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stickbender:

     Jamie CYA of course ;)  And in the words of Mark Twain, "Never follow the advice of a health book.  You might die of a missprint". ;D ;D
                                                                              Wayne

MikmaqArcher:
my grandmothers always used it for infections you can make a poultice out of the leaves and or roots and apply it to infectons or to spots with arthritis. she also makes a tea from the roots an leaves to treat infections, i hope that helps you a bit.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Ke'seket

bowtarist:
Pick yourself up a copy of Jethro Kloss's "Back To Eden".  ISBN# 0-940985-10-1

There is lots of good info in there about Bay Berry.  Says you can use the bark, leaves and flowers as an astringent and tonic stimulant and the leaves as an aromatic stimulant.  Tea was made and used for all sorts of things internally and externally.  It has a high tannin content, that is probably why it stunned the fish like Mullett said.  The natives used walnuts to do the same thing, must be the tannins that stun the fish.  We have a walnut tree that hangs over the creek, each fall the leaves and nuts fall into the "hole", most of the creek is dried up at this time of the year, and all the fish die.  I started looking into it and found what I'd written above.  Lots of good info out there for the finding.  I've been looking for my book, "Medicinal Plants of the Eastern Native Americans", but can't find it right now.  That's another gooder.  If you practice backwoods medicine, do it w/ caution and use multiple resources, sometimes there's no coming back.  Derik Gratz

stickbender:

     Bowtarist, another excellent book, is the "Green Pharmacy", by James A. Duke, PHD.  It is an excellent book with all kinds of herbal remedies, and cross references.  It lists the herb, and it's uses, and also lists the problems, or diseases, or sickness, and the herb, or herbs that will help with it.  He travels around the world, doing research on native medicines, and herbal treatments, and cures.  He goes down to S.A. frequently, and various other countries, in the jungles, and it's native people.  I don't know if the if the Wax Myrtle is in the same family but the Bay Laurel, (Laurel Nobilis) has a anti bacterial oil, that is used in dental products to prevent tooth decay.  It is also good for preventing body odor, headache,and diabetes.  I would turn to natural herbs, before turning to chemical concoctions from big Pharm.  Just my opinion. ;)

                                                                  Wayne

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