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Last changed Jan5, 1998

  • Medicinal plants, mainly:
    • Aconitum toxicity: differing danger from Western and Chinese preparations; main participants: Paul Iannone and Michael Moore: aconitum.html.
    • A goody, from Michael Moore, on Mentha arvensis and its constituents: mentha.html.
    • Howie Brounstein put a very nice cough formula on the herblist in autumn 1995: coughsyr.html.
    • Another gem by Howie: good advice about treating mononucleosis: mononucl.html
    • And still another post by Howie: why you should use Mahonia (or Berberis) instead of Hydrastis (goldenseal): hydrasti.html
    • Todd had a question about bark medicines: barkmedi.html
    • Howie described the dangers of mixing Cicuta with Angelica, and Robyn cleared up some botanical confusion: angelica.html - please also check Howie's warning on wildcrafting Umbelliferae: http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/treats/umbel.txt
    • Don't eat all sex drugs you see, one of them is dangerous: sexdrugs.html
    • And another has been around for ages: avena.txt (from Michael Moore), avena2.txt (from Karen Vaughan)
    • Michael Moore explains how bulk laxatives work: psyllium.html. Enjoy!
    • I asked about Alnus cones and got a reply on plants with tannin astringents and what they generally do (thanks Howie): astringe.txt
    • Alan Tillotson wrote a good post on juvenile diabetes and how to live with it: juvediab.txt
    • Jonathan Treasure explains how bitters work: bitters.txt
    • Howie's thoughts on Valeriana: valerian.txt
    • There was an interesting thread on Paracelsus / Herbal Hall about the Chinese vs. Western way to view the gallbladder: gallblad.txt
    • Uses for Vaccinium myrtillus, aka blueberry: blueberr.txt
    • Thoughts on picking St.John's Wort: hypericu.txt
    • Karen Vaughan has done a nice writeup on Viola sp.: viola.html
    • And here's the entry on Bach Flower Remedies, by Suzanne Sky: bachflow.html
    • Andrew Pengelly sent me two articles, and has promised more to come: 
  • Some thoughts on culinary herbs and herb gardening:
    • How to candy violet flowers, by Mary Emme: violcand.html
    • A list of books you might wish to read, compiled by Chris Reeve: culibook.txt
  • Lots of fun:
    • Got tired of all the scams? Here's the one to top them all; it'll cure dandruff, death and taxes (among other things), and make you irresistible to the opposite sex (thanks Alan):  sbganoni.html
    • Someone asked this question on paracelsus: 'Anyone have some tips on having fun?' What an opportunity: have-fun.html
    • Every now and then I get a question on a project for schoolkids. Here's a small selection of them: herbproj.html
    • Then there was a nice silly thread on rec.food.preserving, deserving a wider audience: vowels.txt
  • Here's some body care how-tos:
    • Calendula cream (and other creams and lotions): cream.txt
    • Baby powder (and other body powders): bodypowd.txt
    • Herbal underarm deodorants (I left out the ones with alum): deodoran.txt
    • Jerry High's excellent list of ingredient myths: ingrmyth.txt - clearing up the confusion caused by those body care product salesmen...
  • Some wildfood how-tos:
    • Conifer (Juniper, Picea, Pinus, Abies) spring twig syrup: conisyru.html
    • Juniper berries - the how-to of picking and drying them: junicomm.html
    • Fruitleather out of cranberry (and other berries): vaccleat.html
    • Dandelion syrup, remembering summer: dandsyru.html
  • And here's the translation of Margaret Whitelegg's excellent article 'In Defence of Comfrey', into Finnish: raunioyr.html (long)
    ... which I did to get Symphytum freed over here in Finland. No outcome yet, sorry. I'm told it takes about three years in all to get a verdict. Thanks for the tips and all the help, Rene and Christopher.
    This article is excellent. You'll find the original English version in the European Journal of Herbal Medicine, Vol. 1, Nr. 1 (ain't I lucky to have that? it's out of print, of course) (subscription info to the EJHM in the Medicinal herbFAQ, part 7).
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