Scabs - Medicinal Plants

July 28, 2013 Herbalist Off Heartsease,

This violet does not appear in Dioscorides, Galen nor Pliny. It first appears among our...

July 28, 2013 Herbalist Off Heartsease,

Grieve offers many more names for this plant, among them: love lies bleeding, love idol,...

July 21, 2011 Herbalist Off Tormentil,

Before moving to current practice, we can trace long usage of tormentil as an astringent...

July 17, 2011 Herbalist Off Verbena,

Verbena officinalis, vervain Family: Verbenaceae Part used: aerial parts Verbena officinalis L. is a hardy,...

July 17, 2011 Herbalist Off Verbena,

Now that we have returned to medicinal virtues of vervain, let us look at the...

July 15, 2011 Herbalist Off Mugwort,

There are writers other than Grieve who consider mugwort a nervine. Ibn Sina records the...

Kaempferia galanga L. (Zingiberaceae) Galangal, Sand Ginger, Aromatic Ginger, Kencur, Cutcherry or Resurrection Lily Kaempferia...

May 7, 2011 Herbalist Off Figwort,

Most recommendations for use of the root are for external usage. Mattioli gives a recipe:...

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