Quotes About Herbalism

Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where.

It is the destiny of mint to be crushed.

The raw food wave has swept through, and now it is the superfoods wave. The next thing to happen will be super herbalism.

We sent her Lady's Mantle tincture, which she applied externally on the ear and took internally as well. The eardrum sealed up

The less specific a prescription the more substance it takes to move the organism, the less efficient the herb or formula, and the more likely we are to force the organism to change, rather than gently stimulating it to renewed self-governance.

Burdock helps the body remember what it was like to be healthy" and is suited to chronic cases "where the thread of health has been lost.

In short, Sweet Leaf is a plant which will draw out the fire.

The change from herbalism to commercial drugs is not founded upon "science," but upon a complex commercial and political plaform supporting a materialistic vision of human life. There is no proof that "herbs do not work." They are simply ignored and ridiculed. Studies are invented, not to try to show that they work, but designed to demonstrate that they do not.

The oil of Lady's Mantle, taken internally, eases colic, expels wind, and opens obstructions of the kidneys, ureters and, bladder, expelling gravel, stones, and sand, "cleansing them from any Tartarous Mucilage lodged therein.

Here are the indications I look for in Sweet Leaf. The stems should be somewhat flexible and soft, as Gilmore remarks. One should be able to feel the volatile oils on the stalk, leaves, and flowers. The taste should be sweet, pungent, peppery, hot, and (most important) "buttery." There need to be enough volatile oils to cause this "buttery" sensation in the mouth.