Passionflower Energetics and Uses
Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article How would you describe Passionflower? With its glorious, layered, large flowers and almost weedy, vining habit, it’s clearly an herb for those who’s energies are a little top-heavy, so to speak. Native Medicine People of the North, South, and Central American continent relied on several varieties of Passionflower for food […]
148.Replay of Alchemy of Herbs with Rosalee De La Foret
The Path into Herbalism can be a gentle one but often it begins with a dramatic initiation or a calling so intense, it cannot be ignored.
Harvest and Preservation of Milky Oats
Why Harvest Milky Oats? Milky Oats (Avena sativa) is a popular herb for soothing the nervous system. Oats are cheap and easy to grow in many climates but proper collection starts with good timing. Once the oats have reached their “milky stage”, the forager has to act quickly or the latex will be absorbed into […]
Anxiety Reducing Effects of Passionflower – How It Works
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is an herb commonly used for its anxiolytic (anxiety/panic reducing) effects.
147.Reair – How to treat Anxiety with Herbalism and Essential Oils
Clinical Anxiety Disorders affect over 40 million adult Americans while only a third of them receive treatment. Anxiety affects the rest of us in some form periodically throughout life.
Passionflower, P. incarnata, Quick Facts
Passion Flower is the general name for a variety of Passiflora species. Passiflora incarnata is the one most often used by herbalists, although P. edulis is the one that’s most commonly known for its fruits, Passionfruit. The tops of either can be used as herbal medicine as can that of P. quadrangularis, P. foetida, P. […]
146.Reairing of Herbs of Iceland with Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir
As herbalists, we often rely on a combination of current research and historical records to understand our medicinal plants. For the most part, we’ve been free to experiment and gain our own experiential knowledge, too.
Passionflower – Western Clinical Formulas
Passionflower is more often used as a sedative, anti-spasmodic and anxiety reducer in Western formulas. The formula that passionflower plays a starring role in is for sleep.
145.Herb Lab – The Doctrine of Signatures, Allergies & Herbalist Careers
Although many use the Doctrine of Signatures primarily as a mnemonic device, it tells us a lot about cultural values and botanical connections that are shifting to fit our ever changing world.
Apple Tree Thinning
Why Practice Apple Tree Thinning? I love apples. It is good food and good medicine. When I first started growing my own apples, I resisted the notion of thinning my apples. I looked at that abundance of tiny, tantalizing apple babies in early summer and put my pruning shears back in the tool shed. I […]
Lobelia Inflata Energetics and Use
Herbal Nerd Society Exclusive Article Modern herbalists often reach for Lobelia inflata to help reduce and control pain, particularly the kind of pain that’s torturous, as if the body is writhing or twisting with the intensity of it. One of Matthew Wood’s indicators for use of L. inflata is an unbalanced tongue pattern, such as […]
144.Jason Scott and the Doctrine of Signatures
Today, we are talking with spudgerasist and mycologist, Jason Scott, owner and operator of Feral Fungi and the curator of AlcheMycology about using the Doctrine of Signatures to work with plants and mushrooms.