Aloe Vera (Aloe bardaenis) ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

Aloe Vera Botanical name: aloe bardaenis Common name:  juice from lilies, desert lilies Habitat:  Aloe Vera has pointed and fleshy leaves that produce a  gel and juice.  They are natives of  tropical Africa, where they grow in the wilds, but aloes also flourish in the West  Indies and Mediterranean countries on cultivated aloe plantations designed  [...]

INNER CLEANSING CURES by The Editors of FC&A (A Review)

Your doctor went to school for years. He put in his time as an intern and a resident.  He keeps up with most of the headline medical news. Thank goodness we have educated doctors to treat us when we have cancer, cataract, and health problems that we can’t take care of alone! Doctors are good [...]

MAGIC AND MEDICINE OF PLANTS by The Editors of Reader’s Digest (A Review)

In these days of fast foods, plasterboard houses, and synthetic clothing, which of us does not long to return to a more natural way of life? No longer a back-to-nature fad but a growing philosophy, this wish to put nature back into our lives applies above all to those two most important human concerns: getting [...]

HIBISCUS (Malvaceae) ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

Hibiscus Botanical name:  Malvaceae family Common name:  Roselle,  African mallow, Florida cranberry, red tea, Jamaica sorrel,  rose of Sharon Habitat:  Hibiscus belongs to a flowering plant  genus of more than 220 species in the family Malvacea.  Native to warm temperate, subtropical and  tropical regions, it is an annual and sometimes perennial herb or woody-based  sub-shrub; [...]

Christmas Tea and Gift Ideas ~ Jyll Renee’, Master Herbologist

Hello my friends, Tis the season for giving!  How about giving the “Gift of Health” this year.  We also have the loose Christmas tea and Kandy Kane tea available again this year. Christmas Tea – $6.00 for 2oz of loose tea Kandy Kane Tea – $6.00 for 2oz loose tea Tea Ball – $3.00 Healthy [...]

Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguayensis) ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

YERBA MATE Botanical name: Ilex paraguayensis Common name: Mate Habitat: A number of the holly evergreen family, this South American shrub is found in Brazil, rgentina, and Paraguay, often in the wilds, growing twenty feet. It has large green leaves with serrated edges, white flowers, and red fruit. It also known as (Paraguay Tea), and [...]

Garlic (Allium sativum) ~ LuminEarth.com’s FREE Online Herbal Materia Medica

GARLIC (Allum Sativum) Common and Other Names: Aglio, Ail, Ajo, alho, Allium Sativum, Bawang, Bronx vanilla, Chesnok, Garleag, Garlic, Garlick, Gratiem, Halitosis, Italian Perfume, Katiem, Knoblauch, Knoflook, Lasun, Lehsun,  Ninniku, Poondoo, Poor Man’s Treacle, Sarmisak, Shum, Sir, Suan, Suen Tau, Thum, Toi. Parts Used:  Bulb Forms Available:  Capsules, Extracts, Fresh or Dried Cloves, Tablets, Tinctures Uses:  Garlic is a wonderful immune system stimulant, [...]

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Other Names:  Bitterwort, Blow-ball, Cankerwort, Clockflower,  Doonheadclock, Irish Daisy, Lion’s Tooth, Piss-in-Bed, Pissinlit, Priest’s Crown,  Pu Gong Ying, Puffball, Swine’s Snout, Taraxacum officinale, Taraxaci herba, Taraxaci radix cum herba, Telltime, Yellow Gowan, Wild Endive Dandelion Flower (Taraxacum officinale) Click Here to Visit our FREE Online Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Alphabetical [...]

Sarsparilla (Smilax medica) ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

SARSPARILLA Common name: Jamaican Sarsparilla, Indian Sarsparilla, Liliaceae, Red-bearded Latin name: Smilax medica  Habitat:  Sarsparilla species generally grow in a tropical rainforests and in temperate regions in Australia andAsia, and the root of the hub can be gathered during the year.  Info:  The climbing herb of Central America has a twining stem with big prickles; [...]

Astragulus ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

 ASTRAGULUS (The Protector) Botanical name:  astragulus membranaceous Common name:  Huang Qi  Habitat:  The grassy hills and the thickets along hillsides in areas such as the northwestern region of China the province of Manchuria and the country of Mongolia are places where astragulus grows in the wild.  If cultivated the astragulus herb is grown by sowing [...]

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