Heal-All or Self-Heal 🌸 How to Identify and Use Prunella vulgaris

[@CandieWitherspoon]

I love this plant. I eat in salads, dry for teas, and make a tincture with it. Asian people use the dried flower heads as a popular tea. I’ve also eaten the flower heads. ❤❤❤

[@rzub]

The music alone is a stress reliever .

[@brianhowe7667]

I felt like I was watching a Bob Ross video. Very relaxing

[@GiveitaGrow]

That's high praise!

[@herbmamasujaiatpeacefulwel8569]

I agree!

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

I think Bob Ross would approve! 🙂🌱

[@HeartOfTheForest]

Now let's take a closer look at these happy little leaves...oh...I almost forgot to mention his happy little friend over here....aren't they just the darnedest little things you've ever seen....

[@mamawolfmemories]

Yes I am so chill after watching that! And more informed about self heal 😂❤😍🌱😌

[@sappir26]

Best video out there on KZbin about Self Heal, in my opinion. 👍❤

[@wayneclark6624]

the Damnedest thing - when saw the picture of this plant and said to myself "Self " we've seen this thing before and low and behold it's growing outside of my work in the lawn .

[@spicytrailmix3531]

I have a personal collection at home that I’ve been trying to figure out how to make into a brewed tea. Very helpful and loved the presentation and quality of the video!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks, I hope your tea turns out as good as mine did!

[@danielfegley2735]

when it comes to identifing this plant this was the best video it gave the most visual detail. After years of searching I finally found some but it was a small amount so I won't tell where I don't want a wild strain to disappear

[@Jamiek485]

Come to my field and you can bail it! Lol

[@MNPonyLady]

Just found this video. It's a good one. I have lots of Heal-all and plantain growing naturally on my land. Sometimes, I dry the leaves of both and infuse coconut oil with them. After straining the leave fragments out, you are left with a nice salve that is great for sunburnt and bug bites. If you live in a warm climate, you can melt some beeswax in to keep it a solid. I store in the fridge for up to a month. 😊

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

We have a lot of this growing around our place and a couple days ago, after finally looking into it, I decided to eat one of the buds. It tastes pretty good and after just a bit I thought I could feel it, and it felt pretty good too. So I went and picked a few more and when my wife got home I told what they are and what I read about them and we both ate 2 of them. A little while after that I felt really good, so I went and asked her how she was doing and she told me she was feeling really good too. We both ate a two again yesterday and could really feel it again. I picked a few more today and ate a few small ones and set a few more out to dry to make some tea. After looking into it a bit more I learned I should be picking those that haven't flowered yet because they're more potent, and there are a bunch of those out there, so tomorrow I'm going to grab a few of those and eat one or two. One of the things I noticed while walking around our lot yesterday and today, which is thickly forested, very rocky, and on a fairly steep hillside, is that my hips weren't hurting. Not even when I started walking back up the hill. The only thing I can attribute that too is the Heal-All. I can't say for sure that's it yet, but I don't have anything else I can say might be the reason. Some days are better or worse but they've been hurting for years now and I've always felt it walking up that hill. It's only been 3 days but I have to say I do think this stuff does work and I'm amazed. I've been ignoring it for the past 30 years.

[@1Ggirl1959]

Some one buy that man a French Press for the herb tea. Great video, Thanks.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Great idea!

[@RayMak]

Thanks so much for this!

[@lsnelson7656]

Thank you so much! I have three mystery volunteers appear last year in three different raised beds. I knew they were some mint family relative, and put them in containers for the winter, then transplanted them into a bed a few weeks ago. Now they are blooming the prettiest flowers, and I could identify them as self-heal! And thanks to your video I'm going to dry leaves and make "tea!"

[@GiveitaGrow]

Awesome! Nice job saving those volunteers, I do the same thing. Heal all is now growing as a ground cover all over the garden!

[@ammorales1524]

@@GiveitaGrowllo! I have a lot of these growing wild in my garden. At first I did not know what they are and waited to see what they’ll do. I was very Happy to see the beautiful flowers and so I kept them. This Year they almost populate a whole bed so I have been pulling them out and throwing them to the compost bin. Thank you so much for your video. I probably need to transplant some of these to our park.

