Today's Herb
#41
Posted 20 February 2007 - 09:44 AM
Description: Perennial with long stout taproot and a milky white sap. Flowers grow on tips of hollow reddish stems up to 18 in, are large sweet smelling and yellow in late spring to early autumn, followed by fluffy heads of seeds. Uses: Use leaves fresh or dried in warmth, flowers when fully o...
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#42
Posted 22 February 2007 - 11:07 AM
Description: A hairy creeping perennial that grows upto 18 inches high. Has ferny leaves and white andyellow flowers in the summer that have an apple scent. Use: The entire plant is used for distillation; theflowers are used for essential oil and teas. Chamomile is a key component i...
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#43
Posted 23 February 2007 - 11:36 AM
Description: Evergreen perennial shrub with a woody base and stems that branch up to 3 ft. Aromatic green leaves resemble parsley and are dotted with oil glands. Small pungent yellow flowers appear in summer.Uses: Use leaves from flowering plant fresh or dried in shade. Leaves used to treat...
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#44
Posted 24 February 2007 - 12:01 PM
Description: Hairy perennial with square red or pink stems the grows to 3 ft. Oval, pointed deeply toothed leaves with white flowers in midsummer. Uses: Use leaves and stems fresh or dried. Has great cooling properties because of the high content of menthol. Used to treat gastric ailments,...
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#45
Posted 27 February 2007 - 01:12 PM
Description: Downy perennial herb with aromatic pink root and long branched stems (up to 2 ft). Toothed leaves grow in rosettes of uneven sized leaves, and in summer and autumn bears yellow flowers. Uses: Use roots fresh or dried as well as young leaves. Used in medieval times in an infus...
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#46
Posted 28 February 2007 - 01:18 PM
Description: Hard rooted perennial with a rosette of long stalked elliptical leaves that are deeply veined and pointed at the tip. Tall cylindrical spikes of small yellow-green flowers appear in the summer followed by a spike of seeds in a gelatinous pod.Uses: Use leaves fresh or dried quickl...
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#47
Posted 01 March 2007 - 02:42 PM
Description: Succulent with clumps of pointed evergreen leaves.Uses: The leaves are the parts used. You can either squeeze the sap out of a freshly broken leaf and apply directly to a burn or wound, or you can dry the sap into a resin with which you could produce tinctures. Fresh sap is also u...
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#48
Posted 04 March 2007 - 03:31 PM
Description: Pungent biennial that grows up to 5 ft with solid stems and dark green divided leaves. Bears yellow-green in small umbels in midsummer followed by capsules of fragrant black seeds. Uses: Use young leaves, young stems after blanching with soil or straw, roots fresh or dried and ri...
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#49
Posted 05 March 2007 - 08:21 AM
Believed to be the missing herb Atterloathe of the nine Anglo-Saxon herbs. This from Culpeper "It is a most gallant herb of the Sun; it is a pity it is no more in use than it is. It is an especial remedy against the biting of the Viper, and all other venomous beasts, or serpents; as also against poi...
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#50
Posted 05 March 2007 - 04:30 PM
Description: Perennial herb with square angled stems that grow up to 5 ft. Narrow pointed leaves without stalks and long dense spikes of bright pink flowers in midsummer followed by seed capsules.Uses: Use flowering parts fresh or dried in the shade. Once used for tanning leather, now recogn...
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#51
Posted 06 March 2007 - 08:47 AM
Description: Lush aquatic evergreen perennial. Leaves are oval shaped, dark green and silky with older leaves turning a golden color. Small white flowers appear in summer followed by short fat pods containing 2 rows of seeds. Uses: Use older leafy stems fresh or dried and use seeds when rip...
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#52
Posted 07 March 2007 - 09:03 AM
Description: Grows up to two feet tall with a tapering root stalk. Well branched with sweet scented delicate foliage that resembles parsley. Umbels of small white flowers in spring and summer, followed by seed pods. CAUTION: Do Not harvest wild for it can be easily confused for poisonous hemlock, ...
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#53
Posted 08 March 2007 - 09:23 AM
Description: Rigid strong smelling annual plant that grows from a taproot with slender stems and ferny leaves. In midsummer white or pink blooms appear followed by round red seed capsules that are very aromatic when they are ripe. Use: The young leaves and shoots can be used at any time, th...
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#54
Posted 10 March 2007 - 10:25 AM
Description: Evergreen perennial with purple stems that grow up to 12 in. Leaves are ovular with rounded teeth. In summer bears dark purple, pink or white flowers. Uses: Use whole flowering plant, fresh or dried in the shade. Leaves are made into tonic teas and to treat digestive disorders. ...
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#55
Posted 11 March 2007 - 10:59 AM
Description: Clump forming perennial with thick roots, and elliptical ribbed leaves. Hairy stems grow up to 5 ft and bear branched spikes of start shaped yellow flowers in summer.Uses: Use roots dug in autumn, cut in pieces and then dried in the sun or in warmth. Used by North American India...
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#56
Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:26 AM
Description: Aromatic annual with stems up to 18 in. Small sweet fragrant white daisies appear in summer. Uses: Use flowers fresh of dried in the shade. Tea is refreshing and mildly sedative. Flowers reduce inflammations and to soothe teething pains. CAUTION: May cause severe reaction to p...
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#57
Posted 13 March 2007 - 12:00 PM
Description: Downy perennial with square stems that grow up to 12 in. Long narrow ovular leaves are pointed and toothed. Bears pink, purple or white flowers in dense whorls in midsummer. Uses: Use green flowering plant fresh or dried in the shade. Used in the middle ages to treat throat cond...
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#58
Posted 15 March 2007 - 11:43 AM
Description: Annual with slender wiry stems that grow up to 3 ft. pointed leaves and pale blue flowers followed by oval shaped brown flat seeds that are rich in oil. Uses: Use the whole fresh flowering plant for medicinal treatments. Seeds are used fresh or dried then powdered. Seeds soaked ...
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#59
Posted 16 March 2007 - 12:00 PM
Description: Evergreen perennial with long indented leaves, bristly stems that grow up to 3 ft, in late summer bears heads of mauve flowers followed by dense hairy seed heads. Uses: Use whole flowering herb and roots fresh or dried, roots can also be dug in autumn and used fresh or dried. Used...
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#60
Posted 17 March 2007 - 12:33 PM
Description: Bulbous perennial grass with spear shaped brownish green leaves that emits a lemon scent. Use: The leaf buds are used along with fresh stems that are finely chopped or dried and then ground. Useful as a tea for liver complaints. Gives lemon grass oil which has strong antisept...
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