You'll find a list of all my blog posts in the blog archive.

Single herbs

Burdock leaf.

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Henriette's herbal blog: There's a trick to drying burdock leaf.

Elm seed.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Very tasty, are green elm seeds.

Dinky roots.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Valerians have such small roots it's a wonder the plants stay upright.

Trusting ginseng products?

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Celandine tattoos.

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Henriette's herbal blog: The good thing with celandine tattoos is, you see the results right away.

Roses.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Roses are beautiful. And they have a heavenly scent. And...

Hyssop.

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Henriette's herbal blog: A tasty fairly strong anti-inflammatory.

Using juniper berries.

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Henriette's herbal blog: You can chew a berry, you can make a berry tea, you can make a berry tincture ...

Picking juniper berries.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Sharp needle-leaves and ripe berries that fall off at the drop of a pin...

SJW and the pill.

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Henriette's herbal blog: So there's a theory that St. John's wort stops contraceptive pills from working.

Growing basil indoors.

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Henriette's herbal blog: It's easy to grow basil indoors.

Yellow flag.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Another excerpt from Steinmetz' Materia Medica.

White deadnettle.

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Henriette's herbal blog: How very interesting.

Alpine currant edibility.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Seems there's some confusion out there.

Getting rid of horsetail.

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Henriette's herbal blog: So you have horsetail in your garden? Congrats!

Picking horsetail.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Picking and using horsetail.

Hamamelis.

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Henriette's herbal blog: So I wanted to see a witch hazel in flower...

Nettle tea.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Picking nettles for tea.

Old nettles.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Old nettles aren't good for you. Young nettles are.

Nettle greens.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Do's and don'ts when picking nettle greens.

Picking nettle seed.

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Henriette's herbal blog: It's not difficult, but ...

Maral root.

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Henriette's herbal blog: A nice adaptogen which specifically strengthens the kidneys.

Fly agaric.

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Henriette's herbal blog: So fly agaric is bad for your health, if ingested.

Catnips.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Of catnip, lemon catnip and Caucasian catnip.

Hair-cap moss.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Want a really effective diuretic? Look at the green stuff under your feet.

Eupatoriums.

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Henriette's herbal blog.

Aspen.

Alnus cones vs. tormentil root.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Tormentil is strange, but so is alder.

Rose hip tea.

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Henriette's herbal blog: Rose hip tea is deep red and sour because of the roselle, not because of the rose hip.

Burdock root.

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Henriette's herbal blog: No, you shouldn't dig second year burdock root in fall.

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