Milk Thistle has been used for liver complaints for over 2000 years, Discorides, a Greek herbalist used it to cure snake bites – I know, sounds kind of like a snake oil story…haha…it’s not, this herb has serious and effective medicinal properties. What Science Has to Say: Milk Thistle contains silymarin, a mix of bioflavonoids [...]
These are the beautiful, pink flowers of the Tabebuia heptaphylla tree, also known as ipe roxo, taheebo, lapacho, ipes and trumpet brush, no doubt due to the trumpet shape of the lovely flower. The medicinal properties of the herb..actually a South American tree..are found in the bark. As a “folk remedy”, it has been used [...]
Is it only in old movies that I’ve seen someone walk up to a soda fountain and ask for a Sarsaparilla? Or a “Sasparilla” if you chose the common misspelling of the word. The source of the delicious flavor in this drink is a vine, and the flavor is in the roots. These vines have [...]
As I was looking around for a way to find out whether Yellow Dock grows in our part of New Jersey, I found that plants.usda.gov shows where plants grow in various states, and alas, in my part of Northern New Jersey, it appears there isn’t much, but I know I’ve seen it in many places [...]
