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I'm trying my best to find plants that could possibly be used for medicine. I'm having a very tough time with this, and I admit that I have to do a very good job of research on this. I've asked someone who was raised in Kentucky of what herbal remedies they used when they were young, and this was the list I received:

1) Peppermint (for colds, nausea)
2) Mullin [I could've misspelled this wrong] (for a cough medicine, bee stings, arthritis)
3) Swamp Dogwood (for back aches)
4) Bear Vine (for kidneys)
5) Pennoril [I could've misspelled this wrong] (colds)
6) Catnip Plant (for colds, hives for babies)
7) Birtch Tree Bark (for nausea)
8) Sasaphras Tea / Spring Tonic (I'm not sure what they used this for)

Again, please do your own research about this. I haven't done any research about this yet. This is only the information that I've received in an interview I had.

From what I understand, some of the plants from my videos above that are from EatTheWeeds.com also can be used for medicine. But again, please do your own research. I'll try my best to do my research and I'll try to post it here. Again, please be careful about this. Please don't simply go to a plant and eat it. And please definitely talk to a professional first if you're able to.

As I always say, there are poisonous plants that can harm you when you eat them. And there are plants that can even kill you. Please be careful. Make sure you know what you're doing. If you're able to, PLEASE talk to a professional. And I think there might even be a unique way you have to prepare the plant you're about to eat before you can eat it.

I know that the above list of herbal remedies might not help with some of the major medical problems, but I thought of mentioning these herbal remedies because they might help with the symptoms.

I'm trying to research this, but I'm still having a tough time. I have learned that they may involve some dangerous ingredients. Therefore, please talk to a professional first before trying any remedies. Please don't just trust your own research about this, but please talk to a professional.

I'm not really sure, but you might be able to talk to your local Native Plant Society. For those of you who live in Kentucky, here's a link to their website.

Just now, I've found an interesting website. It's the Native Plant and Wildflower Societies of Eastern United States. There's also the Native Plant and Wildflower Societies of Southern United States. They have a webpage for each of the regions of the United States, which can be seen here.

Just to let everyone know, this looks to me like it might be a Wikipedia version for plants. I'm not sure how reliable it is, but it does look like it has a lot of information.

Once you click on the region of the United States that you want to research, all you need to do is click on the "Plants" tab on the top menu. There, it will show you a wide-range of different types of plants. On that website, you can look up "Herbal medicine" and "Poisonous precautions". You will even be able to look up "Fruits, nuts, berries" and "Vegetables, herbs and spices". But again, I'm not sure if this is a reliable source or not. Please talk to a professional about medicinal plants. Please don't take this information from a website or anything.

Here's an example of an edible plant found on this website:

Common Dandelion

This will probably be the last information that I give to all of you. I could continuously post here, but it's simply too much information. I've given you five websites in an above post, and I deeply encourage you to do your own research. The next thing I recommend all of you to do is to stock up on essentials that you need. If anyone has any questions, I'll be glad to answer in any way I can.

Again, here are the different sources that I've used for this thread, and that I encourage you to look for yourself:

1) http://www.survive2day.com/blog1/
2) http://www.captaindaves.com/guide/
3) http://www.thepathfinderschoolllc.com/
4) www.eattheweeds.com
5) http://ferfal.blogspot.com/