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Florida's Medicinal Herbs (at J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park)

12/5/2018

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I am removing this page from the menu bar and so am reposting it here:

Here is a short list of Florida medicinals found at J. B. Starkey Park in Pasco County, FL.  There are many more, but this list was made for a handout to be used at the Pasco EcoFest and made to fit on one page front-and-back.  The document is here.  I would like to expand this list in the future as there are many important herbs not mentioned below and many very intriguing plants that grow in Florida, however, you can also see the references below (at the end of the list), which also includes a link to a great plant list of Starkey Park.  Saw Palmetto article here.
MEDICINAL HERBS OF J. B. STARKEY WILDERNESS PARK

Pasco County, Florida

TOP PICKS OF STARKEY PARK

Black Cherry     Prunus serotina (Wild Cherry)    Bark is a main herb for cough syrups.  Cherries used for arthritis, esp. gout.

Blackberry   Rubus spp. (inc. Dewberry)     Roots are quintessential astringent.

Cedar     Juniperus virginiana   (Red Cedar, Juniper)   Among the most sacred and commonly used medicinals of the Seminole, for many illnesses and as smudge.

Dogfennel      Eupatorium capillifolium     A main Seminole herb for many ailments.

Elderberry    Sambucus spp.            Berry used for cough syrups.  Flower for fever.

Lizard’s Tail    Saururus cernuus       Used for bites, fever, and many internal ailments.  Among the most intriguing Florida herbs to this non-Floridian.

Partridge Berry    Mitchella repens       Used as a uterine tonic and for various illnesses.

Pine    Pinus spp.     (Sand Pine, Longleaf Pine)      coughs, fever, arthritis

Saw Palmetto  Serenoa repens     Traditionally used for lungs, today for prostate.  (see above for link to article)

Willow          Salix caroliniana (Carolina Willow)      Bark used for pain, fevers…


SEMINOLE HERBS OF STARKEY PARK (not including those mentioned above)

Ash   Fraxinus caroliniana (Carolina Ash, Swamp Ash)   Used for women’s medicine.

Bay     Persea palustris (Swamp Bay, Tolv)     A very important Seminole herb.

Beauty Berry  Callicarpa americana     Used for skin (topical), urinary, and more.  Alabama used in sweat lodge for edema and malaria.

Blackroot      Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (Buffalo Medicine)     For heavy menses.

Downy Milkpea   Galactia volubilis (The Good Medicine)  Used in childbirth & more.

Goldenrod    Solidago spp. (Blind Deer Plant)     Various species with various uses.

Greenbriar   Smilax spp. (Sarsaparilla)     An important blood cleanser, still.

Milkwort       Polygala spp. (Snakeroot)     Used as blood cleanser and in other ways.

Muscadine    Vitis rotundifolia (Grape)     Diverse uses among various species.

Oak     Quercus spp. (Live Oak, Turkey Oak… (10 species at Starkey))     Astringent.

Partridge Pea    Chamaecrista fasciculate (Wild Senna, Sleeping Plant)    Purgative.

Rattlesnake Master    Eryngium yuccifolium (Button Snakeroot)    For arthritis & more.  Considered a powerful medicine / sacred plant.

Red Maple     Acer rubrum (Soft Maple, Swamp Maple)     For eye diseases & more.

Resurrection Fern     Pleopeltis polypodioides    For various chronic & mental illness.

Slash Pine     Pinus elliottii (Where the Little People Live, Cule)   Many used like Pines listed above.  Seminole use for women’s illness and topically to clean sores.

Tall Man’s Wiskers     Tillandsia spp. (Spanish Moss)     Used for fevers & more.

Wax Myrtle   Myrica cerifera     Used for digestive and other illnesses.


CHINESE HERBS OF STARKEY PARK

Bracken Fern   Pteridium aquilinum (Juecai)  Topical use for skin, dietary medicine.

Camphor       Cinnamomum camphor (Zhang Nao)    Topical use for circulation, pain.

Cattail         Typha latifolia (Pu Huang)    The pollen is a primary herb for bleeding.           

Gotu Kola      Centella asiatica (Spadeleaf, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao)      For inflammation.

Ling Zhi         Ganoderma spp. (Reishi, Longevity Mushroom, Varnished Polypore)          One of the most revered herbs of Chinese medicine; for kidneys & whole body/mind.

Rush               Juncus effusus             Deng Xin Cao Pith     Pith used as diuretic for dampness. 


RELATIVES OF CHINESE HERBS FOUND AT STARKEY PARK (mostly same genus)

Aster   Symphiotricum (Aster)  (Zi Wan)      Varous Asters are used for the lungs.

Iris    Iris     Some Native tribes used this rhizome as a cure-all, "blood cleanser".  Toxic when fresh.


Jack-in-the-Pulpit    Arisaema  (Dan Nan Xing)          Dried root for TMJ.  For wind and phlegm.  Fresh root toxic.  Chinese preparation made with bile.            

Sedge  Cyperus  (Nutsedge, Xiangfu)       Aromatic roots & tubers for pain, esp. menstrual.  Which local species are aromatic?

Sensitive Briar Mimosa (Albizzia)  (Sensitive Tree, Happiness Tree, He Huan Pi)     A major Chinese herb for anxiety & depression.

Skullcap        Scutellaria  (Huang Qin)     Various medicinal species with different uses.

Sweetgum     Liquidamber  (Lu Lu Tong, All Roads Open)     Fruit, bark, and gum used for coughs and other ailments.


MAIN REFERENCES:
Florida Ethnobotany  by Daniel F. Austin
Healing Plants: Medicine of the Florida Seminole Indians  by Alice Snow and Susan Stans
Guide to Vascular Plants of Florida  by Richard Wunderlin and Bruce Hansen
Starkey Plant List by Emily Ferguson ​
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