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Violet: The Humble Plant with Deep Roots

Violets (Viola odorata and related species) grow quietly at the edges of things: the corner of the garden, the base of the hedge, the shaded part of the lawn. They are small enough to be overlooked and distinctive enough to be recognized by everyone. Almost nobody...

Herbs in the Celtic Tradition: An Introduction

When we talk about the Celtic herbal tradition, we are speaking of something that exists more in fragments, traces, and echoes than in the coherent documented systems of the Greek, Arabic, or Chinese traditions. The ancient Celts left no written medical texts. What...

Plantain: The Weedy Little Healer in Your Lawn

Plantago major (broadleaf plantain) and Plantago lanceolata (narrow-leaf or ribwort plantain) are two of the most common and most universally overlooked medicinal plants in the temperate world. They grow in lawns, between pavement cracks, at path edges, and in the...

Yarrow: The Wound Healer of Ancient Battlefields

Achillea millefolium takes its genus name from Achilles, who, according to the myth, was taught by the centaur Chiron to use yarrow on the wounds of soldiers in battle. Whether or not the myth is historically accurate, yarrow pollen has been found in Neanderthal...

Herbs in the Norse Tradition: A Brief Exploration

The Norse and Northern Germanic herbal tradition is one of the least well-documented and most underexplored in English-language herbal literature, which makes it something of a hidden archive for those willing to look. What survives comes through a few key sources:...

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