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Unlocking the Secrets of American Water Horehound
Discover the world of American Water Horehound, a common plant often mistaken for motherwort. Learn how to identify it, explore its medicinal uses, and embark on your herbalist journey with confidence.
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Top Ten Medicinal Herbs for Your Garden: A Beginner’s Guide
Discover the top ten medicinal herbs for your garden, perfect for beginners. Learn how to grow these herbs, their medicinal properties, and creative ways to use them. Enhance your herbal journey and support pollinators!
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How Is The Secret Language of Herbs by Alice Peck
I started to get big into gardening in the last few years, ever since we moved to a house with a big backyard with plenty of room for my green thumb needs. I’m still trying to perfect this, we’ve lost some plants along the way. One book that has been a huge resource for me is The Secret Language of Herbs by Alice Peck. The Secret Language of Herbs Book This little herbal book covers 55 herbs broken down into four chapters. Healing & Hope, Love & Joy, Protection & Guidance, and Ritual & Promise. There’s a little bit of history, folklore, magic, spiritual meaning, and your personality traits based…
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Nettle – One Amazing and Versatile Herb
Nettle (Urtica dioica) is one versatile herb with Many Medicinal Properties Nettle or Urtica dioica is a versatile herb noted best for its ability to help relieve allergy symptoms. Urtica – “to burn.” Dioica translates roughly to “of two houses,” meaning that this magnificent plant can produce both male and female flowers. Its use has been traced back thousands of years, and in that time, Nettle has spread far and wide, reach to Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. In North America – or at least in my yard Nettle spreads far and fast. I never once intentionally planted Nettle in my gardens, but it has shown up in…
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Nettle – A Nourishing Plant and Its Therapeutic Possibilities
This is the last part of our series on Nettle. If you’re interested, here you can find part 1 and part 2. Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) Active Constituents Like any plant or herb, many chemical compounds make up the Nettle plant and contribute to its therapeutic properties or modality uses. Unfortunately, not all chemical components have been studied, so there is still much more to learn regarding plants and plant medicine. Nettle is a great source of iron, calcium, magnesium, and protein (Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide, n.d.). In addition, uric acid is secreted from Nettle and helps with rheumatism and gout. Other constituents are formic acid, acetylcholine, choline,…
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