http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog Herbal Natural Healing Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:55:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Descript : Asarabacca appears like an evergreen, keeping its leaves all the Winter, but putting forth new ones in the time of Spring. It has many heads rising from the roots, from whence come many smooth leaves, every one upon his foot stalks, which are rounder and bigger than Violet ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/11/02/asarabacca/ by Bobbie Grennier, Master Herbalist Valerian grows wild throughout Europe. The use of this plant for insomnia and nervous conditions has been common for many centuries. Valerian is known world wide for its calming effect on the nervous system. Unlike many prescription drugs used for anxiety, valerian has few side effects ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/10/20/valerian-root/ THE hot Arssmart is called also Waterpepper, or Culrage. The mild Arssmart is called dead Arssmart Persicaria, or Peachwort, because the leaves are so like the leaves of a peach-tree; it is also called Plumbago. Description of the mild : This has broad leaves set at the great red joint of ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/09/04/arssmart/ To put a gloss upon their practice, the physicians call a herb (which country people vulgarly know by the name of Dead Nettle) Archangel; whether they favour more of superstition or folly, I leave to the judicious reader. There is more curiosity than courtesy to my countrymen used by others ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/08/23/archangel/ Quinine (Cinchona) The Quinine chemical is found in the Cinchona bark and has been reported to increase warfarin which is a blood-thinner. Uses: malaria, acute fever, neuralgia, muscle cramps, cardiac fibrillation. Excess causes: cinchomism, headache, rash, abdominal pain, deafness, blindness. In homeopathy known as China officialis for nervous exhaustion, anemia and convalescence. Used as a ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/08/14/quinine/ What environmental contaminants are inside you or around you every day? Scientists refer to the suite of environmental contaminants in people as their “body burden”. It is the consequence of lifelong exposure to industrial chemicals that are used in thousands of consumer and industrial products process, and which linger as contaminants ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/08/08/whats-in-your-body/ Arrach, Wild And Stinking CALLED also Vulvaria, from that part of the body upon which the operation is most; also Dog’s Arrach, Goat’s Arrach, and Stinking Motherwort. Descript : This has small and almost round leaves, yet a little pointed and without dent or cut, of a dusky mealy colour, growing ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/07/28/arrach/ CALLED also Orach, and Arage; it is cultivated for domestic uses. Descript : It is so commonly known to every housewife, it were labour lost to describe it. Time : It flowers and seeds from June to the end of August. Government and virtues : It is under the government of the Moon; ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/07/05/garden-arrach/ CALLED also Wind flower, because they say the flowers never open but when the wind blows. Pliny is my author; if it be not so, blame him. The seed also (if it bears any at all) flies away with the wind. Place and Time : They are sown usually in the ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/06/24/anemone/ by Bobbie Grennier, Master Herbalist Muscle Testing based on the concept of internal energy, which is fundamental to traditional Chinese medicine. Muscle testing is a noninvasive method used to evaluate the body’s imbalances and assessing its needs. Testing the muscles is all about testing the body’s responses when slight pressure is ... http://master-herbalist.com/master-herbalist-blog/2007/06/13/muscle-testing-for-herbs/