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QotD: The Earth Laughs
"The earth laughs in flowers."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson -
What Kind of Tree is That?
I found an awesome tree key online. Here: http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/tree-key/simple-leaf-trees.htm This one is only good for trees with "simple" leaves, meaning that they are not compound, or rather, that only one leaflet is on the leaf stem. Some ( Read more... ) -
QotD: Life
The same stream of life
that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world
and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life
that shoots in joy
through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves
of leaves and flowers.
― Rabindranath Tagore -
Blogs about Herbs
Herbal Blogroll: an attempt to catalog the blogs about herbs:
http://methowvalleyherbs.blogspot.com/p/herbal-blogroll.html
This list includes several that I already know to be useful.
Your blog can be included.
7/5/12: found this one: herbs, plants, bloggingHerbs: Scutellaria lateriflora (Scullcap)
fascinating factoid per Drs Szabat & Ambrose: scutellaria inhibits expression of IL6, 6/2011
( Read more... )Herbs: Larrea Tridentata (Creosote Bush)
FAMILY: Zygophyllacea
COMMON NAMES: Chaparral, Creosote bush, creosotum
PART USED: leaves, tinctured or dried for tea
( more )Grand Rounds: Geoffrey Cordell on Medicinal Plants
His main message is a heads up that our current system is not sustainable, our planet is already over capacity, and we are eradicating the species that could sustain us and the peoples who know know about them. His solution is science. It bears on the way I'd like to practice medicine.
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