Food as Medicine
Plant Those Stems
Poison!
Plants That Heal
100

This drink comes from a cow and helps ease heartburn

What is milk

100

If left unattended, this tuber will grow roots out of its eyes.

Potatoes

100

These wild fungi are found everywhere, but not all of them are edible! In fact some can be very, very deadly.

Mushrooms

100

Chamomile Tea has many health benefits, but it is particularly good to drink late at night because it helps aid in what?

Sleep

200

This red and white hard candy will help settle an upset tummy.

Peppermints

200

Also known as a scallion, this plant is long and thin with a white bulb no bigger than the green top.

Green onions

200

While you have probably eaten hundreds of these crunchy, crisp green or red fruits, the seeds actually contain a poison called arsenic. 

Apples

200
Yarrow Root is good to have on hand if you are in a fight because it helps stop what?

Bleeding

300

This dried plum helps, ahem, "keep you regular".

Prunes

300

A crucial ingredient in Ant on a Log, this ribbed veggie can be regrown by cutting off the bottom and placing it in warm water

Celery

300

This red fruit alone is not dangerous, but for hundreds of years people thought it was. Mostly because the fruit is very reactive to metals, and when eaten of pewter plates of the rich, or canned improperly, it led to lead poisoning and botulism 

Tomatoes

300

Turmeric can help slow down and fight this common, deadly disease that effects any age and any part of the body.

Cancer

400

A diet of Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast is good to eat when you have diarrhea. What is this diet called?

BRAT Diet

400

Take this pit and suspend it above water with toothpicks until a root sprouts and it can be planted in soil. Also known as an alligator pear.

Avocados

400

You would have to eat a lot of the leaves to die, but the stem is really what you eat. It is beautiful, bright pink, and makes wonderful pies.

Rhubarb

400

The juicy inside of the aloe plant helps if you have been sitting outside for too long, and get a what?

Sunburn

500

This ingredient is commonly found in soda, and when paired with tylenol or aspirin, it can help get rid of aches and pains, as well as headaches.

Caffeine 

500

This herb is found in many Latin American and Vietnamese dishes, and when you transfer it to soil the blooms will give you the spice coriander in addition to more of the herb

Cilantro

500

This fish is very poisonous, but both expensive and highly prized to eat. In Japan it can only be prepared by licensed chefs.

Pufferfish

500

Marshmallow root, Licorice root sound like tasty treats, but when made into a tea, they help ease this common ailment that occurs when you have strep?

Sore throat