One of the harder lessons I learned in my early days of suggesting herbs for medicinal use was with a dear lady that had her blood pressure under control. She had asked me to get something for her that I had used successfully for a health problem, and I got it for her. One of [...]
If you look a 3 or 4 posts before this one, there is a picture of a view from our deck of the lake and hill across the lake. Often my husband will run for his binoculars, because there is something swimming across the other side of the lake that he can’t identify, or a [...]
Lobelia comes in many varieties, but the one I’m focusing on here is Lobelia inflata. Lobelia contains an active called lobeline…because it acts much like nicotine, some use it as a way to ease off smoking. There is a way to do that with guidance from an herbalist who knows how. Lobelia is used by [...]
These little berries look a lot like blueberries, don’t they? They grow in clusters that hang from palm-like trees that grow in places like Belize, Peru and Brazil. Another thing that this berry is said to have that is greater than the blueberry is powerful antioxidants. I have seen this berry talked about on nutrition [...]
Althea officinalis has been used by the ancient Greeks, including ancient Greek physicians, Pliny and Dioscorides, who praised it’s virtues and recommended it to cure almost any ailment. The book of Job in the Bible suggest eating it in times of famine. In ancient Rome it was considered a delicacy, and during the Renaissance period, [...]
