Club Moss (Lycopodium) is a perennial plant found in Europe, North America, and China. It is an evergreen plant with rope like ramblers that trail along the forest ground that actually looks like a miniature evergreen tree. The ramblers produce 7 to 10 cm. high branches that stand straight up, are forked and soft to the touch. Older plants have yellowish spikes of pollen along the top portion of it's branches. Club Moss contains radium and thrives in shaded areas, if it is exposed directly to the sun, it will wither and die.
It is said that a young man and his friends were walking in the woods. The young man found a Club Moss rambler and being in a playful mood, he picked the rambler and wound it around his hat. Later that day, one of his friends developed an incredible cramp in his foot. His friends all rallied round to massage his foot but were unable to relieve the pain. The young man followed a suggestion, took the rambler from his hat and wound it on the sufferer's leg from foot to knee. Before long the cramp was gone and he was feeling good as new.
The young man who had the cramp was skeptical and thought it to be a coincidence so when his landlady developed a leg cramp some time later, he went to gather Club Moss. When he applied it to her cramping leg, the pain was gone almost instantly. The young man later learned the Club Moss plant is a radium containing plant that is NOT radioactive or harmful in any way. It has a very small level of radium at homeopathic standards.
Club Moss can be used for, colicky babies by relaxing the colon and intestines, premenstrual cramps, muscle cramps and spasms, it's great for tension headaches, driver's shoulder cramps, sport related cramps, Charlie Horse, and the list goes on.
You can make your own Club Moss pillow by simply filling a sock, a baby's pillow or any fabric type bag or if you are handy with needle and thread you can make your own pillow and, while you're at it your pets can benefit from a pillow of their own.
Depending on how much you use your Club Moss pillow, it should last from seven to ten years. You will know when it is time to replace your Moss when the time it takes to ease your pain begins to get longer. Never heat your Club Moss pillow and be sure to keep it dry.
It won't be long before you realize how indispensable this little pillow is and they make a great and practical gift.
