what i want right now:

i was always fascinated with old world knowledge about food, plants,  herbs, etc.
also, obsessed with movies/shows like, dr.quinn: medicine woman, and practical magic...

when i was really little it goes way back to me mixing up soaps in the bathroom and wishing i knew how to make my own (i obviously never vocalized this to my family)...

always wanted to blend my own teas, and herbs, and experiment with food (making my poor niece "experiment" with me...I'm sorry!!)

so that's what i want.

i devour books and knowledge like this and have recently picked up the book, "Herbal Home Remedies by Jude".

What I will be posting in segments is what part of each herb is used and for what (as a type of medicine):

Acacia

• use the exudation part
• removes phlegm from the throat and bronchia, used for respiratory and digestive organs

Allspice

• use the root
• used for blood disorders, liver, and gallbladder problems

Angelica

• use roots, leaves and seeds
• expectorant for colds and coughs, can treat kidney disorders, aids digestive system.
• don't mistake hemlock for angelica!!

Anise

• use leaves and seeds
• good for colds and flu, digestive aid

Apple

• use whole fruit
• dried apple tea as a diuretic
• aids in elimination of toxins from the system

Asparagus

• use shoots and roots
• tea from asparagus is an excellent diuretic, drink every 2-3 hours

Balm of Gilead

• closed bud of the poplar tree is used
• expectorant for chest ailments and bronchial disorders

Basil

• use the leaves
• aids in digestion and is used as a milk laxative, is used to treat headaches

Bee Balm

• use the whole plant
• used as an antiseptic because it contains thymol and removes impurities from the blood, stimulates the liver and spleen

Blackberry

• use leaves, fruit, roots
• dissolves deposits in the alimentary system (the organ system devoted to the ingestion, digestion, and assimilation of food and the discharge of residual wastes) as well as the kidneys

Black Alder

• use barks and fruits
• treatment for liver and bladder problems, cleans the system of accumulated mucoid toxins (which the medical field calls quackery but it's come out of me and i've seen it while not using anything so it's true)

Boneset

• the upper half of the herb is used
• cleansing effect on all organs
• used as a tonic as well as an aid in eliminating mucus from the alimentary, bronchial, bowel and liver systems
• also a muscle relaxant

Borage

• use leaves and flowers
• relieves depression, the flowers brewed as a tea are used to treat fevers and colds

(taken from pages 42-44)

LOVE THIS INFO

and I hope you do, too!!

Love me,

the globetrotting gamine