Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names: Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Common Thistle, Spear Thistle, Fuller’s Thistle Appearance: Thistles are easy to spot because the leaves and stems are prickly and hurt when you touch them. There are no poisonous look-alikes to thistles. None of the true thistles are known to be toxic, but the flavor varies from plant to plant. [...]

Spring & Summer Herb Classes with Jyll Renee’, Master Herbologist (Cicero, IN)

General Principles of Herbs: A Beginning Herb Class for Home Herbalists  Class Price:  $35.00  - ** Gift Certificates Available for this class as well** Class Book:  $15.00 – reference book purchase not required *What you will learn: This class is designed with Madison, Henry County in mind. We will discuss growing and using herbs that can [...]

Gotu Kola ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

GOTU KOLA Botanical name: Asiatica, hydrocotyle asiatica Common name: Gotu kola, Brahmi, Indian Pennywort, Brahma-manduki, Marsh penny, Water pennywort Sanskit name: Madookaparni Habitat: A native of Ceylon and revered Ayurvedic herb, gotu kola is a slender trailing plant that grows anywhere without any particular fuss. It is a plant loved by the elephant, known for [...]

How to Dry and Store Herbs – It’s Quick, Easy, and Inexpensive!

  Have you been experimenting with growing herbs in your garden or maybe taking a few classes on wildcrafting and gathering herbs? If so, now is the time to take your experience one step further and learn how to store your harvest! Drying herbs is a very simple and efficient way to store your harvest.  You won’t need [...]

Vitex ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

VITEX by Jyll Renee’, Master Herbologist Common name: Agnus cactus, chaste tree, chasteberries, monks pepper, hemp tree Botanical name: Vitex agnus castus Habitat: Vitex grows in Mediterranean countries, central Asia and southern United States> The chaste tree is a beautiful shrub or large tree with a showy summertime flower display. The foliage is aromatic and [...]

White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens) ~ LuminEarth’s How to Identify Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names:  White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens) , White Clover, Ladino Clover, Clover, White Shamrock, Shamrock Appearance:  Clovers have leaves in sets of three with a flower head ranging in color from white, cream to pinkish tinged. Harvesting:  White Dutch Clover is found in lawns, fields, pastures, and disturbed areas. The young leaves are best harvested [...]

Spearmint Leaves (Mentha spicata)

SPEARMINT LEAVES By Jyll Renee, Master Herbologist Botanical name: Mentha spicata Common name: Garden Mint, Our Lady’s mMnt, Sage of Bethlehem Habitat: A common garden mint, but it’s originally a native of the Mediterranean region, and was introduced to Britain by the Romans. Info: It is used for fevers, colds, flu, stomach, gas, and depression. [...]

Rose Hips (Rosa app)

ROSE HIPS by Jyll Renee, Master Herbologist Botanical name: Rosa spp Common name: Rose hips Habitat: Grown in gardens across the world Info:  Rose hips have long been used as a sour fruit but only became recognized as a rich source of vitamin C during the second world war. A pleasant way to add this to [...]

Chickweed (Stellaria Media)

CHICKWEED By Jyll Renee Botanical name: stellaria media Common name: starchickweed, mouse ear chickweed, Habitat: The small green chickweed grows across United States. The leaves stems and flowers are used medicinally. Info: Chickweed has similar uses to soapwort, but is safer to use internally. Its main use however is external as a poultice or ointment [...]

Bucha (Agathosma betulina)

BUCHA By Jyll Renee Botanical name:  Agathosma betulina Common name: Bucha Habitat:  Bucha is a low shrub native to the cape region of South Africa Info:  Bucha leaf preparations have a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine as a urinary tract disinfectant and diuretic. Buchu leaves are one of the best diuretics known. As [...]

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