Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot – monarda fistulosa – this plant is both edible and medicinal. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked or even dried and brewed in a tea. The flowers themselves are also edible. The leaves and flowers are used iternally, in an infusion, to treat colds, lower fevers, and relieve gastric problems. Externally, they are applied in a poultice to cuts and sores, and as eyewashes. Properties: carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, pectoral, stimulant.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: The leaves and flowers are used iternally, in an infusion, to treat colds, lower fevers, and relieve gastric problems. Externally, they are applied in a poultice to cuts and sores, and as eyewashes.