Noseburn
Tragia betonicifolia
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
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TXA note from Ginger:
Not medicinal, but one that is mistaken for a medicinal. This is one of those stinging plants that folks call "nettle" -- anything that stings is called "nettle" around here. In herbalism when we talk about "nettles", we are referring to a species of Urtica in the Urticaceae. To differentiate the two, Urtica has alternate leaves and is an upright herbaceous plant; Tragia has alternate leaves and grows like a vine.
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.
