The Daily Dose: Mountain Holly
Mountain Holly (Ilex aquifolium, Holly Family) Common Name: European Holly Medicinal Part: The Leaves Description: Mountain holly is a tree with very glossy and wavy, spiny leaves, umbellate clusters of …
Month: November 2019
The Daily Dose: Five-Finger Grass
Five-Finger Grass: (Potentilla Canadensis, Rose Family) Common Name: Cinque-foil Medicinal Part: The Root and Leaves Description: This perennial plant has a procumbent stem from two to eighteen inches in length. …
The Daily Dose: American Hellebore
American Hellebore: Verstrum viride, Bunchflower Family Common Names: Green Hellebore, Indian Poke, Itch-Weed Medicinal Part: The Rhizome Description: This plant has a perennial, thick, and fleshy rhizome, tunicated at the …
Thoughts on Roots and a Root Harvesting Mindset
I ask, “How many of you have a hard time gathering the roots of the echinacea, the rudbeckia, the black and blue cohosh, the wild ginger…oh goodness help us all…the …