[@freddieivory625]

Very nice video! Soothing and informative. Thank you for sharing

[@mfberry894]

You did a great job on the identification of these, thank you. Have often seen these, now i know i can eat them.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you! I planted them in the garden as a groundcover and they are doing great!

[@melovestv1964]

What a useful content you have ,just keep sharing.

[@emmyashbaugh]

Thank you for this invaluable information!!! The music was refreshing, seems like a lot of channels have abrasive edm as background music and I find distracting. What a breath of fresh air this is. Will subscribe after writing this 😁💓🌻✌

[@jmgren1]

I am so excited to find your video, delightfully and professionally done! I just found a yardful of heal-all at a vacant house in my neighborhood so I'm transplanting and harvesting today! Thank you. Definitely subscribing!

[@MalcolmsAdventures]

Thanks so much for the informational video! I began growing self heal in my garden 2 years ago, and I've known nothing about harvesting, I didn't even know it would grow flowers until this year. This video was so descriptive, and helps to understand from start to finish all I came looking for, and with such a calm relaxing voice. I'd like to make a suggestion for the flavor of your tea at the end: use honey instead of sugar. I started making tea from my coneflower plant last year and honey was the perfect touch. It also complements the medicinal properties of the drink.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you so much! Great suggestion using honey. I used sugar to preserve the true flavor from the plant.

[@garyssimo]

thsnks for the very detailed info! the music is not required

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you for the feedback :)

[@klkpush]

Love all the information and also the background music is so relaxing 😎

[@europaeuropa3673]

Best discovery I made this summer is foraging for Self Heal.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Nice!

[@bride8305]

(HUG) excellent video, I saw someone using a french coffee press to filter out the leaves. Great job, thank you, like the calmness and the great music, can hear the birds too.

[@thealternativemystic7570]

Just planted some seeds, excited to get these into my garden! Solid video, with great info thank you!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks! Good luck :)

[@Makeda0531]

Wonderful video!! So glad I discovered you. How can I get this plant. ?

[@patriciasmargiassi5046]

Thank you for your VDO..I try to find the one I can relate how to use this plants..I have in my garden every years..and pull them out as weeds..until I found name this year because try to study about Dead nettles..is similar and some people confude with Self Heal..this year I wait until plants have flowers is easy to recognize but I do not know how to use them...your VDO...is so clear to help..thank you so much..I will collect them for tea.

[@jeremybertram5575]

My gramma told me to eat this plant. It's delicious.

[@choimdachoim9491]

Be careful...yer so chill yer 'bout to fall off the planet...out of thousands of youtube videos I've watched this is number one the most pleasant plus informative. I love the beauty shots of the sunlight through the glass and shadow patterns, etc. That is pure appreciation of moments in your life.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Wow, thank you!

[@HappySnappyChappy]

I liked that. good pace, but with plenty of attention to detail. Only suggestion might have been to cover some of the herbal reasons you might use this. i.e. daily tonic or for specific ailments. I used to have a good friend who introduced me to botany/herbals and, sadly, he died kind of young and I always missed him and this mellow style kind of reminds me of that. oh and yeah, totally agree that honey sprang to mind as a sweetener, rather than hard sugar, especially a nice local honey with good depth of flavour I'd suggest. I subbed. thanks!

[@theneverendingmakingofme]

This was such a fun and informative video. Thanks!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you!

[@pto200]

Very good informative video. Thank you.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks!

[@susanbeever3019]

Really enjoyed this informative video. I found a plant in Illinois and will try to plant the seeds.

[@debramotherinisrael4440]

Aloe chamomile and moringa is my cup of tea

[@honeybadgerisme]

Thanks for this! I was having trouble distinguishing from my salvia!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Glad I could help!

[@stephencavuoti6014]

We’re dose it grow and it was very informative thanks I hope it grows in the Appalachian and you just said where they come from I just didn’t wait long enough I was so excited over it.

[@maryloan7248]

thank you for a calming introduction to prunella.....I believe this plant may grow in Belize...

