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June 05, 2012

The 10 Most Useful Medicinal Plants For Your Garden

There’s no better way to use whatever extra space you have at home than to create a garden space where you can grow medicinal plants.

In fact, even if you live in an apartment setting, you can create a windowsill garden where you can grow medicinal plants.

This is especially useful if you have little kids running around in the house who can acquire a burn, a shallow wound, a sore or strike up a fever.

Basically, the medicinal plants to grow in your very own little garden space should be ones with the most number of medicinal values.

Factors that You Need to Consider when Growing Medicinal Plants in a Garden

Before giving out the top 10 medicinal plants that you can grow in your very own garden, here are a few tips to get you started.

First, check on the area where you plan to grow the medicinal plants in. Will you be having a mini-garden or would you like to turn your lawn into a virtual resource of medicinal plants which you can call your very own backyard pharmacy?

After analyzing the extra space that you have, consider other factors like sunlight, water, type of soil, type of container and the time of the year when the medicinal plants will thrive the most.

By taking these factors into account, you can rest assured that your medicinal plants will be thriving in the mini-garden that you will create just for them.

Top 10 Medicinal Plants For Your Garden Space

Now that you already have an idea about the gardening basics, what exactly are the valuable medicinal plants that you can grow right in your very own garden space? Take a look at the following list:

1. Aloe Vera

If there’s one medicinal plant which has 101 uses, that is none other than aloe vera.

Let’s say that you or a kid in your home suffered from a minor burn, you can use the bottom stalk of aloe vera as a soothing balm by rubbing the exposed end on the burn.

Aside from minor cuts and wounds, this medicinal aloe vera is also great for burns, treating eczema and reducing inflammation.

Did you know that this medicinal plant can even be taken internally? You can actually drink aloe vera juice and use it to treat digestive problems, ulcerative colitis, chronic constipation and poor appetite. This plant grows well under the sun, so it works best for outdoor gardens.

2. Great Burdock

Also called edible burdock or Lappa burdock, this medicinal plant is actually used as a root vegetable. In traditional medicine, the Great Burdock is used as a blood purifying agent, a diuretic and a diaphoretic.


Aside from being medicinal, this plant also has great aesthetic value because of its purple-and-green thorny flowers which looks great against any garden.

If you would like to add this medicinal plant to your backyard pharmacy, this can actually grow even without shade; just make sure that the soil is always moist so that the plant will thrive. Other uses for this medicinal plant include boils, rashes, bruises, burns, acne, ringworm and bites.

3. Pot Marigold

The good thing about growing this medicinal plant in your garden is that it can thrive under any soil condition.


As long as you make sure that the Pot Marigold grows in moist soil, it will very easily thrive. It’s also a great-looking addition to your garden aesthetically because of its deep-orange color.

So what are the main uses of Pot Marigold medicinal plants? It can help heal bites, stings, sprains, sore eyes, wounds and even varicose veins. When taken internally, this medicinal plant can be used to treat chronic infections and fever.

4. Chamomile

One of the medicinal plants, chamomile can help treat more than 100 separate ailments and conditions including the common cold, digestive problems, diarrhea, eczema, gastrointestinal conditions, mucositis, toothache, earache, shoulder pain and the common wounds.


What’s good about chamomile is that planting them in your backyard will add a crisp and fruity fragrance to your garden.

5. Echinacea

This lovely-colored flowering medicinal plant is considered to be one of the world’s most important medicinal herbs. It’s actually an herbaceous plant which has several different species.


What makes the Echinacea plant a handy medicinal plant to be around is the fact that it has a wide array of uses, including the treatment of sores, burns, wounds, allergy relief, insect bites, stings and snakebites. This type of medicinal plants also have the ability to help relieve allergies by strengthening immune system.

6. Great Yellow Gentian

Also called the Great Yellow Gentian, this medicinal plant comes from the mountains of southern and central Europe. It is actually a bitter herb which is used in traditional medicine, and its main function includes the treatment of digestive problems.


This type of medicinal plants also aids in the relief of exhaustion from chronic diseases, it stimulates the gal bladder and liver while at the same time strengthening the body.

7. Tea Tree

Look at the ingredients of any over-the-counter medicinal product or beauty product and you will see how tea tree oil is usually listed as one of its main ingredients. This just goes to show how useful the tea tree plant is medicinally.


