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  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kava Kava (Piper methipticum) ~ Materia Medica by Jyll Renee’

KAVA KAVA Botanical name:  piper methipticum Common name:  Kava, Kava Kava, kawa ‘awa (Hawii), ‘ava (Samoa) yaqona (Fiji) Sakau (Pohnpei) Habitat:  Historically it has been grown in Hawaii, Federated Stats of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Samoa’s, and Tonga.  It is a cash crop in Vanuatu and Fiji.  The kava plant is a shrub that thrives [...]

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 [...]

Allergies… Or Could It Be Your Kidneys?

Well it is that time of year again. In my world the only true allergies come from something you digest. I believe that seasonal or pollen allergies may be associated to the kidneys. Put simply when the kidneys are not filtering as they should it allows the internal body waters to thicken and mucous rises [...]

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