[@GiveitaGrow]

Cool! Thanks for watching :)

[@s.leemccauley7302]

I am going to see about ordering some seeds I have Seen for sale online. I had known of external uses but not internal ones.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Awesome, I hope that works for you!

[@laughinglark]

I found some of this by the roadside on my walk, and pulled up a plant to ID when I got home, It was growing amongst a bunch of other weeds in a weedy patch of ground. If it survives being transplanted in a pot, I'll try making some tea once it grows out more. I enjoyed your video, and I just subscribed.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you! I hope your heal all does well :)

[@irishwanderer4206]

Liked and subbed I saw one of these uprooted in the woods so I brought it home and potted it.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you! I have them all over the garden now :)

[@conniedavidson1807]

I planted some seeds in a container this year. They are growing slowly, but they are growing. I want to use them as a green cover under a loquat tree I'm growing in the container. Can't wait til they get big enough to try.

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@benjamingrezik373]

self heal is a mint relative opposite leaves. square stem. same a nettle and lemon balm etc

[@lindadahlen7180]

I really enjoy all your videos and learn so much from them... thank you! :-)

[@GiveitaGrow]

My pleasure, I researched Heal-All this year and am happy to share what I learned with you. There is a lot more info about this plant, and it has many more uses but the cold infused drink is my favorite.

[@XGaming1]

Thank you so much, this is going to be fun.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Enjoy!

[@sulebo2153]

Great details and EXCELLENT photography - thank you! Could do without the horn in the background though.

[@GiveitaGrow]

You dont like the music? got it, thanks for the feedback.

[@cloud9soundcafe]

Agree about the music. If the music volume was lowered it wouldn't compete so much with the voice. It was a bit too distracting.

[@honeybadgerisme]

yeah, had to mute and watch the closed captions...watching while spouse sleeping

[@genericaccount5523]

Well done

[@peggyshaft912]

Hi - loved this video and you have really great descriptive pictures. This is the first I heard of using the leaves. it grows crazy in my yard. The way you made the tea, can I assume you could do a sun tea and let it sit out it indirect sun also?

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you! Sun tea sounds like a great idea! This is flowering in the garden now! so its the perfect time to pick some :)

[@ChristopherJones16]

Be careful making Sun tea. There's lots of articles on the web about it just being a gimmick... A gimmick that grows bad bacteria very easily. Yea can easily be made with food water so that's what most do nowadays. I think Sun tea was just a marketing gimmick for superior to sell glass pitchers as special tea making pitchers. basically Just someone creating a market for an item that already had a market but died down so they needed to sell those glass pitchers and boom Sun tea gets hyped... Probably someone back in the late 1800s selling snake oil and Sun tea pitchers lol.

[@melodyclark4347]

I really appreciate the descriptions and the seed harvesting. Thank you and God bless you.

[@wcdeich4]

Does Prunella grandiflora or Prunella pagoda have the same medicinal qualities as Prunella vulgaris???

[@phoenixcooper1455]

I would like to see the update on the transplanted self heal, to your garden.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Great idea, they are in bloom right now too :)

[@vatosflokos3290]

Awesome video! Btw my yard is full of one of the sub species of the plant called "Prunella Laciniata" -the white self - heal. Does it have the same medicinal uses with the purple self heal?

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks! I would assume so, white or purple flowers, the plant should still have the same properties.

[@1973moondragon]

Yes

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Make an infused vinegar? Thanks for the interesting video. I can't wait to plant my seeds.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Excellent idea! I should have a much largest harvest his year after transplanting some into my garden.

[@theneverendingmakingofme]

Ooh yum!

[@ChristopherJones16]

Great video. Not a fan of the 70s sounding elevator music though, but I'm sure someone loves it. I would love too see if those transplants in your garden took our if they died. Any updates on them?

[@GiveitaGrow]

Ok, thanks. No specific update on them just yet but I do have lots of footage ready to go. Heal all shows up briefly in this video from this Spring kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqXKeJptadKHnpY

[@CiaofCleburne]

Pleasant video!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you!

[@magoomchhugh]

Awesome we flower sir

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks!

