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Anchusa azurea. I was always attracted to this pla Anchusa azurea. I was always attracted to this plant due to its gorgeous flowers and obvious advantages for our bee friends. And then as always with herbal research, I learned so much more about it when integrating it into "Growing Plant Medicine Vol 1." Here's a photo taken yesterday of a volunteer plant that grew out of chaff swept into a pile in front of the seedhouse.Seed available at strictlymedicinalseeds.com (Link in profile)
Arnica montana in its third year and making flower Arnica montana in its third year and making flowers. One of the advantages of this species is the long history of use, as it is the official plant, another being its size, which makes for more medicine. The success of this patch brings up for me the value of microsite planting. We situated the plants on the west side of the seedhouse in a peaty mix, and they naturalized there. I would call it a partly sunny position. At high altitudes, for growers in the Rockies for instance, a full sun exposure would be appropriate. Here in our more Mediterranean clime, some shade is desirable. As always, if plants or seeds are desired, please visit strictly medicinal seeds. We are there for you. We are plant advocates, promoters of diversity, lucky enough to breathe the air that passes over medicinal herbs.Seed available at strictlymedicinalseeds.com (Link in profile)
Wood Betony (Stachys officinalis) sample on bed. T Wood Betony (Stachys officinalis) sample on bed. The story is that back in '88 I did not know what this plant was, or what it was used for, but had an attraction for it, and kept trying to find seeds to grow it. Finally I did find a seed company that had it listed, and when the packet came in the mail someone had written on it "last of these." So I planted them with care, sort of feeling like I was saving an endangered species, which actually I wasn't, but that's how it felt. One seed germinated, and from that spare beginning a whole patch was formed, and from that patch seed taken, and from that seed, eventually thousands of packets made, spreading goodness to more gardens than I would have imagined at the start. Now, generally you go after more diversity than the progeny of a single seed, but actually in this case it wasn't a problem. A more vigorous plant I've never seen, and eventually its virtues became evident to me. The rich, tasty tincture of fresh leaf turned out to be the best thing I could find to stem addictions--alcohol or drug--and since then I've used it plenty of times. Meanwhile the butterflies love the flowers. The flowers are for them. I use the leaves.Seed and plant available at strictlymedicinalseeds.com (Link in prfile)
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and other species of thyme Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and other species of thyme, in all their commonality and glory, are medicinal herbs in the guise of culinary spices. Be not bamboozled, thyme herb is one of the best preventive and ameliorative herbs out there. But the harvest window is fleeting--you want the rich fatty leaves before the plant goes up into flower. for herb use, that is. To make the essential oil, harvest in full flower. But to experience the activity of this ally, you don't need an essential oil. A simple tea of the dried herb, made right, will dry up the inflammation and hypersecretion of a common cold or influenza. All this reminds me of the nuances of herbalism, how knowing just how to do it right actually creates the efficacy. You'll find more about this in my new youtube video "Core Concepts." Here's a bit of thyme to get you started.(Link in profile)
On to the Skullcaps and this one, not looking much On to the Skullcaps and this one, not looking much like a mad dog, but nomered as such anyhow, is Scutellaria lateriflora. It's a uniquely American herb, not much recognized in Europe, unique also that it exerts its nervine influence without becoming enervating, that is without dispersing one's energy. As always, plants and seeds available online at strictly medicinal seeds. The monograph in my new book will cover lateriflora, barbat and baicalensis. They are all different.(Link in profile)
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris), the common name say Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris), the common name says it all. Perchance there's someone out there who has no faith in the ability of a simple tea to make a difference. Let them suffer from a gaping canker sore inside that doubting lip, and then let them swish and swallow a good self heal tea. Tannins, you see, with the addition of a presence of an antiviral molecule, make for potent synergy. May all gaping canker sores be healed, May we begin to innerstand why they might form. May self heal crawl into every garden and spread faith among the people.Seed and plant available at strictlymedicinalseeds.com (Link in profile)
A standard patterning for outplanting, to maximize A standard patterning for outplanting, to maximize diversity while minimizing unwanted outcrossing. Plant in 4-bed (or 4-row) blocks and make the rows: 1 tomato type, 1 basil type (could include tulsi), 1 pepper type, 1 medicinal herb (such as summer savory as an example). Then leave a covercropped area as a buffer to the next outplanting, which would be the same, except a DIFFERENT tomato, a DIFFERENT basil, a DIFFERENT pepper, a DIFFERENT herb (like calendula). So then, leave 50 yards between the blocks if possible. There are a ton of tricks on how to both grow diversity and attend to purity. Choose different SPECIES not just different VARIETIES. Bees tend to forage right inside the patch and don't cross over much. Create permacultural barriers such as tree lines, bushes and waterways to help differentiate and separate your production blocks. Standard patterning, a way to have it all.
Pannonian Sage (Salvia austriaca). I just knew thi Pannonian Sage (Salvia austriaca). I just knew this was potent medicine, but up until today, didn't know what, or where. Dug the roots and was immediately impressed by them--yellowish, fleshy, tapering taproots. Bitter but not obnoxiously so. Turns out they contain the antiinflammatory and tumor-reducing molecule taxodione. Plants and seeds available online at strictlymedicinalseeds.com(Link in profile)
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Richo is an internationally recognized expert on the cultivation, processing and usage of medicinal plants. He is the author of the popular herbal, Making Plant Medicine. His life-long interest in seed saving lead to extensive travel and plant exploration, largely in the USA and Africa but also in South America, China and Europe. This collection of seeds, including numerous unique introductions and rare plants as well as many common medicinal plants and permacultural trees, is currently conserved and multiplied in his greenhouses and gardens.

Strictly Medicinal, LLC is the name of this organic seed company and nursery based in Williams, Oregon. The mission is to sow seeds worldwide for the benefit of people, plants and the planet.

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