Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Feb 2nd, 2007
‘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 [...]
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Aug 23rd, 2006
Common Names: Horehound, White Horehound, Bull’s Blood, Seed of Horus Scientific Name: Marrubium vulgare (Black Horehound is Ballota nigra) Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Aug 16th, 2006
“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)
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Aug 9th, 2006
‘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 [...]
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Aug 2nd, 2006
Common Names: Usnea, Old Man’s Beard Scientific Name: Usnea spp. Family: Usneaceae
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Aug 1st, 2006
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 [...]
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Mar 30th, 2006
Common Names: Saw Palmetto (Sabal Palm, a?the plant cathetera ) Scientific Name: Serenoa repens (syn. Serenoa serulata, Sabal serrulata) Family: Arecacea (Palmaceae)
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Mar 30th, 2006
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.
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Mar 28th, 2006
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 )
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Jan 31st, 2006
Common Names: Colts foot (Bulls foot, Coughwort, Horsehoof) Scientific Name: Tussilago farfara (Tussilago means ..ugh Dispeller..n Latin)
Posted in General, Weekly Herb Review on Jan 10th, 2006
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
Posted in General, Weekly Herb Review on Jan 7th, 2006
Common Names: Red Root, New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball Scientific Name: Ceanothus americanus
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Dec 15th, 2005
This week, I am working on an ethnobotanical herb review… Common Names: Yopo, Hisiomi, Cohoba, Angico Rosa, Parico, Niopo Scientific Name: Anadenanthera peregrina
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Dec 3rd, 2005
Common Name: Devil.?Club (Alaskan Ginseng) Scientific Name: Oplopanax horridum (Fatsia horrida, Panax horridum, Echinopanax horridum)
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Nov 25th, 2005
Common Name: Osha (Porter’s Lovage, Porter’s Licorice Root, Colorado Cough Root, Chuchupate) Scientific Name: Ligusticum porteri Painting by Willow Arlene
Posted in Weekly Herb Review, building our home on Nov 14th, 2005
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 [...]
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Nov 1st, 2005
Common Name: Motherwort (Lion.?tail, Lion.?ear, Throw-wort, Roman Motherwort) Scientific Name: Leonurus cardiaca
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Oct 25th, 2005
Common Name: Wild Yam (Devil.?Bones, Colic Root, China Root, Rheumatism Root) Scientific Name: Dioscorea villosa
Posted in Do It Yourself, Weekly Herb Review on Oct 23rd, 2005
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. [...]
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Oct 15th, 2005
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
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Oct 6th, 2005
Common Name: Garlic (“Russian Penicillin”) Scientific Name: Allium sativum
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Sep 27th, 2005
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
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Weekly Herb Review on Sep 21st, 2005
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)
Posted in Weekly Herb Review on Sep 8th, 2005
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 [...]