[@brendaeulenstein4255]

Does this grow in Australia.?

[@forkballbear4898]

awesome video! thanks!

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you!

[@cherylvalois7141]

What’s the best way to make a tincture? I have collected some flowers with just the top leaves. Can I use that?

[@GiveitaGrow]

I dont make tinctures, but the leaves and flowers would work great.

[@hithere3143]

I really like your channel 😊

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thanks!

[@mitchl5220]

I think I have this growing in my lawn (it's incredibly short I think due to mowing) and I want to try and make tea with it but I'm worried it might be the wrong plant because all the examples I see online aren't so dwarfed

[@beckylouise384]

Now that you mention it (possibly) being in your lawn I'm wondering the same in my lawn. I'm going to take a closer look at it this summer and if it's a close enough resemblance, dig it up and plant it in a bed and see what happens. One thing I can say for sure is better safe than sorry - if you can't absolutely, positively identify a plant (any wild plant intended for consumption), don't consume it!! Way too many (potentially deadly) lookalikes out there to 2nd guess wild edibles (think mushrooms for instance!). I have what I think is minors lettuce growing (in abundance!) in my yard which is supposed to be super healthy but I won't touch it until someone who's harvested it confirms that's what it is. Be safe! ☺

[@cherylcarter6426]

Do you soak them in hot or cold water?

[@GiveitaGrow]

For the drink I just used cold water.

[@mollycher3630]

Very detailed and informative 👍👍. It’s awesome that the leaves could be made into tea ☕️ .

[@GiveitaGrow]

This tea was delicious and super healthy, I can't wait to harvest a bunch of leaves next year!

[@lenasledge2645]

Great video. Very informative. If I plant in my herb garden will it become invasive since it’s part of the mint family? Can I or should I plant with other mint plants?

[@GiveitaGrow]

It will spready slowly, mainly by seed. I have not had any problems with it overreaching the garden like mint can. should be fine to plant with other mint family herbs.

[@patriciamartinbanner]

Thank you..love your vdo.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Thank you!

[@alicorzano]

I believe the flowers are more commonly made into a tea than the leaves

[@GiveitaGrow]

The leaves mad an excellent tea, I will have to try the flowers next year, thanks.

[@faustinoizaguirre3552]

Does the stem has two fussy lines along?

[@GiveitaGrow]

Yeah, it looks like you can see it here 0:24

[@honeybadgerisme]

O! It also shows at around 3:05 (+).

[@pinkpoodlepaloma]

I wish I could find a few of these. I'm just a beginner (Ireland). Maybe I'll find some

[@GiveitaGrow]

I hope you find some, good luck!

[@1973moondragon]

It grows in Ireland

[@pinkpoodlepaloma]

@@GiveitaGrow i found them, out walking and collected. They are so beautiful, the purple colour. I dried them off and ready for winter tea. I transplanted some into the garden too for next year

[@lisamoseley9914]

Did you heat the water before adding the dried leaves?

[@GiveitaGrow]

Nope, just cold water from the filter. This would make a nice hot tea though.

[@natureboy6410]

Wish it grew here. Could really use some.

[@GiveitaGrow]

Yeah, this is one of my favorite wild greens

[@natureboy6410]

@@GiveitaGrow yup. Same here, but now more than ever. I used to go out and fill buckets full with dandelion and chicory when I lived in the south. But, out here in the Mohave desert, where I raised my 5 rug rats, we don't get much true dandelion or cats ear. But if it rains in the winter or early fall, they get a butt load of these two called desert dandelion and desert chicory. The roots are tiny though. 2 to 3 inchs long, not much bigger around then a spaghetti noodle. You want to talk bitter though, dang. Even the flowers will make your face want to cave in if you try to chew one of these desert versions up! I used to roast up both roots, when I was able to get them, until they were nearly black. Then I'd grind it up real fine, mix it 50/50 with the darkest roast coffee I could find, made a version an old boy in Louisiana taught me. Basically just another cowboy coffee, with some blackstrap molasses and a splash of cream added to it. ;-) Very short growing season out here.

[@natureboy6410]

@@GiveitaGrow Really need this to keep my ticker in good health.

