>>1299910Sleep tight Meller.
Here is an useful plant if you want to make candles.
Myrica cerifera
Uses: Candle wax is produced from fruits. Root bark formerly used in tea as an astringent and emtic for chronic gastritis, diarrhea dysentery, leukorrhea, “catarrhal states of alimentary tracts,” jaundice, scrofula, and indolent (hard to heal) ulcers. Leaf ta was used for fevers, externally as a wash for itching. Powdered root bark was an ingredient in “composition powder”, once a widely used home remedy for colds and chills. One component in the plant myricitrin, has anti-inflammatory , antimutagenic , diuretic, and antibacterial activity. Myricitrin, myricetin, and recently isolated compound, myricanol, show research interest in targeting a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease development.
