Druid's Guide to Herbalism

  10-31-2020 Last update 10-31-2020 These are living blogs and will be updated as time and MSS identifications permit. Mistletoe. >> In Druidical times the young bride wore a branch of mistletoe  suspended from her neck to ensure an offspring numerous  as the spotless berries borne by the plant itself. —Lees. Idem collo aut brachio pro amuleto suspensum cum suo cortice  gravidarum conceptum adjuvat.—Matthioli, Comm. in Dios- covidem, L, iii., c. 87.<< Ref. P75, Lean's Collectanea,  1903 And if you are not a member of any of our Facebook efforts, here are some links to a few of our Facebook 'Share & Study' Groups. Druid's Guide to Herbalism. Students of 'Michael Roland Shaw Moore's Herbal Works Yggdrasil Pagan Researchers Room How to be a Druid Grove And out small center:  The Cosmic Salamander, Inc. Our other Herbal Blogs: HERBALISM ON A SHOESTRING 101-401 Students Michael Moore's Botanical Medica Site Disclaimer: For educational purposes onl

  1651 This is a living blog, more data may be added as found. 10-19-2020 Last update 10-19-2020 The Doctrine of Signatures: Perhaps the first major step in creating the body of knowledge we know as "Materia Medica" Where did it start, how does it work, or even as we still use herbal applications based on it. Does it work? Can we still try and apply it to the plants around us every day? Have you every tried using it? The abstract below is a good description, I believe and while the MSS is interesting, it for me is hard reading. So please comment or post in our Facebook group. Links below. >> Abstract The Doctrine of Signatures (DOS) is found throughout the world. Most scholars dismiss it as a “primitive” or “prescientific” idea. Despite its long history, the doctrine has had little critical review. A careful evaluation of signatures suggests four things. (1) There is no evidence that morphological plant signatures ever led to the discovery of medicinal properties. Consi