What a wonderful Proud name.
As well as being probably in the top 10 Herbs on the planet. I know our government is spending mega millions learning how to grow it in space so it can be used fresh on a flight to Mars and Beyond. Its an Astryngent & Bactericide cures Dysentry and the tea saved thousands of women from dying of Childbirth on the plains - Today it is the key in all natural Menstrual Support.
My Grandmother ask that it be planted at her grave - It was and is still collected and dried for Tea. My mother took me home to Grandma with severe Diaper rash - she bathed me in Periwinkle Tea and it was gone by morning. When I was 10 I fell against the woodstove and was burned. The wound got a bath of Periwinkle and was wrapped in Shredded raw
potatoes. It healed in a week without scars.
Those were the days...... mory