11 Plants that will stop bleeding

Hey evryone! With hiking season fast coming upon us, I thought it would be good to give you some plants that you can use in case you get cut while out in the wilderness. A lot of these can also be used to help with insect bites…the pesky buggers.

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Plants to use leaves to stop bleeding

natural tea — Fresh or dried yarrow leaves can help with cuts.

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) – The fresh or dried leaves of yarrow can be crushed up and put on cuts. If using dried, the leaves will need to be moistened with water. Achilles, whom the plant is named after, is said to require all of his soldiers to carry yarrow with them to take care of any wounds that they may get while fighting. Yarrow also has antibacterial properties to help keep the wound from getting infected.

Make a spit poultice or use a tincture to help stop bleeding.

Shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) – Shepherd’s purse is well known for its blood clotting abilities due to the high amount of vitamin K. Vitamin K plays an important part in the ability for blood to clot. You can make a spit poultice out of the fresh leaves. Dried, shepherd’s purse does not have a long shelf life, so if you don’t have fresh leaves available, you can use the tincture.

Potentilla species (Marsh Fivefinger, Cinquefoil, and Silverweed) – The leaves are best added to salves to help stop bleeding.

The juice of pyrola species can help with wounds.

Pyrola species – You can use this one fresh as a spit poultice, as the juice has the properties to stop bleeding. The juice can also be drunk for internal bleeding.

stops bleeding — You can use the powdered leaf or make a tea.

Nettle (Urtica species) – The entire plant can be used, it just needs to be powdered. If while hiking you happen to hurt yourself, you can use a tea for both external and internal bleeding.

Plants to use the root to stop bleeding

Powder the burnet root or make a decoction to help with bleeding cuts.

Burnet roots (Sanguisorba stipulata) – The root made into a decoction can be used for its astringent properties to help stop a cut from bleeding. Alternatively, the powdered root can help with small cuts.

Goldenrod (Solidago species) – To use this for cuts, dry and powder the root. Then you can sprinkle it on the bleeding.

The dried, powdered root is used for cuts.

Geranium (Geranium erianthum, G. Bicknelli) – This is another one where the dried powdered root is used.

Alum root (Heuchera glabra) – In addition to the root itself being powdered, it can be used for sores to make it heal faster.

Pink Plumes (Polygonum bistorta) – Again, the root is used powdered. It can be mixed with clay and water to put on insect stings.

Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus) – This time, it’s the fresh root used to help with bleeding. Mash it up into a poultice and cover the cut.

Thanks for reading. Hopefully you don’t have to use this information, but now you have it in case you do! If you don’t want to have to use a poultice, or make a powder yourself, you can get the Whale of a Wound Balm or Whale of a Wound Oil which has yarrow in it to help stop bleeding.

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