Devils club benefits

Devil's club is a useful plant to have in one's materia medica. In this post, we'll explore and deepen our knowledge and understanding of this herbal ally.

With the warming soil and longer daylight of spring, small leaf buds tip the devil's club's wicked stalks. This plant is loved and hated at the same time. Those spines are sharper than needles, and they break off in the skin. The painful stickers defy tweezers, but usually fester in a few days, and

Thriving in the dappled shade along creeks and streams, wetlands and forest lowlands, Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus) is a prominent plant in our coastal rainforests. A valuable medicinal and ceremonial plant to indigenous people for millennia, Devil’s Club lifts the spirit, sharpens the mind, and

By now everyone knows that feeling when your hands are extra-dry due to hand washing and so much hand sanitizing, and you just keep reapplying lotion or salve every hour or so? Well NO MORE!!! How so???? • Minerals: Dandelions contain potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. These minerals will ♥ hydrate ♥ the tissues and support the functions of the skin. • Vitamins: Vitamin A, B6, C and K all help support the skin's function and help fight free radicals. • Antifungal and Germicidal…

The plant is widely used by many Indigenous peoples as it has been used for centuries to treat a wide range of ailments. It has medicinal, practical, ceremonial and spiritual uses in Coastal First Nation groups. The many medicinal purposes of this plant vary among cultural groups, though most tradit

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Botanical Name of Devil's Claw: Harpagophytum procumbens (Burchell). Other Common Names: Grapple plant, harpagon, wood spider. Habitat: The herb devil’s claw is native to southern Africa particularly the Kalahari Desert, Namibia, and Madagascar. Description: Devil's claw is a perennial plant with tubers and many, round to oval-shaped stems. The leaves have white, hairy undersides. Solitary, red to purple flowers, shaped like trumpets appear in spring followed by the fruit. The name devil’s…

Cloves from Sri Lanka, identified with the geographical indication of Ceylon Cloves provides a range of health benefits for your body, mind, and beauty.

The Spring 2017 issue of Catfish Alley is now available! And, as usual, I submitted an article on a local plant that I like to use as medicine. As you can already tell by now, the article was on …