Monarda
Monarda citriodora
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
A note from Ginger:
Known by many names, including Bee Balm, Horsemint, and Wild Oregano, all of our Monarda species are strongly pungent and medicinal. Like so many members of the mint family, Monarda can be used as an anti-inflammatory to support throat, lungs and sinuses during infection. Monarda is specifically called for in those experiencing mold allergies: I have witnessed mold allergies clearing up for one individual after just one cup of strong tea.
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
