[MPWG] need info on juniper berries large spiked ones one on flat cedar looking leaves

Tue Aug 23 10:57:17 CDT 2011

Here is "The Plant Detective" radio show's short script describing some
medicinal uses of juniper in a nutshell.
www.floradelaterre.com/MontanaPublic Radio. (Note: The script is
written from the perspective of Flora
Delaterre, a fictional narrator.)

 <<I’m skiing in Finland--past a juniper tree. For ages, people in
northlands around the globe’ve used juniper medicinally--the needles and
bluish berries. Northern native Americans treated themselves and their
horses with juniper tea and smoke, and sometimes chewed the cones, for cold,
flu, digestion, and childbirth. The berries’re disinfectant and the leaves,
astringent. Today, juniper’s mainly a warming anti-inflammatory for painful
joints and muscles. It aids urinary tract issues too. Europeans made a
juniper-based diuretic, “ginevre”—shortened later to “gin.” The Finns love
juniper beer. But if you’re pregnant or kidney-compromised, avoid juniper.
The tree’s sacred in many cultures, maybe because it lives long, stays
green, and smells so good. >>

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM, MoonBranch Botanicals <
moonbranch at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Without seeing the plant it's hard to tell, but the "flat" leaves and
> "spiked" berries make me wonder. You may have a Chamaecyparis and not a
> Juniperus. Upon closer inspection, juniper leaves are actually a bit rounded
> with berries rounder than spiked, generally.
>
> These two images from the USDA PLANTS database show two juniperus species
> that are fairly illustrative of the genus:
>
>
> [image: Photo of Juniperus occidentalis Hook.]<http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=juoc_003_ahp.jpg>[image:
> Photo of Juniperus californica Carrière]
>
>
>
> Chamaecyparis generally look more like this:
> [image: Photo of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl.]<http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=chla_013_avp.tif>
> Without seeing the plant or knowing where you live that's about the best I
> can do. Hope that helps!
> -Robin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josef Brinckmann **
> Sent: Aug 21, 2011 3:35 PM
> To: Robert Layton Beyfuss **, rabiah al nur **, medicinalplant
> workinggroup **
> Subject: Re: [MPWG] need info on juniper berries large spiked ones one on
> flat cedar looking leaves
>
> **** ** ** **** ** ********** ** ** ********************** **
> EMEA and NHPD monographs for juniper berries attached.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Robert Layton Beyfuss <rlb14 at cornell.edu>
> *To:* rabiah al nur <rabiah_sol at hotmail.com> ; medicinalplant workinggroup<mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:53 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [MPWG] need info on juniper berries large spiked ones one
> on flat cedar looking leaves
>
>  Many juniper berries are blue grey in color, the only medicinal use I
> know for them is to add their distinctive flavor and fragrance to Gin!****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org [mailto:
> mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] *On Behalf Of *rabiah al nur
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:24 PM
> *To:* medicinalplant workinggroup
> *Subject:* [MPWG] need info on juniper berries large spiked ones one on
> flat cedar looking leaves****
>
> ** **
>
> Hi My neighbor has a tree/large shrub with grayish-blue spiked berries he
> says is a juniper and i would like to know if it is a medicine plant or if
> it can be used for anything. I don't se the birds eating them and all found
> is a picture of them with no info.
> Thanks for your help
> rabiah
>
> Rabiah Al Nur Spring of Light rabiah_sol at hotmail.com****
>
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