Chewed up Plantain heals wounds and stops the pain of a bee sting.
Jewelweed juice soothes and dries poison ivy/oak.
Willow bark for the headache.
Inner bark of Slippery elm soothes a upset stomach.
If your in wet swampland and need water you can slice a good sized grape vine in two and get some good clean water from it, takes a while but it aint bad.
And yes ...you can make tea from pine needles, it's not bad and loaded with vitamin C.
Dandelion roots make a great coffe after you roast them a
and the young greens are great....hafta boil the older ones in a couple of changes of water.
Staghorn and Winged sumac makes great lemonade and the seeds crushed and sprinkled over a fresh brook trout is out standing.
Yarrow will stop bleeding very quickly when smashed up and applied to a wound.
I have seen and tried all of these ....i can vouch for them.
Never tried the "gum" though ! :eek: YUCK !
Point being ...
Our creator has provided us with all we need if we could just slow down long enough to learn .