Medicinal Herbs

Pinned by Karen Levin

It's been quite a ride and it is still going at a high speed. From the moment of realization that the world of healing herbs was calling me, to my first herbal class, to running a small-scale herb farm that grows medicinal herbs with organic methods, to In an ideal world, all gardners would have a personal list of Top 10 garden herbs tailored to their particular climate and health concerns. The goal is that the information below is inspirational in creating one’s own unique dream medicinal herb garden. In India the system of natural medicine called Ayurveda is said to go back as far as 4000 BC and some herbs used were cinnamon, sandalwood and neem. Ancient Sumerians used caraway and thyme for healing practices. Ancient Egyptian texts make reference It’s no mystery: plants have been naturally curing people for millennia. In fact, most of the world’s population still relies on herbal remedies as opposed to stethoscopes and pharmacies. The problem is, as the medical industry has moved society What if keeping a doctor’s visit at bay is solved simply by what we eat? Even more, what if herbs grown right in our backyard and foods we can pick up at any corner store can heal what ails us, including the pesky common cold? For thousands of years While arctic temperatures hover over New York state like a stubborn fog and the weather forecast announces another fresh snow blanket covering the Northeast by tomorrow, I like to huddle up in front of the wood stove and think about the herbs I am going to .

A herb long used in traditional Chinese medicine for diabetes has been recently proven effective for allergic rhinitis, with some even touting the plant as a 'superfood'. This might be in the form of allergic rhinitis — runny and/or blocked nose, watery A medicinal herb garden is useful for the house owner as it can be an effective home remedy to cure ailments at home. The medicinal herb garden can be used to make a herbal tea or to mix with other ingredients to cure ailments like cold, cough, fever etc. There I was, huge biceps bulging as I worked hard in the yard under a blistering sun while listening to Simon and Garfunkel sing about "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" on my thousand-dollar Beatz headphones, when it occurred to me I had given no thought NITM: Trainees of the national institute of traditional medicine (NITM) identified more than 230 new medicinal herbs during their trip to Lingshi last month. According to their curriculum, the trainees of NITM have to travel to both low and high altitude .