Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 In a message dated 4/25/01 9:16:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, zrosenberg writes: > I'm working on a proposal for a botanical garden of medicinal Chinese > herbs and I wanted to solicit ideas on what you as practicioners thought > you might want to see. I know one thing that I'd like to see is some of > the modern substitutes for medicinal herbs growing side by side with the > traditional species. For instance serulata Sheng ma growing next to > cimicifuga Sheng ma, or Mu tong akeiba, Mu tong aristolochia and Mu tong > clematis, or Ban xia typhonium with Ban xia pinellia. I'd like to be > able to sit with the plants and get a sense of what differences the > newer > substitutes may have. Karen....Robert Newman is at our school, he supervises in clinic on Saturday afternoon, you may find a conversation with him valuable. 310-453-8383. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 I'm working on a proposal for a botanical garden of medicinal Chinese herbs and I wanted to solicit ideas on what you as practicioners thought you might want to see. I know one thing that I'd like to see is some of the modern substitutes for medicinal herbs growing side by side with the traditional species. For instance serulata Sheng ma growing next to cimicifuga Sheng ma, or Mu tong akeiba, Mu tong aristolochia and Mu tong clematis, or Ban xia typhonium with Ban xia pinellia. I'd like to be able to sit with the plants and get a sense of what differences the newer substitutes may have. My constraint is that I'm working with a somewhat limited space in a temperate eastern climate. I could probably put in a small bog, but most plants would need to be upland habitat plants, which covers a broad segment of our plant-based materia medica. Overwintering area is limited. I'd like the garden to be useful to practicioners but it would also need to be attractive to the general public. What would you like to see in a garden of this type? Any good suggestions for sources of live plants? And any good model gardens that you have enjoyed? Any temperate climate plants that you are dying to see? Karen Vaughan CreationsGarden *************************************** In a dark time, the eye begins to see. " -- Theodore Roethke ______________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 The best source for live Chinese herbs is plantitherbs.com. Check them out. . . .I've ordered a bunch of stuff from them. On Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 07:27 PM, Karen S Vaughan wrote: > I'm working on a proposal for a botanical garden of medicinal Chinese > herbs and I wanted to solicit ideas on what you as practicioners thought > you might want to see. I know one thing that I'd like to see is some of > the modern substitutes for medicinal herbs growing side by side with the > traditional species. For instance serulata Sheng ma growing next to > cimicifuga Sheng ma, or Mu tong akeiba, Mu tong aristolochia and Mu tong > clematis, or Ban xia typhonium with Ban xia pinellia. I'd like to be > able to sit with the plants and get a sense of what differences the > newer > substitutes may have. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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