Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages

Here’s How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages

Many people are beginning to see the benefit of growing your own food, but growing your own medicine is as important to your health.  Have you heard of Wooly Lamb’s Ear?  Woolly lamb’s ears is also known as woolly woundwort. The whole plant is medicinal as an alterative, antibacterial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, febrifuge, hypotensive, stomachic, styptic, tonic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, vulnerary. It  can be used in place of bandages. It absorbs blood and helps it to clot more easily. In fact Lamb’s Ear has been used for 100s and 100s of years as a wound dressing, especially on the battle field, so it is a shame that this kind of natural first aid knowledge is dying out…

How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages (Wooly Lamb’s Ear) From Seed

Lamb’s ears is very hardy, and very easy to grow. It requires full sun, good drainage, and little more. Over the years your patch will become overgrown and will need to be thinned out every, perhaps, 2-3 years. To keep the patch neat you can cut back the flowering stems once they have finished flowering and they are beginning to develop seeds.

1. Fill a well-draining container with Seed Starting Mix.  A yogurt cup with holes poked in the bottom works nicely.

2. Wet the soil thoroughly. If you’re on city water, use filtered water for your plants.The chemicals in treated water can inhibit plant growth.

3. Plant 1-2 seeds per small container (thinning out the weakest seedling), or plant seeds about 6″ apart in a larger pot, burying them 1/4″ deep.

4. Keep the soil moist and the containers out of direct light until the seedlings germinate. As soon as you see the tops of the plants emerging, put them somewhere where they can get at least 6 hours of sunlight daily, or under a grow light. It helps to set the cups/pots in a shallow tray of water to keep the soil from drying out.

5. When the plants have at least three sets of leaves, they’re ready to be transplanted to a semi-shady place in your yard. Space them 12″ apart. They will multiply readily in good soil.

Sources: : http://complete-health-and-happiness.com/heres-how-to-grow-your-own-antibacterial-bandages