Archive for Herbs Plant Stories
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?
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.
How a wild herbs plant called burdock helped the space mission
Posted by: | CommentsNature has some incredible things to teach us. And these lessons can be in plain view but we miss them. One such example is the herbs plant burdock.
Known in the herbal world for its culinary and medical qualities, burdock has earned itself a name forever in history. In fact it was part of the space mission. And all because a man took his dog out hunting.
One day in the early 1940’s a man called George de Mestral took his dog out on a hunting trip. On their return both he and the dog had burdock seeds attached to his clothing and the dog’s fur. De Mestral was a Swiss inventor and he became curious as to how these seeds stuck to both him and the dog.
Lemon grass has an amazing story to tell
Posted by: | CommentsIf you look up herbs on the internet you are going to find all kinds of articles on how to grow them, useful information for different agricultural areas and many invitations to buy consumer herbal products. That is the 21st century way of doing things.
However tucked into some of these herbs are amazing stories that don’t get told. And I think that affects our real appreciation of the invaluable bounty that nature provides us with.
So lets step away from today’s latest technological gizmo and spend a few minutes back in history. This is a story which will make you look at the humble lemon grass herb with whole new eyes. We are going to step back a few centuries to southern Asia. Let’s go there.
