Author: Linné, Family: asteraceae (compositae)
In herbal medicine mostly the root of burdock is used, as a blood purifier and for skin diseases.
Many people believe it's an excellent remedy for dandruff and can even make hair grow.
The stalks, leaves, roots and flower buds are still eaten by people who like to collect wild plants for food.
The photo shows arctium minus, the smaller burdock.
Photo by Charles Webber, California Academy of Sciences.
More about burdock in MGMH
Text References: Healing
| CB 25, 417 |
Iza's Tuberculosis
She searched her memory for treatments.
A poultice of the inner bark of balsam, she thought. Yes, and a yarrow
tea. Breathing the steam will help, too. Blackberries and wort, and maidenhair.
No, that's just for a minor cold. Burdock roots? Maybe. Starchwort? Of
course, and the fresh root is best in fall. |
| VH 11, 198-199 |
Shamio's and Tholie's Burns
"Jetamio, what is this?"
"Burdock," she said. "It was in the stew."
"Is there some left? The leaf?" //
"We only used the stem. There's a pile over there."
"Get it!"
Jetamio ran to the refuse pile and returned with two handfuls of the
torn leaves. The Shamud dipped them in the water and laid them on the burns
of both mother and child. |
| VH 21, 360 |
(...) she returned with hands full of large gray-green burdock leaves.
She stripped the leaves from the heavy middle vein, tore them in shreds
into a bowl, added cool water, and pounded them to a mash with a rock.
He had been feeling the discomfort and heat of the sunburn more, and
when he felt the soothing cool mash on his back, he was again grateful
she was a woman of healing. |
| VH 21, 361 |
Jondalar picked up a mashed piece of leaf that had fallen off his back.The
Sharamudoi healer had used burdock leaves for burns, too. She is skilled. |
| MH 24, 386 |
(...) as she crushed dried burdock and sweet fern leaves for a tea
for Mamut's arthritis, (...) She added fresh wintergreen and hot water
to the bowl of crushed leaves, and brought it to the old man. |
Text References: Food
| CB 2, 14 |
Gathering in Spring
Large green leaves were wrappers, some of them, such as burdock, cooked
as greens. |
| CB 20, 322 |
Ayla's Cave
Let's see, new burdock and coltsfoot and young dandelion leaves, and
fern, most of it will still be curled. |
| CB 24, 391 |
Feast at Clan Gathering
A mountain of wild lettuce, burdock, pigweed, and dandelion leaves,
freshly washed, was waiting to be served raw with a dressing of hot bear
grease, seasonings, and salt, added at the last moment. |
| VH 11, 196 |
Feast for Thonolan's and Jetamio's Promise
Then he speared a green stalk and held it up questioningly.
"That's the stem of young burdock," (...) "Burdock," she said, showing
him the large, downy, gray-green leaf parts that had been torn from the
stem. |
| VH 11, 198-199 |
"Jetamio, what is this?"
"Burdock," she said. "It was in the stew."
"Is there some left? The leaf?" //
"We only used the stem. There's a pile over there." |
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Editions |
| CB |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
The page numbers refer to the hardcover editions by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990.
Book 1-3 are the Special Collector's Edition, I don't know if the page numbers differ from those of the 'normal' hardcover editions. |
| VH |
The Valley of Horses |
| MH |
The Mammoth Hunters |
| PP |
The Plains of Passage |
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Author: Linné, Family: asteraceae (compositae)