR POISON OAK

"STICKY GUMWEED" Saves the Day!

oh no, YOU TOUCHED IT! POISON OAK!

So here’s what i would tell a friend, if i had the chance:
i would start with “Don’t worry - i got the STUFF…lemme show you…”

…or, i might be feeling snarky and snap:

Skip the pharmaceuticals and the trip to the insurance doc who will gladly prescribe some pharmaceutical medication as a remedy, and meet your new best friend -

Grindelia!!! HERE, LOOK!

And i would leap up in joy to show them the bottle of tincture that i just strained, that smells like flowers even though it’s grain-alcohol infused. Gotta use 100 proof (alcohol 50%) because the medicinal resin is so sticky and thick. NEVER has a tincture i made smelled like flowers, though…oh my, let me put that lid back on.

And i’d advise them to “POULTICE IT OVER THE AREA” - meaning, “SIMPLY SOAK A COTTON GAUZE OR A STRIP OF CLEAN OLD T SHIRT IN THE TINCTURE, AND TIE OR TAPE IT ON.”

Even YOU could do THAT, right? No E.R. required.

So here’s how you find Grindelia - cuz she’s still out, but you also may have to wait til next year, because she’s ending her life cycle right about now.

HOW TO SPOT GRINDELIA:

Go look for her this week!
(i have a few ounces of the tincture left that i’m willing to sell - so in lieu of harvesting, you could contact me.)
Truth be told, i make a wide array of rare herbal healing oils and tinctures, and some of them are listed here. When we talk, i’m sure there will be plants leaping off the deeper shelves to answer your questions and nullify your concerns.
i ship herbal medicines in the continental United States.

Have a great week, friends, and happy gumweed hunting.