Tea tree oil comes from the leaves and twigs of the tea tree plant. It has a great many uses, including the treatment of acne, vaginal infections, athlete’s foot, warts, insect bites, cold sores, minor burns, thrush and chronic fatigue syndrome.

8. Peppermint

There’s probably no better-smelling plant that you can grow in your garden than peppermint. It’s considered to be the world’s oldest medicine which has been used by people from the ancient times to relieve whatever it is that is bothering them medically.


What makes peppermint such a medicinal garden essential is the fact that it is naturally rich in vitamins A and C, manganese and it helps reduce a number of symptoms including irritable bowel syndrome, upset stomachs, fevers, flatulence and spastic colon.

9. Ginseng

Ginseng is one of the most beloved and popular medicinal plants in eastern countries. What makes ginseng such a great addition to your medicinal plants garden is the fact that it promotes general health instead of just being useful for a particular type of ailment.


It’s the root of the ginseng which is particularly useful in relaxing the nervous system. It also helps reduce cholesterol levels, improve your immune system and stamina, and helps treat lack of appetite and sleep disorders.

10. Sage

Both a cooking herb and a medicinal plant, sage is a great salve for insect bites, skin infections, gum infections and mouth infections. It can also help with indigestion, flatulence, depression and even menopausal problems.


The Latin name, where sage was derived from, means ‘to heal’, which is an apt description for many ailments that can be resolved using this lush herb which doubles up as a medicinal plant.

These are just some of the top herbal medicinal plants which can serve as a great addition to your garden space. Aside from giving your dwelling that green and homey feel, these medicinal plants have a variety of uses for whatever it is that is ailing you.

7 comments:

  1. Marijuana is a plant created by He Who Made All Things. It's leaves are vegetables, the stalk is fibrous, its fruit is medicinal, and its seeds are nutritious. It grows nicely everywhere. This is what the bible has to say about it.

    Gen.1:29

    And YaHWeH said: Behold , I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed: to you it shall be for food.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJhQHk_GI

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    1. Yup! They missed the most useful herb of all!Left out Greek Oregano too!

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    2. Not to mention the only reason marijuana was outlawed was because of its usefulness in manufacturing. Companies like Dow and others were trying to bring their synthetics online in the 30s. Marujauna is cheap. It's used(was)in making paper, clothes, sails, rope and on and on.

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    3. Yes but the main problem is that they won't let you grow it in the United States.

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    4. It has been found to kill cancer cells. It will NVER be legalized now.

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  2. Marijuana will never be legalized. Fortunately some states, like mine, allow medicinal purchases and growing.
    As a single mother of two boys I drilled it into their heads that drugs ruin lives.Unfortunately about 3 years ago we were in a car accident that resulted in severe nerve damage in my neck and my 14 yr old developing migraines so bad I had to put him on home schooling.
    After a few months of doubling my pain meds they offered me oxy based narcotics and I refused, I was not going to get into that so I suffered. During the same time my son was on 3 different blood pressure meds a day plus beta blockers that still did not control his headaches.One med cost $82 (with insurance)a pill and he was taking two of those a day. When we went to a naturapath we were on 12 daily medications between the two of us to control our pain.
    She recommended medicical marijuana and I cringed, how can I keep my son off of drugs if I give it to him? Then I thought about the damage the constant ups and downs of the blood pressure medication could be doing to his heart and the decision was made. We dont smoke but we do use oils, bath salts, and we grow to make our own edibles and teas.
    Neither of us have filled a prescription in over a year, my son is back to school with his friends, and I can actually sleep more than an hour at a time.
    As I grow my own naturally (I dont spend hundreds of dollars on hydroponics) I spend about $50 dollars a month on oils, salts, etc and we have enough for both of us to return to a normal daily life. Before the medicinal I was spending over $400 a month on top of the medical insurance premiums. Why would our government side with us when the drug companies are throwing millions of dollars at them? There is no profit for them if they legalize it, the only profit is for the patients who can find relief with a natural plant for less than a penny on the dollar compared to buying drugs that cause more problems physically than they fix.
    We have to remember that our government doesnt work for us, its an auction house and we (the tax paying citizens) cant out bid the multimillion dollar companies.

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  3. What the crap are you doing with that around the your children you freak that's wrong and you deserve a jacket without sleeves! >:^[]

    Drug dealer! You make me sick!

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