DESCRIPTION Vervain is a common wayside perennial growing 1—2f!.(30—60cni.) high in dry, sunny places. Tlie leatvs are deep and irregularly cut and covered with short hairs. The stem is square. It has an unprepossessing wild flower that is often missed. The whole plant is used in herbalism. Pick in full flower. HERBALISM USES Vervain is one of the most useful general tonics. The tea or tincture is helpful for weariness [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION Mullein is a beautiful wildflower with a tall, thick spike of yellow flowers. Both the leaves and flowers are used in herbalism. HERBALISM USES A tea, tincture, and syrup of leaves or flowering spikes is helpful for deep and ticklish coughs and bronchitis. It is helpful in asthma, by clearing sticky mucus. To make mullein tobacco, rub honey water into the dried leaves, spread on a tray and allow [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION Valerian it a wild plant with pink or white flowers that grows in damp places. The valerian root is used in herbalism. HERBALISM USES The decoction or tincture is helpful for anxiety, confusion, headaches due to tension, migraines, depression with anxiety. It is useful on plane journeys. Valerian helps withdrawal from tranquilizers. Use with motherwort or hawthorn for palpitations; with thyme for irritable coughs and smoker’s cough; with linden [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION The elm is a majestic deciduous tree, 150ft. (45-50m.) tall with a strong and massive trunk. It was once a common and powerful presence in the English countryside. Since 1970, Dutch elm disease has killed millions of trees in Europe and North America. FLOWER ESSENCE USES Elm is one of the remedies for those wh suffer despondency and despair. It is used for temporary feelings of inadequacy. Elm types [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION The bark of this small American tree is usually sold powdered to use in herbalism. HERBALISM USES Use a decoction, powder, or tablets for any sort of inflammation or irritation in the digestive tract; nausea, indigestion, wind, food allergies, stomach ulcers, acidity, heartburn, hiatus hernia, abdominal distension, colitis, diverticulitis, and diarrhea. This is one of the most useful herbal medicines in this area. Slippery elm bark is often used [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION Gorse is an evergreen bush, 2— 8ft. (60cm.-3m.) high, spreading in habit, and armed with rigid, sharp branched spines. It grows abundantly on poor, stony soils, and heathlands. FLOWER ESSENCE USES Gorse is one of the remedies for people who suffer uncertainty. It is used for a very great feeling of hopelessness. The Gorse type may seek for help in order to please others but underneath they know that [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION Damiana is a small, strongly aromatic shrub grown in Mexico and South America. The damiana leaf is used in herbalism. HERBALISM USES The tea and tincture is used for impotence and sterility associated with anxiety, especially in men. Use it for physical weakness, depression, mental stupor, and nervous exhaustion in both sexes; for prostatitis and chronic cystitis; for poor digestion with constipation and lack of appetite. DATA FILE Properties [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION Poison ivy is a sumac, a native of North America. Skin contact with its leaves brings up an extremely itchy, irritating rash. HOMEOPATHIC USES Rhus toxicodendron is a remedy with an affinity for the joints and skin. Choose it for symptoms that appear after getting wet or overworking. It is also useful for recovery after surgery. DATA FILE Symptom picture: mental and emotional symptoms Restless and irritable, depressed. Bursts [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION The flowers of a linden or lime tree, often grown in parks and along streets, are used in herbalism. It makes a pleasant drinking tea that mixes well with other herb teas. Linden tea is a popular everyday drink in France. HERBALISM USES The tea or tincture is helpful for anxiety and insomnia. Linden flower makes a pleasant combination with chamomile. Long-term use strengthens the nervous system and improves [ Read More ]
DESCRIPTION The leaves and flowers of this popular cooking herb are used in herbalism. HERBALISM USES The tea, tincture, or syrup is useful for any cough with infected or tough phlegm. Thyme tea is helpful in asthma, taken regularly. Use it as a gargle for sore throats and drink it for indigestion and wind. Use it with marshmallow for cystitis and intestinal infections. It can also be used as a [ Read More ]
