Re[2]: The top ten Herbs (Medicinal)

[Guest guest]

You are right on the mark!!! I would add to find and attend as many local herb walks as possible in order to get visual identification of the major herbs- and how to distinquish from their poisonous look alikes. Learn as much as you can about the herbs prior to trying to create medicines with them. Precaution: Do not harvest plants within 40 ft of roadways, as the hydrocarbons will settle on the plants rendering them useless if not poisonous.

 

zoe

 

 

 

Monday, September 11, 2006, 4:19:01 AM, you wrote:

 

 

 

 

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If only ten herbs or plants of any type could be grown in an attempt

to heal as many ailments as possible from that selection of herbs,

what would they be? The herbs must be local to your region, should

either work unilaterally or combined only with other herbs from the

same top ten list, and any processing should be easy enough to be done

at home.>>

 

How bout this for an idea. In the course of a year (of the 4 seasons), pay close attention to your yard, your alleys, the waste places (small woodlets, edges of woods, etc) very near where you live. Get a book on wildflowers from library and try to notice what the prominent weeds are there. Pay no emphasis to the small or not abundant herbs there but to those which seem most prominent. These God-given or planted (by prior owners, and now "escaped" to weed status) these herbs are what you find now existing in nature, around you. Make use of those herbs first, because they are seen to thrive and with NO need for you to even cultivate them. I would guess that: Mullein, Dandelion, Red Clover, Wild Mustard, Elderberry, Raspberry and many more already are close and available to you now as "weeds". Perhaps best to work with what already exists there living with you, there first, and to make a list of a Top Ten, after you are familiar with those, close at hand.

 

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[Guest guest]

One book that I have found to be invaluble in this is Petersons Field Guide to

Medicinal Herbs. Petersons also has a field guide for edible plants including

how to use them. They are very clear and easy to use. They are not great for

telling you how to use herbs medicinally (sometimes tell a bit of the common

usage but no more) but for identification, they are tops.

Ramona

 

Quoting zoe w <ilovegrafix:

 

> You are right on the mark!!! I would add to find and attend as many local

> herb walks as possible in order to get visual identification of the major

> herbs- and how to distinquish from their poisonous look alikes. Learn as

> much as you can about the herbs prior to trying to create medicines with

> them. Precaution: Do not harvest plants within 40 ft of roadways, as

> the hydrocarbons will settle on the plants rendering them useless if not

> poisonous.

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> zoe

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> Monday, September 11, 2006, 4:19:01 AM, you wrote:

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> If only ten herbs or plants of any type could be grown in an attempt

> to heal as many ailments as possible from that selection of herbs,

> what would they be? The herbs must be local to your region, should

> either work unilaterally or combined only with other herbs from the

> same top ten list, and any processing should be easy enough to be done

> at home.>>

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> How bout this for an idea. In the course of a year (of the 4 seasons), pay

> close attention to your yard, your alleys, the waste places (small woodlets,

> edges of woods, etc) very near where you live. Get a book on wildflowers from

> library and try to notice what the prominent weeds are there. Pay no emphasis

> to the small or not abundant herbs there but to those which seem most

> prominent. These God-given or planted (by prior owners, and now " escaped " to

> weed status) these herbs are what you find now existing in nature, around

> you. Make use of those herbs first, because they are seen to thrive and with

> NO need for you to even cultivate them. I would guess that: Mullein,

> Dandelion, Red Clover, Wild Mustard, Elderberry, Raspberry and many more

> already are close and available to you now as " weeds " . Perhaps best to work

> with what already exists there living with you, there first, and to make a

> list of a Top Ten, after you are familiar with those, close at hand.

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