It has been a while since I focused in on an herb, not necessarily because it is growing in my garden, but because of my 20+ year fascination with herbs, and their culinary and medicinal properties. This picture, used with permission, shows the bushy plant with it’s berries that goes by the botanical name ruscus [...]
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This posting is about the variety of Wood Betony that goes by the botanical name Betonica officinalis or Staychys botanica. Isn’t this a beautiful picture? It was borrowed from Wikipedia. Like many medicinal herbs, this one has a list of historical uses, but the one that is most prominent in my thinking and experience is [...]