[@s.leemccauley7302]

Nature boy, the seeds can be found for sale online. You might see if you could get some.

[@1973moondragon]

Where do you live... this can be found everywhere... and you can buy this online grow in containers and protect in winter if you get super cold winters

[@ozarkoracle7389]

I'm curious about how well they did when you transplanted them. Did you put them in full or part sun?

[@GiveitaGrow]

They did very well, this year the are sprouting all over the garden and I love it! They can handle full or partial sun.

[@shineisland7447]

I am certain I have this in my yard. Tho I purchased a plant that said it was self heal on the tag. But the leaves are quite different, long and softly serrated but the flower is identical but bigger and a pinker purple. Know anything about that?

[@GiveitaGrow]

That could be a cultivar, as opposed to the wild verity.

[@sueeason275]

You didn’t mention that the stems are square like all mint .

[@thebazile67]

The only thing he didn't say is in what conditions and when they grow. Does anyone know?

[@narsreenjohnson4966]

would this be good for hairy cell lukinia?also what is good for hypothyroid and i know its not possible but what about autism or even anxiety

[@GiveitaGrow]

I'm sorry I dont know about any of that.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Thyroid issues.... I think I saw that addressed on the Dr Boz, or Dr Mindy channel. And I think a designed abstention from food with lots of herbal tea was part of it.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Oh, and anxiety. Besides dealing with the underlying emotional injury, vitamin D is helpful. Most people who do not get direct sun to the skin are deficient. It will also render the mighty covid to a sniveling temporary irritation.

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

? My heal all is at least three feet tall and covered in the most beautifully lemon scented flowers.

[@FigaroHey]

This makes me really want to find this plant... in Central Europe :/ ????

[@GiveitaGrow]

I hope you find some, good luck!

[@1973moondragon]

It's a native of Europe

[@summermucha5207]

Appreciate your experience and experimentation; especially descriptors of taste, texture of leaves and flowers. Helps me decide if I want to order the seeds and grow for myself! Nice to know the leaves would make a great tea. I thank you 🙏

[@wizardss3684]

So you can’t just eat the leaves?

[@christopherhorn5274]

Oregano and prunella are the ones I have trouble telling apart.

[@cryforthemoon]

My dad used to call me prunella when I was little haha

[@GiveitaGrow]

Awww, thats so sweet!

[@michelejones4282]

Ahh, ur in Minnesota! Well, will probably never find these in Az in zone 7c. Maybe around flagstaff? Hmm

[@GiveitaGrow]

These grow all over the place, you might be able to find them in your area. Check in wild meadows and along trails and roads, they are easiest to identify with the flowers which bloom in summer.

[@michelejones4282]

Will you sell some seeds?🤗

[@GiveitaGrow]

I dont have any extra this year, but if I see any dried pods I'll save them and let you know.

[@sandyralston5814]

Michele Jones you can order from baker creeks seeds

[@davidbrogan606]

The seeds need to be stratified before planting.

[@tthefrayy]

you remind me of @ Steve1989MREInfo !! lol

[@lvinston]

If you picked them in your yard, that means they grow there. So, whether you cover them or not it should not matter. ;)

[@GiveitaGrow]

If they get too exposed over Winter they may not come back the following Spring.

[@lvinston]

@@GiveitaGrow oh. I did not know that.

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

The fuzzyness is not that bad lol

[@GiveitaGrow]

Nothing worse than a fuzzy salad.

[@Tanjaamazon]

Only if it worked on retrovirus

[@patricialloyd866]

Why would you filter it when the whole leaf is beneficially healthy

[@1973moondragon]

Sweeten it with some local honey.. its delicious

[@GiveitaGrow]

Sounds good!

[@mattwilson9585]

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[@Andrey110379]

I might be wrong, but It`s kinda poisonous, a tad?

[@GiveitaGrow]

I've never heard that. The medicinal qualities of plants are often natural pesticides that can kill small insects, but provide benefits to us, like mint.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Apparently not enough to kill aphids

[@mikebucket1658]

>insert panacea joke

[@dilipsinha5037]

yawn