Despite the advance of modern medicines as well as several other prevailing alternate streams of medicines, people in several countries across the globe still use herbs as the basic healthcare too. In effect, plenty of the remedial features of modern or contemporary medicine have been adopted from the researches undertaken on herbal remedies in the … Continue reading Herbs As Primary Healthcare Tool
Day: May 1, 2016
Prickly Pear Cactus {Opuntia ficus-indica}
Also, Known As Barbary Fig Prickly Pear Cactus Tuna Cactus Prickly pear cactus (botanical name, Opuntia ficus-indicia) is a cacti plant that has the characteristic of being a fruit and flower compact and has been used by the native Mexican tribes for treating a range of ailments and health conditions for several centuries now. While … Continue reading Prickly Pear Cactus {Opuntia ficus-indica}
Rhodiola {Crassulaceae – Rhodiola rosea}
Other members include jade plant. Also, Known As: Golden root, rose root, and arctic root. Plant Part Used: Root. Rhodiola is a perennial that grows to 30 inches, produces bushy yellow flowers, and has a thick, gold-pink rhizome, hence the names golden root and rose root. It thrives in some of the harshest conditions on … Continue reading Rhodiola {Crassulaceae – Rhodiola rosea}
Tibetan Rhodiola {Rhodiola sacra}
Also, Known As: Rhodiola Tibetan Rhodiola The Tibetan Rhodiola Sacra is a highly valued medicinal herb that grows in the slopes of the Himalayas, known to be the supreme mountain range on the earth. This herb belongs to the family Crassulaceae, a plant genus that is indigenous to the arctic region, for instance, the eastern … Continue reading Tibetan Rhodiola {Rhodiola sacra}
Floral Calendar
Calendars have existed for thousands of years in various forms. The Chinese, Japanese, Romans, Egyptians, and Hopi and Navajo Indians, among countless others, developed calendars. Each of these calendars was different, but each was an accurate means of keeping track of the seasons and the passage of time. Because calendars were so closely tied with … Continue reading Floral Calendar
Self-Heal, Heal All
You'd think a plant with a name as auspicious as this one would be dramatic and imposing. Instead, it camouflages itself in your lawn. But it has been used internally and externally since at least the 2nd century in both China and Europe. Its botanical name, Prunella, derives from the German word Brunella, which comes … Continue reading Self-Heal, Heal All
Fresh from Photopoint! The first official Beltane 2016 pictures.
Uploaded from the tech station at the Beltane 2016 after party to the sound of drums. Enjoy! Photos (x2 each) by Asier Goikoetxea, Bartlomiej Pyrz, Bleu Hope, Dan Mosley, Laura Wallace, Mark Taylor…
Source: Fresh from Photopoint! The first official Beltane 2016 pictures.
Heartwings Love Notes 722 Spring Has Truly Sprung
Heartwings says, “Spring originates as much in the heart as in the soil.”
The first of May is actually the midpoint between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice. The increase of the light from now forward reflects the brightness of the days that begin their most obvious decline around the first of August. In the northern hemisphere there are many celebrations associated with this date. They reach far back in the history of humanity, symbolizing our connection with the earth and its fertility.
Most recent is of course the “May Day” workers’ celebrations of the former Soviet Union. My mother and I were in Moscow on that date twenty seven years ago. I remember the colorful flags hanging everywhere, and the crowds of people in Red Square. However, from far back in human history, May Day has been one of the great spring celebrations of Europe and the British…
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May-Day
THE marsh marigold is considered of great use in divination, and is called "the shrub of Beltaine." Garlands are made of it for the cattle and the door-posts to keep off the fairy power. Milk also is poured on the threshold, though none would be given away; nor fire, nor salt--these three things being sacred. … Continue reading May-Day
May ~ The Merry Month Of May!
This month is named after the goddess Maia, to whom the Romans sacrificed on the first day of the month. Maia was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. They were all transformed into pigeons that they might escape from the great hunter Orion, and flying up into the sky were … Continue reading May ~ The Merry Month Of May!
