Heal-All

 If you look closely at the little flowers on this plant you will see that they look like a fringed orchid. The Heal-All  only stands about five inches tall and the flowers are smaller than a quarter inch in size. The flower spikes were considered to look like a throat so .... Doctrine of Signatures ( and ancient way of using plants for healing ) dictated that they would be useful in healing the mouth and throat. I have read that they are of little use in healing anything... and then I have read that they can be used in all sorts of concoctions to heal all sorts of ailments.... even some thoughts that it may contain properties that may be helpful in healing cancer........ Isn't it interesting that some of these little flowers that we walk by everyday have played such and important part in our history.

Where I found it : in the lawn