Archive for December, 2009
Could This ‘Forbidden Medicine’ Eliminate the Need for Drugs?
Posted by: | CommentsPosted by: Dr. Mercola
December 22 2009 | 67,390 views
Amy L. Lansky, PhD
Perhaps the most derided of alternative medicines is my own favorite – homeopathy. Over the past few years, detractors have focused their efforts in the United Kingdom and have succeeded in crippling homeopathic hospitals and clinics funded by the National Health Service, as well as the practices of many homeopaths.A few well-placed editorials in prominent newspapers have done the trick, despite the fact that Prince Charles and the rest of the royal family are ardent supporters of homeopathy.
Growing Chives Herbs is Very Easy for Novice Gardeners
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you start your own home herb garden especially if it is a simple pot on a sunny windowsill, do include chives. It will be very useful in the kitchen and it will reward you well for your gardening efforts.
These days more and more people are developing their own home herb gardens so that they can have fresh herbs, organically grown whenever they want them even if they have never grown anything before. Picking your own herbs when you want to is very different from buying packs of fresh herbs, or bottles of dried ones.
Chives are onion-like plants which can be used in many different ways. They have either a mild onion or garlic flavor. Chives is an ideal easy-to-grow herb for novice gardeners .
Parsley – Facts, Myths and Legends
Posted by: | CommentsHerbs plants have been part of the history of the human race for many centuries. The stories that have come down through history, some fact and many legend, are part of our understanding of ourselves and of our past. Herbs were the first global pharmacy and for 80% of the world’s population they might still be the only pharmacy they can afford.
Herbs stories reflect the thinking of ancient times, people’s beliefs and superstitions, and how they linked with their history. Herbs were used for different reasons and over time many of them became reliable ways to treat illness or promote health. The subject that one does not read much about is the nutritional value of herbs. That is something that we have been able to analyse and understand in modern times. The following stories about parsley are both fact and legend. They are our history. Enjoy!
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The Rosemary Herb for Remembrance – Folklore and History
Posted by: | CommentsThe well known rosemary bush which we see in many gardens is valued for its medicinal and culinary uses among other things. It has a long and fascinating history of facts, beliefs, legends and stories. Those stories are part of our history. Here are some of them. Enjoy!
Herbs Plant Stories, Myths and Legends
Posted by: | CommentsHerbs plants have been a vital part of our lives for thousands of years and they have a rich history of stories about them.
Herbs plants in olden days often provided the only medicines available to mankind and animals. The incredible story here is that planet Earth not only provided us with food but created plants that could actually cure whatever ails us. Although many drugs today are man-made, often the essential knowledge comes from understanding essential properties of plants.
Can you imagine for a moment that you are living perhaps 500 or a thousand or even three thousand years ago? You get sick and there are no doctors, no hospitals, no pharmacies down the road. What would YOU do?
It is Easy to Grow Rosemary in a Home Herb Garden
Posted by: | Comments“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.”
– Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Ophelia
This delightful herb will give you so much pleasure and it is an easy plant to grow, indoors, in a container, it wont mind. A definite choice for your home herb garden.
Description
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalisis is another member of the prodigious mint family, lamiaceae. It is an evergreen perennial shrub with an ash-colored scaly bark and long green needle-shaped leaves growing in on opposite sides on the stem. It will grow up to two meters high in warmer climes and less in colder areas. There are a number of different species of rosemary some of which are low growing and spread outwards rather than growing straight up.
Native to the Mediterranean part of Europe, rosemary appreciates full sun. Much of the Mediterranean area has limited rainfall so the plant does not enjoy soggy feet, and probably the biggest threat to the plant is waterlogged soil which will rot the roots. Depending on the species the plant may have different color flowers ranging from light to dark blue, white or pink.
The basil plant – fascinating stories of its history and folklore.
Posted by: | CommentsThe basil plant has been used by humans for a very long time and has accumulated a host of fascinating folklore stories. It is also deeply significant in the Hindu religion.
Basil is reputed to have been cultivated Iran and India and Asian countries for more than 5000 years. It is one of the most commonly used herbs worldwide and over the centuries more than 60 different basils have evolved.
Legend has it that Alexander the Great brought it to Greece in the third century BCE (BC)
It is mentioned in a very famous book by Dioscorides called De Materia Medica (Latin for Regarding Medical Matters). Written in the first century BCE, this is the earliest modern pharmacopeia and one of the most influential books about herbs that has ever been written.
