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The Practical Herbalist Pocket Herbal is a timecapsule of our favorite herbs. For more in-depth information, see the longer listings in The Practical Herbalist's Herbal Encyclopedia.

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Juniper - Pocket Herbal

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Juniper – Juniperus communis – Cupressaceae family by Sue Sierralupe 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...

Wild Cherry - Pocket Herbal

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Wild Cherry – Prunus serotina/virginiana – Rosaceae family by Sue Sierralupe 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,...

Horsetail - Pocket Herbal

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Horsetail – Equisetum arvense – Equisetaceae family by Sue Sieralupe 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...

Flax - Pocket Herbal

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Flax – Linum usitatissimum – Linaceae family Flax is the grandmother of human civilization. Primitive foragers gathered its seed for food. Early Mesopotamians pressed the seed and fed the high protein remains of the seed mash to...

Licorice - Pocket Herbal

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Licorice - Glycyrrhiza glabra – Leguminoseae Family True licorice is an uncommon treat. It is rare to find licorice candy that is still flavored with licorice root. Most manufacturers use anise or artificial flavorings instead. For...

Myrrh - Pocket Herbal

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Myrrh – Commiphora mukul/molmol – Burseraceae family During the California gold rush of the 1850's, myrrh was more valuable by weight than gold. As San Francisco was being built, quality dental treatment was scarce. An infected tooth...

Almond - Pocket Herbal

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Almond – Prunus dulcis – Rosaceae Family by Sue Sierralupe Massage therapists revere almond oil as the queen of oils. This oil is easily absorbed into the skin which allows the therapist's to glide over troubled muscles without leaving a...

Cayenne - Pocket Herbal

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CAYENNE PEPPERS - Capsicum annuum - Solidaceae Family Cayenne peppers bring fire to our lives. Their red, flame-shaped fruit bring sweat to our brow and heat to our tongues. Many cooks keep a string of peppers flickering over their stove...

Meadowsweet - Pocket Herbal

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Meadowsweet – Filipendula ulmaria – Rosaceae Family To Meadowsweet, aspirin is an annoying upstart. The trouble started in 1835 when a German chemist discovered that this graceful European herb contained salicylic which eased pain. At the...

Pomegranate - Pocket Herbal

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Pomegranate – Punica granatum – Punicaceae Family �by Sue Sierralupe Pomegranate has a powerful reputation. History tells of this fruit a food, medicine and potent symbol in myth and legend. Key personalities throughout human culture...

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