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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #23 &#8211; Valerian</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2007/02/02/weekly-herb-review-23-valerian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;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.&#8217; – 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #21 &#8211; Horehound</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/08/23/weekly-herb-review-21-horehound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Names: Horehound, White Horehound, Bull’s Blood, Seed of Horus Scientific Name: Marrubium vulgare (Black Horehound is Ballota nigra) Family: Lamiaceae (mint family) Parts Used: Flowering herb Harvesting: Harvest the leaves and flowers in the spring, just as the flowers begin to bloom. This is when the plant carries the most volatile oils. Qualities: Bitter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #20 &#8211; Sage</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/08/16/weekly-herb-review-20-sage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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) Parts Used: Leaf/Aerial parts Harvesting: Native to the Mediterranean region, Sage now grows worldwide in kitchen gardens. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #19 &#8211; Mullein</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/08/09/weekly-herb-review-19-mullein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;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.&#8217; Coles, 1657, in “Adam in Eden” Common Names: Mullein, Natures Toilet Paper, Candlewick Plant, Velvet Dock, and many more Scientific Name: Verbascum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #18 &#8211; Usnea</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/08/02/weekly-herb-review-18-usnea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Names: Usnea, Old Man’s Beard Scientific Name: Usnea spp. Family: Usneaceae Parts Used: The whole lichen (a fungi and an algae in symbiotic relationship.) Harvesting: Grows abundantly on trees, especially in moist areas. It is best to gather after a big windstorm when the Usnea is blown down with the big branches of trees. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #17 &#8211; Hyssop</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/08/01/weekly-herb-review-17-hyssop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I am so far behind!! But, I am writing up some materia medica for a class. So, here is a new one&#8230; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #16-Saw Palmetto</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/03/30/weekly-herb-review-16-saw-palmetto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Names: Saw Palmetto (Sabal Palm, a?the plant cathetera) Scientific Name: Serenoa repens (syn. Serenoa serulata, Sabal serrulata) Family: Arecacea (Palmaceae) Parts Used: Ripe Fruit (berry) (I stress ripe, because the fruits mature at different rates on the tree. Be sure you get your fruit from a company that supplies ripe picked fruit and not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #15-Pumpkin Seed</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/03/30/weekly-herb-review-15-pumpkin-seed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Parts Used: Seeds (with or without the husk) Harvesting: Pumpkins are ready for harvest in the late summer and early fall. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #14-Yellow Dock</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/03/28/weekly-herb-review-14-yellow-dock/</link>
		<comments>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/03/28/weekly-herb-review-14-yellow-dock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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) Family: Polygonaceae (the Buckwheat, Rhubarb and Sorrel family) Parts Used: Root; young leaves can be gathered and eaten as a pot herb, twice boiled to get rid of the oxalates. Harvesting: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Herb Review #13-Coltsfoot</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/01/31/weekly-herb-review-13-coltsfoot/</link>
		<comments>http://dirtundermynails.com/2006/01/31/weekly-herb-review-13-coltsfoot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Names: Colts foot (Bulls foot, Coughwort, Horsehoof) Scientific Name: Tussilago farfara (Tussilago means ..ugh Dispeller..n Latin) Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) Parts Used: Leaf and flower, generally dried Growing/Harvesting: Coltsfoot is a perennial that likes moist, clay soil in full or partial sun. The flowers, which look similar to dandelions, come up in the early spring [...]]]></description>
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