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‘Men who begin to fight and when you wish to stop them, give to them the juice of Amantilla id est Valeriana and peace will be made immediately.’ – Annonymus, 14th Century Common Names: Valerian (all-heal, set-well, English valerian, Belgian valerian, common valerian, German valerian, wild valerian, heliotrope, garden heliotrope, fragrant valerian, vandal root, phu [...]

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Common Names: Horehound, White Horehound, Bull’s Blood, Seed of Horus Scientific Name: Marrubium vulgare (Black Horehound is Ballota nigra) Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)

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“He that would live for aye, must eat Sage in May” – John Ray, 1678 Common Names: Sage, Garden Sage, Common Sage Scientific Name: Salvia officinalis (salvia – “to heal” or “to be well”) Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)

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‘Husbandmen of Kent do give it their cattle against the cough of the lungs, and I, therefore, mention it because cattle are also in some sort to be provided for in their diseases.’ Coles, 1657, in “Adam in Eden” Common Names: Mullein, Natures Toilet Paper, Candlewick Plant, Velvet Dock, and many more Scientific Name: Verbascum [...]

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Common Names: Usnea, Old Man’s Beard Scientific Name: Usnea spp. Family: Usneaceae

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I know, I am so far behind!! But, I am writing up some materia medica for a class. So, here is a new one… Hyssop “Purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean” psalm 51, verse 7 Common Names: Hyssop, Garden Hyssop Scientific Name: Hyssopus officinalis (meaning “holy herb” “of the apothecary”) Family: Lamiaceae [...]

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Common Names: Saw Palmetto (Sabal Palm, a?the plant cathetera) Scientific Name: Serenoa repens (syn. Serenoa serulata, Sabal serrulata) Family: Arecacea (Palmaceae)

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Common Names: Pumpkin, Pepitas Scientific Name: Curcubita pepo, C. maxima, C. mixta (Cucurbita comes from the Latin word meaning a?gourda) Family: Cucurbitaceae a the gourd family, which includes cantaloupe, cucumber, and squash.

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Common Names: Yellow Dock (AKA Curly Dock, Narrow Dock, Sour Dock) Scientific Name: Rumex crispus (Rumex meaning a?lancea and Crispus meaning a?curleda or a?crispa)

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Common Names: Colts foot (Bulls foot, Coughwort, Horsehoof) Scientific Name: Tussilago farfara (Tussilago means ..ugh Dispeller..n Latin)

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If your hound by hap should bite his master With honey, rue, and onion make a plaster – Sir John Harrington, 1608 Common Names: Rue – from the Greek word reuo meaning, .. set free..ainly free from disease (also called Herb-of-Grace, Common Rue, Garden Rue, Herbygrass, Countryman.?Treacle) Scientific Name: Ruta graveolens (graveolens means ..avy scented..r

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Common Names: Red Root, New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball Scientific Name: Ceanothus americanus

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This week, I am working on an ethnobotanical herb review… Common Names: Yopo, Hisiomi, Cohoba, Angico Rosa, Parico, Niopo Scientific Name: Anadenanthera peregrina

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Common Name: Devil.?Club (Alaskan Ginseng) Scientific Name: Oplopanax horridum (Fatsia horrida, Panax horridum, Echinopanax horridum)

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Common Name: Osha (Porter’s Lovage, Porter’s Licorice Root, Colorado Cough Root, Chuchupate) Scientific Name: Ligusticum porteri Painting by Willow Arlene

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catch up

Sorry I’ve been falling behind on my herb reviews. It’s been really busy around here and that was one of the things I let go of. I hope to start again next week. We are having lots of visiting friends during November, so right now I am enjoying my socializing! We have gone out to [...]

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Common Name: Motherwort (Lion.?tail, Lion.?ear, Throw-wort, Roman Motherwort) Scientific Name: Leonurus cardiaca

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Common Name: Wild Yam (Devil.?Bones, Colic Root, China Root, Rheumatism Root) Scientific Name: Dioscorea villosa

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Chocolate!

Hey! Sorry most of my posts have just been my herb reviews lately. Things have been really busy around here and I haven’t had much chance to catch up on the blogging. I did, however, have time to try to make a little chocolate! I ordered cocoa nibs from Chocolate Alchemy and roasted them Sat. [...]

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Oh, you all are going to love this one!!! Common Name: Cocoa (Xocoatl, Cacao, Chocolate, Bitter Water, Food of the Gods) Scientific Name: Theobroma cacao

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Common Name: Garlic (“Russian Penicillin”) Scientific Name: Allium sativum

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This one is for you, Kathy! Common Name: Thyme Scientific Name: Thymus species (There are over 100 varieties of Thyme, all stemming from Thymus serphyllum or ..ther-of-thyme..r

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Common Names: Elder (Pipe Tree, Tree of Music, Hylde-Maer, and many more!) Scientific Name: Sambucus Nigra (black elder), S. Canadensis (from Canada), S. Mexicana (from Mexico)

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Ok, here is the first write up! I am going to create a page on my Full Circle Herbs site so that they can all be accessed at once. I figure, if I can keep this up for a year, I will have 52 herbs reviewed! Let me know what other herbs you would like [...]

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