Category: HERBAL MEDICINE
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APRICOT
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Apricot Lisa Karen Miller To make Knotted Biscuits of Apricots: “Take ripe apricots, pare, stone, and beat them small, then boil them until they are thick. Take them off the fire and beat them up with sifted Sugar and Aniseeds to make a pretty fine paste. …
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GOLDENROD
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Goldenrod Lisa Karen Miller The common plant that serves as Kentucky’s state flower was once terribly expensive in England because it was imported from the Middle East. When a walker on Hampstead Heath in London noticed it growing wild, its price dropped overnight from half…
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WITCH HAZEL
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Witch Hazel Lisa Karen Miller Millions of bottles of witch hazel are sold each year. One of the few readily available commercial medicines made from a wild native plant, it is a distillation of the leaves, twigs, and branches of Hamamelis virginiana. In the United…
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