Did you know easy-to-grow herbs can be helpful for anxiety, sunburns, and other minor illnesses? Plant a pharmacy in your backyard with sage, mint and more!

Usnea is an edible lichen, with potent medicinal properties. It grows all over the world, and it's often easy to find and abundant. Often called "old man's beard" or "the lungs of the forest," usnea

Mugwort is an edible and medicinal plant that has many uses. Foraging for mugwort is easy and fun, and it grows almost everywhere!

Healing herbs and wild medicines are all around us. They are to be found in meadows, forests, even our own backyards! And we should never underestimate their potential. Some of our favorites that we eat

Your one stop guide to identify purple dead nettle, and then figure out what to make with this healthy edible food.

Got itchy bug bites? You are just minutes away from an easy DIY bug bite relief remedy! It's so easy to make and even kids can use it! My girls just came back home from a delightful trip during which they spent some time outdoors after dusk. Which meant for the first time in their lives, they experienced mosquito bites (we don't really deal with them too much at home for some lucky reason). Mosquito bites itch. They itch like crazy! And it's not just mosquito bites that itch! Plenty of other bug bites cause itching as well. Thankfully, there

Herbalists know that burdock root is powerful medicine, but most would be surprised to learn that the burdock is edible as well. Burdock leaves, stalks and roots are edible and can be downright tasty if you

You know that sweet drop of nectar from the honeysuckle flower. But did you know that honeysuckle benefits are more than sweet fragrance, nectar and jelly?

Once you know chickweed you will see that it is omnipresent. Just yesterday we found it growing around downtown Olympia trees – those compact patches of dirt in the midst of a sea of concrete. Later we found scraggily plants in our lawn, which looked entirely different than the lush mats growing in our neighbor’s […]

Wintergreen oil salve has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and has been used to treat sore muscles, arthritis, nerve pain, and menstrual cramps.

Range and identification of common chickweed, plus tips for using chickweed for food, medicine and wildlife, and controlling chickweed in the garden.

Kellemes illatú, bódító, légiesen könnyed, és ha megkóstoljuk finom is. Készíthetünk belőle ínyencségeket, de számos jótékony hatása van egészségünkre is. Gyűjtsünk friss akácvirágot, a leggyakoribb a fehér, de találhatunk lilát is!Ehetjük nyersen, akácmézként, készíthetünk belőle teát, de h

Botanical Name of Malabar Nut: Justicia adhatoda, Adhatoda vasica. Other Common Names: Malabar nut, adulsa, arusha, vasaka, justicia adhatoda, adulsa arusa, adathodai, bakash, adathoda, adalodakam, adusoge, addasaramu, lion’s muzzle, stallion’s tooth.Habitat: This shrub grows on the plains of India and in the lower Himalayans, up to a range of 1000 meters above sea level. This plant is also cultivated in other tropical areas. It grows well in low moisture areas and dry soils. Plant Description: Adhatoda vasica is a small evergreen plant, of the Acanthaceae family, with broad, lanceolate (sharp and pointed like a lance) leaves measuring 10 to 16

The inner bark of the Slippery Elm tree (Ulmus rubra) has been used medicinally for generations. It's part of the traditional native American pharmacopeia, where it's used to treat digestive ailments as well as cough

Burdock root is rich in vitamins A, B, C, calcium, magnesium, iron, selenium, and antioxidants. Used to treat allergies, asthma, and eczema.

Botanical Name of Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris. Other Common Names: Lady's purse, shepherd's bag, mother's heart, shovelweed, caseweed, borsa de pastor (Spanish), bouse de pasteur (French), Hirtentäschelkraut (German), hjartarfi (Icelandic), hyrdetaske (Danish). Habitat: The plant is probably native to Europe and parts of Asia, but now it can be found in temperate regions around the world. The European settlers brought the plant with them to North America, and the species quickly spread across the continent. Shepherd's purse is often regarded as a weed. Plant Description: Shepherd's purse is an annual plant that belongs to the mustard family (Brassicaceae) with highly

There are a multitude of healing plants which have effectively been used to promote health for hundreds, and sometimes thousands of years. Mainstream heath care practitioners are only beginning to appreciate and recommend these amazing natural remedies. Physicians and other health care experts did use wild plants extensively until around the early 1900s. They were ...

