How to Use Usnea or Old Man's Beard

Usnea is a great backcountry resource to know. Summer, Fall, Winter or Spring...you can find Usnea. Learn this little plant and better understand all the natural landscape has to offer. Always be mindful of YOUR reactions to Usnea. Start slow, in small quantities and ensure to monitor your personal state while using. Please practice ethical harvesting.
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We have Usnea growing all over the trees on the monastery property. I've just collected some for this morning's tea. Your video has inspired me to learn more about the natural properties of the plants we have here in top of New Zealand. Thank you and God bless.

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Years ago I worked up in Montana and Idaho as a big game guide, we called it bears hair. I'm glad to know the actual name now. Thanks, great video.

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Really happy you did something on old man’s beard. Huge in my area.

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Great lesson on the Usnia. I enjoy all of your demonstrations, but especially this one. Thank you 👍

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Fantastic vid, quick decisive info. Just started getting into usnea and enjoying learning about all its properties.

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I have a bag full of old mans beard in my camping pack lol, great vid love the knowledge you give

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Hi Donny, finally old man's beard on my list of uses, thanks for keeping us updated

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Such a great field medicine. It has served me well many times for many years… and goes well with my beard

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Great video. Concise and well conveyed. Used usnea a few years back to help rapidly resolve my girl's strep throat. Good stuff 👍🏻🌀🌲

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What dosage did you use?

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Killer video man! I didnt know you could apply it to a wound only knew the tea process.

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It’s pretty versatile. I’ve used it extensively in the past.

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@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I like to add pine needles to my water as I'm heating it. The flavor is nice and they're packed with vitamin C. I thought I'd mention it since you made the point about Usnea tea being bitter and lemon & honey helping. Thank you for this awesome video! Regarding the black core vs white core in Usnea, is the black core stuff dangerous? Or just not medicinal?

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That's cool ta know. I use parsley. It's great for the same things

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We have tons of this down in the Southeast US also.

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I knew you cold use it to light a fier but medicine to!! Thank you grate vid

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I thought you just put it on the wound and that was that. Now I know. awesome video. Very informative.😁

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Thanks Donny. I usually drink some activated charcoal from the fire pit if I feel like I ate something bad. I'll have to try Usnea tea next time as it grows all over South Texas.

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Regarding ash/charcoal I've heard the phrase "white if you're tight (constipated), black if you're slack (diarrhea)" and it helped a lot. I'd definitely recommend throwing some pine needles in the water as you're heating it. I do that for all my backcountry teas, since pine needles have a nice flavor and are packed with vitamin C.

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@@i-love-comountains3850 - Good to know, thx. Id never heard that clever saying before. I've always used the black bits and crushed it into a fine powder. I started out using commercially sold activated charcoal at home, then tried the stuff in my camp fire once as a necessity and it worked just as well.

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@@i-love-comountains3850 - Just make sure the activated charcoal from your fire pit is created from a non resinous hardwood and you'll be fine. Oak is what most commercial stuff is made from.

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Good stuff man, I'll definitely keep old man's beard.

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If you were dropped somewhere far from civilization with nothing but the cloths on your back and knowledge of the local flora and fauna where would you start in order to survive? Step by step like what tools/shelter would you make and how would you hunt?

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That’s a good question. I did just that on a show called Alone The Beast on Hulu. Fire, shelter and water were the essentials. I did this in Louisiana. Thanks for watching

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I used usnea topically to treat mersa on my cat . The vet gave him the default anti biotic treatment several times which had about the same results each time a temporary reduction in progression . The usnea had about the same effect without the tolerance and resistance that eventually comes from taking long term antibiotics . Seeing how bad the infection was I was impressed with the home made Usnea topical extract .

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Just an extra note of caution with cats - anything topical is also ingested since they groom themselves so much. Usnea causes severe liver damage in humans when ingested, so who knows what happens with cats.

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This is an amazing video! ❓️Question... Can I collect some usnea and store it for when I may need it? Or does it need to be freshly picked to harness the benefits?

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I've used this on leech bites Works awesome 👍

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Even better to take it off branches that have fallen on the ground because while it's still on the tree, it's helping it.

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Does the Usnea need to be fresh from a tree/ how long can it sit before it can no longer be used

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Bet the tea would help candida in the esophagus

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I’m surprised you didn’t show that you can use it as a fire starting material. I have seen many other people use it for that.

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Can u make more of these kind of videos on how to make more remedies like this

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Absolutely.

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so is it basically a type of moss? love ur videos btw!

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Can you comment on the brown old man's beard that grows on pine trees, larch ... ect

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Thanks so very much for watching. I appreciate it greatly. Never been viewed as that, but I humbly accept. Appreciate you greatly. On my new show I make a game…coming soon.

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We called it goats beard and used it as toliet paper with a bit of water

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