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In The Practical Herbalist Herbal Library, you'll find a variety of reference materials on growing, gathering, identifying, using, processing, and preserving a wide variety of herbs.

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Dandelion: The Liver Cleanser

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Dandelion: The Liver Cleanser Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, aka Fairy Clock Few plants can fill the herbalist's heart with such joy as the common dandelion. Dandelion's sunny yellow flowers open every morning with a familiarly radiant head on...

Hawthorn: The Heart Healer

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Hawthorn: The Heart Healer by Candace Hunter and Sue Sierralupe Hawthorn, Crataegus species, a.k.a. Mayhaw and Thornapple. Hawthorn loves the heart. It lowers high blood pressure and raises low blood pressure. Hawthorn, like other tonics,...

Hawthorn: Myth and Magic

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History, Folklore, and Magical Properties of Hawthorn by Candace Hunter Hawthorn is the thorn of the Celtic phrase "By Oak, Ash, and Thorn." Its association with faerie and as a gateway to the faerie worlds is long-standing, but Hawthorn's...

Pomegranate: Myth and Magic

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History, Folklore, and Magical Properties of Pomegranate by Candace Hunter Pomegranates have enjoyed an important place in world history and mythos. As many as several millenia ago, pomegranate was cultivated in Persia, Georgia, Armenia, and...

Apple: Nature's Bandage

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Apple: Nature's Bandage by Sue Sieralupe Apple, Malus domestica/sylvestrus Although apple is familiar as food in our kitchens, an herbalist has to return to the old almanacs for reminders of its medicinal properties. It's surprising that...

Nettle: Nutritious Allergy Ally

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Nettle: Nutritious Allergy Ally by Sue Sierralupe Nettle, Urtica diotica, a. k. a. Stinging Nettle Most people know nettle by its lasting sting. One accidental brush against its bristly lines of hair causes burning, numbness and swelling for...

Juniper - Pocket Herbal

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Juniper – Juniperus communis – Cupressaceae family Juniper plays the role of the trickster in the herbal world. It's history is colored with paradoxes. The ancient Greeks started it's use innocently enough by brewing the berries into a...

Wild Cherry - Pocket Herbal

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Wild Cherry – Prunus serotina/virginiana – Rosaceae family Wild cherry trees dress up the global landscape. These North American beauties have been prized for centuries for their ornamental value due to their leaf shape, fragrant blossoms...

Yarrow: The Wound Healer

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Yarrow: The Wound Healer by Sue Sierralupe Yarrow, Achillea millefolium Yarrow is nature's bandage. Since yarrow grows in every vacant lot, abandoned field and rocky wayside, it is clear that Nature must think that herbalists need a lot of...

Horsetail - Pocket Herbal

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Horsetail – Equisetum arvense – Equisetaceae family To call Horsetail a dinosaur plant is not entirely accurate. The horsetail family emerged from boggy, primordial swamps over a hundred million years before dinosaurs walked the Earth. At the...

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