Herbal Actions: Alterative – Anti-inflammatory – Bitter – Cholagogue – Diuretic – Diaphoretic – Hepatic – Laxative – Lymphatic In the late spring or summer of its second year, Burdock sends up a stalk and grows small pink or purplish flowers from the top of a spiny ball of hooked bracts, or burs. When the …
Herbal Actions: Alterative – Anti-inflammatory – Aperient – Bitter – Cholagogue – Diuretic – Diaphoretic – Discutient – Hepatic – Lymphatic Constituents: Although all parts of the burdock plant used contain inulin, arctigenin, plant sterols, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B-6, mineral salts that are rich in manganese, magnesium, potassium, phosphate, calcium, iron and copper, the …
Articum lappa Herbal Actions: Alterative – Anti-inflammatory – Aperient – Bitter – Cholagogue – Diuretic – Diaphoretic – Discutient – Hepatic – Lymphatic Constituents: Although all parts of the burdock plant used contain inulin, arctigenin, plant sterols, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B-6, mineral salts that are rich in manganese, magnesium, potassium, phosphate, calcium, iron and …
February is pretty cold here in the beautiful state of Colorado, so I chose calendula as the February 2021 herb of the month, not only because of it’s skin soothing benefits, but because of it’s lymphatic action. As you know by now, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2018 and although my C-reactive protein …
Every month we explore one herb. Throughout the month we will learn about the benefits of the herb, it's herbal actions and uses. We will turn our knowledge into herbal recipes and concoctions to gain a fuller understanding of how these herbs actually work.
