We need to remove cultural and personal biases when it comes to studying nature and in our search for cures. Psychogenic herbs and mushrooms hold promise, as do thousands of other plants and fungi. There’s a limited amount of research on psilocybin, however from what we have so far the results look promising. As […]
Posts tagged Herbal Medicine
An Amazing 1932 Depression-Era Medici...
Slate shared this amazing map of ‘Herbal Cures’ from 1932 showing the medicinal plants commonly used among pharmacists. Today, we have a medical system which relies almost entirely on patented chemicals and/or biologicals that are far removed from anything resembling the old fashion herbal apothecary and back yard farmacy. Pharmasuiticals have their place, so does […]
Herbal Medicine Fundamentals by the A...
Herbal Medicine Fundamentals WHAT IS AN HERBALIST? The American Herbalists Guild, a non-profit, educational organization for the furtherance of herbalism, frequently receives questions about herbs. The following are among the most commonly asked. If any of your questions are not answered here, you may contact us for further information. WHAT IS AN HERB? Medicinally, […]
Herbs, Herbalism, Databases and Other...
Databases Note: Each link will open a new browser window. Close this second window to return to the HRF site. GRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) – http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic […]