Life Everlasting

Life everlasting is indigenous to South and North Carolina. It is a natural astringent. Warm infusions of Life Everlasting are given in leucorrhea, diseases of the bowels, and hemorrhages. Life everlasting can be applied externally to bruises and indolent tumors.

Life everlasting is a very popular remedy in South Carolina. Life everlasting tea is frequently used as a cold remedy. During the flu epidemic of 1941, life everlasting tea, whisky, and lemon was a popular treatment. Life everlasting is an astringent. The leaves and flowers can be chewed as a remedy for mouth and throat ulcerations. Fresh juice from the life everlasting plant is said to be an aphrodisiac.