Magical Herbs

Lavender has enjoyed a long and well-documented place among human civilization as an antiseptic, a protective and love-inducing herb, and...

The healing ways of dandelion spread as quickly as its seeds parachute in the wind. The Chinese were the first...

Elder is a relative new-comer in world folklore, holding her place most prominently in European history and mythos where she...

Cinnamon is spicy-hot medicine by all accounts. Herbalists often add a little Cinnamon bark or twig to topical formulas to...

While Calendula’s origins are somewhat disputed, there is no question as to how important this garden flower has been in...

Found in pre-neolithic dig sites in Great Britain, native to Europe and naturalized through out much of the world including...

I’ve been using Atlas Cedarwood essential oil in Gear Defender and other disinfectant blends for a few years. It’s warm,...

Lemon balm has a long history, dating back to ancient Turkey where it was planted near bee hives to encourage...

Although strawberries have only relatively recently been cultivated in Europe and western cultures, beginning around 1300 C. E. in France,...

For centuries, cannabis has been a popular and, until recently in human history, cheap medicine. It was used in ancient...

While cayenne chili peppers have enjoyed the most attention in recent years, chilies in general have been beloved for their...

Pomegranates have enjoyed an important place in world history and mythos. As many as several millennia ago, pomegranate was cultivated...

As early as the time of Confucius, the Chinese have grown and used ginger as both a medicine and a...

Yarrow’s virtues as a healing herb have been well known since ancient times. It’s Latin name, Achillea millefolium, is derived...

Wild raspberry caught the eye of early cave dwellers, as evidenced by the remains of raspberry canes found at a...