If you can avoid their sting, nettles are a nutritious, delicious food and natural medicine. Here's how to forage and use stinging nettles.

Shepherd's Purse stops Bleeding Fast both internally and externally. Wild plants grow in abundance all over the place and unfortunately most people consider them weeds. The real truth is many of these plants have equal to or even greater nutritional value that some of the cultivated plants are used in…

Honeysuckle not just a fragrant flower & not just for eating! Honeysuckle oil, hmm: A few days ago I did a blog post on making floral infused vinegar & I used honeysuckle (posted yesterday)…

Prickly ash is an evergreen tree whose bark and berries are commonly used for medicinal and culinary purposes. This article tells you everything you need to know about prickly ash, including its potential benefits and side effects.

Did you know that wild violets are both edible and medicinal? Not only beautiful in salads and on desserts, wild violets may be used for coughs, inflammation, and more. Learn more about foraging and using wild violets. #foraging #ediblewildplant

Chickweed uses abound for both edible and medicinal projects that are sure to please the palate and soothe the body.

Spring is a great time for foraging! Learn what to forage in spring with this list of 20 edible and medicinal plants and fungi. Spring foraging is fun!

How to start foraging for wild herbs, beginning with these 8 easy to identify plants. Collecting herbs and medicinal plants that can be found in the wild or even in your own backyard.

This beginners foraging guide contains 15 important success tips you need to know about wild crafting (wild harvesting--i.e. how to find wild medicinal herbs) plants safely and effectively for food or medicine. Find out how to forage medicinal plants safely and successfully. I was eight years old

Foraging in spring. These are the easiest and most abundant wild herbs to forage in springtime. Descriptions and uses.

Wild violets are edible and medicinal and come up in the late winter or early spring. Foraging wild violets is easy as they are very common!

Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a fast growing wild weed that's easy to find and identify worldwide. Also known as wild spinach, the leaves are tender, sweet and delicious. Since it's a close relative to cultivated

As the opioid epidemic worsens, people are desperate for natural pain relief options. Wild lettuce has been used for millennia as a natural herbal pain reliever, and now survivalists are touting it as a form

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) is a medicinal herb whose use goes back millennia. It also happens to be an edible wild green as well. Many years ago, my first herbal mentor showed me lungwort to explain

Plantain salve is one of the best ways to start a home herbal first aid kit. Plantain is abundant, and this easy to make salve is good for all manner of minor burns, cuts, and

When I first started studying herbs in high school, I didn't really understand why anyone would need herbs for sleep. I slept perfectly well, waking up in the morning was the real problem. It wasn't

Wild spinach (also called lambs quarters or goosefoot) is a tasty and versatile edible wild plant that's probably growing in your garden already. Here's what to know about identifying and foraging wild spinach. #foraging #ediblewildplants

Wild fennel is a common edible and medicinal plant on west coast roadsides. Foraging for wild fennel is easy with its licorice like scent.

Yarrow is a common wild herb that's useful in both the kitchen and medicine cabinet. This list of yarrow uses covers everything from biscuits and beer to salves, soaps, and tinctures. Yarrow's always seemed magical

Edible wild plants include more than just the occasional harvest of wild blackberries and dandelion greens. Serious foragers seek out all manner of unique edible wild foods, from greens and herbs, to berries, roots, bark,

The fresh needles and buds of Pine, picked in the springtime, are called “pine tops.” These are boiled in water, and the tea is consumed for fevers, coughs, and colds. The needles are also diuretic, helping to increase urination. This recipe combines pine tops with dried peppermint and catnip for relief from sinus and lung congestion.

Woodruff is a medicinal plant native to Europe and the Middle East, with particular medicinal and culinary uses. Read the rest of the story here at Foodal.

Learn about the benefits of burdock. This edible, anti-inflammatory plant has a long history of use as an herbal cleanser, blood purifier and tonic.

Learn how to identify and use common wild edible weeds that might be growing in your backyard with this eBook: Wildcrafting Weeds: 20 Easy to Forage Edible and Medicinal Weeds.

Black-Eyed Susan is a beautiful perennial flower, but it also has potent medicinal benefits. It's closely related to echinacea, and it has many of the same medicinal properties. Just about everyone who's even paid passing