Kelp ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

KELP  Habitat:  Kelp is a seaweed harvested from rocky ocean shores around the world.  Many varieties of kelp grow in different parts of the world. It’s technically a sea vegetable. It can grow up to 30 meters and form kelp forests which rise from the ocean floor up to the surface. Healthy Info:  Kelp is a member [...]

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 [...]

THE HERBAL HOME REMEDY BOOK: SIMPLE RECIPES FOR TINCTURES, TEAS, SALVES, TONICS & SYRUPS by Joyce A. Wardwell (A Review)

Using simple recipes and generations of herbal healing wisdom, Joyce Wardwell will teach you how to: Gather, dry, store and blend 25 common herbs Make and use teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups and lozenges Build your own herbal medicine cabinet Joyce A. Wardwell has studied herbal medicine and wild edibles for over 20 years.  She [...]

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; [...]

THE WELLNESS WORKBOOK: HOW TO ACHIEVE ENDURING HEALTH AND VITALITY by John W. Travis, M.D.

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIVING WELL. For more than thirty years, John W. Travis, M.D., and Regina Sara Ryan have taught hundreds of thousands of people a practical whole-self approach to wellness and healthy living. Each chapter of the comprehensive WELLNESS WORKBOOK explores one of the twelve interconnected forms of energy that contribute to your [...]

WHITE PINE (Pinus strobus) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names:  Eastern White Pine, Northern Pine, Northern White Pine, Pin Blanc, Pinus strobus, Soft Pine, Weymouth Pine, Weymouths Keifer, Weymouthtall, White Pine Appearance:  The White Pine (Pinus strobus) is a coniferous evergreen tree.  It’s trunk is tall and stright and the needles are blue-green.  Young trees are conical shaped, but as the trees age they develop [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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