Providing Reliable Herbal Information
Plant Medicine and Emotional Health
GrassRoots Healing Arts 2023
Hypericum perforatum
St John's Wort (AKA St. Joan's Wort)
Euro-transplant
Try to find this plant in bloom on the banks of
Upper Taughannock Creek
Melissa Officinalis
Lemon Balm
North Afro-transplant
Grow this in shade, full sun, and in buckets.
Once it's happy it will never leave!
Helps the pollinators.
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Verbena hastata
Blue Vervain
Native Ally
Loves moist environments, Found in
the Wetlands of Cayuga Lake
Or Pond area at Spirit Kindred Land
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Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine
Native Ally
Sacred to the Haudenosaunee peoples
Found wild and cultivated and offers rich and delicious nutrients year-round.
Trametes versicolor
Turkey tail mushrooms
Native Forest Dweller
Found abundantly around Ithaca Forests
PreferHardwoods like the Oak family of trees and Beech
But sometimes even on picnic benches!!!
Hericium erinaceus
Lion's Mane Mushroom
Native Forest Dweller
Prefers high humidity with low airflow deep in the Eastern Hardwood forests
Prefers dead or wounded Oaks, Maples, Sycamore, Beech and Black Walnut trees
Rhodiola rosacea
Rhodiola Root
Traditional North Asia and European Herb
Adaptogen that is found in the Wild Artic Regions of Europe, Asia, and North America
Doctrine of Signatures
Prefers high mountainous rugged terrain
Ocimum sanctum or Ocimum tenuiflorum
Tulsi (Krishna, Vana and others)
Traditional Ayurvedic and Hindu Herbs
Adaptogen from Ayurvedic traditions, cultivated for spiritual and medicinal purposes throughout Asia.
Many cultivars see below site for more information:
https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/tulsi-holy-basil-type-comparisons/
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Flower Essences
Energetic Herbal Medicine
All you need is a glass bowl, water, and sun!
