How to Use Beth Root

This attractive member of the lily family is a hardy perennial fount! in rich, moist woodland in central and western states of America, where it is now endangered, and temperate…

How to Use Black Cohosh

Black Cohosh is a beautiful plant growing 4—8 feet (1-2 metres) high with small white feathery flowers in graceful slender spikes. It is a hardy perennial, native to the shady…

How to Use California Poppy

The poppy symbolizes the ephemeral pleasures of life — here one minute, gone the next. The California poppy with its vibrant yellow-orange flower is the state flower of California, and…
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How to Use Cayenne

The name cayenne or capsicum comes from a Greek word meaning to bite because of the hot pungent taste and properties of cayenne pepper. It is indige­nous to Zanzibar, Mexico…

How to Use Cowslip

This pretty cousin of the primrose grows on chalk and limestone grassland and downs throughout Europe and Britain. While it was once a common feature of the countryside in spring,…

How to Use Cranesbill

There are many different varieties of wild geranium. American cranesbill is an attractive hardy perennial with rose-purple flowers and mottled leaves, found growing wild in woodlands throughout North America. In…

How to Use Eucalyptus

The eucalyptus is an attractive evergreen tree with bluish-green leathery leaves which are full of glands containing a fragrant volatile oil. It is indigenous to Australia and Tasmania where it…

How to Use Evening Primrose

Evening primrose is a tall elegant plant with large fragrant cup-shaped yellow flowers that generally open at dusk (or on very cloudy days), attracting the night-flying moths and insects which…

How to Use Feverfew

Feverfew is a pretty member of the daisy family, Compositae. Though now in the genus Tanacetum, it was previously in another Compositae genus, Chrysanthemum, (the others are Matricaria and Pyrethrum).…

How to Use Gentian

Gentian is a large perennial herb indigenous to cen­tral and southern Europe and Asia Minor. It is a highly ornamental plant with yellow star-shaped flow­ers. Yellow gentian will grow in…

How to Use Ginseng

Ginseng is familiar to many as a wonderful tonic to increase energy and vitality, improve mental and physical performance and protect against the effects of stress. The name ginseng is…

How to Use Greater Celandine

Greater celandine is a member of the poppy family and shows many of the poppy's actions in healing. It is indigenous to Europe and is remarkably resilient, flourishing where other…
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How to Use Hawthorn

This attractive member of the rose family has sweet-scented snow white blossoms covering hedge­rows in spring as a herald to summer, and bright red berries in autumn. Almost all parts…