Herbal Medicine Advocate Network

A healing birthday present was given to me by my daughter. And what a special present it was. Ruth made me a bottle of rosewater. The roses were out of her abundant garden. In the book, The Healing Power of Flowers, I found that fresh rose petal essence is used for honoring what I’m experiencing this week, Grief and the loss of a loved one. Why…[Read more]

You can often get started by identifying the most unique features of the plant and then searching online with that information. From this, you’ll get some good ideas and can also refine your search. However, if you’re going to ingest the plant or apply it to your body, you’ll still want to do a complete and thorough identification to make sure of…[Read more]

Identifying common weeds, plants, trees, etc. can be tricky. The first thing to consider is what the plant looks like. For example, does it have alternate leaves, opposite leaves, heart-shaped leaves, round leaves, simple or compound leaves, etc. Look at the type of fruit, the type and color of the flower; and finally where it is growing (in a…[Read more]