Earthen Moon Herbals

03/29/2024

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03/29/2024

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Scent is a very powerful thing, it has the ability to bring memories back to life! However, not all scents are created equally. They either come from essential oils or from synthetic fragrances. Just because a product smells good, doesn’t mean it really is good for you. We've put together an overv...

11/08/2021

02/04/2021

// Emma Dupree (1897-1992) was an influential black herbalist from Pitt County in North Carolina. She was known locally as “granny woman.” She was the daughter of freed slaves and grew up on the Tar River. She was known for her work with native herbs: Sassafras, white mint, double tansy, rabbit to***co, maypop, mullein, catnip, horseradish, and silkweed. It’s a terrible shame that not much has been written about her on the internet. Here is an excerpt from an article published shortly after her death:

From the time she could walk, Emma felt drawn to the land. She would roam the woods, plucking, sniffing, tasting weeds. She grew up that way, collecting the leaves, stems, roots and bark of sweet gum, white mint, mullen, sassafras in her coattail or a tin bucket. She'd tote them back to the farm, rinse them in well water and tie them in bunches to dry. In the backyard, she'd raise a fire under a kettle and boil her herbs to a bubbly froth, then pour it up in brown-necked stone jugs: A white-mint potion for poor circulation; catnip tea for babies with colic; tansy tea - hot or cold - for low blood sugar; mullein tea for a stomach ache. Mixed with molasses or peppermint candy to knock out the bitterness. Her kind of folk medicine dates back centuries. In the 1600s, African slaves brought root-doctor remedies to America. Indians and immigrants had cure-alls, too. In some rural areas, scattered herbalists still practice.

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11/10/2020

maybe when we get back to Charlotte...

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11/02/2019

I've been meaning to harvest the comfrey leaves before they freeze and I thought I had lost them last night. I went out just as it was starting to rain and got all I could manage in the dark. Now I have tingly hands and a bunch of comfrey to string up tomorrow.

10/18/2019

🐻Osha🐾 bear medicine.

New Osha (Ligesticum porteri) seed harvest is in, and I've already set a large handful to cold stratification--now is the time to work with the seed, do not hesitate! Here's a photo of blooming osha in habitat (Colorado Rocky Mountain High!) that has proven inspirational to me. The colors, the vitality--just makes you want to BREATHE IT IN!

Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)

Hardy to Zones 4 to 8

(Bear Medicine) Perennial herb native to the Rocky Mountains. Traditional usage (American Indian, TWM): upper respiratory infection, cough, altitude sickness. Plant prefers full sun to part shade and is often found in association with aspen groves. Sow in outdoor conditions in flats or in nursery bed. Sow seed about 1/4 inch deep and cover with soil, tamp well, then cover the planting with a thin layer of organic mulch such as rotted sawdust, peat or coir. Sow in cool soils in outdoor conditions. Best to sow in the fall for germination in the spring. For an in-depth discussion of seed germination and cultivation of Osha, see the Osha chapter in the book "Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs." Thin seedlings to 6 inches apart and keep well-weeded and deeply mulched.

12/13/2018

The diversity and intricacy of shapes and sizes of seeds is extraordinary. Even more amazing is that within even the tiniest of seeds lies the complete genetic information required to birth and structure such organisms as

11/28/2018

A study published Thursday details a promising and novel approach to help stop the viruses killing honeybees, which pollinate much of the food we rely on: mushrooms.