Sylvia RoseAug 285 min readAsphodel: Ancient Dye & Medicine PlantsAmong the showy flowering plants, perennial Asphodelus is an elegant and adaptable beauty. A genus of the Asphodelaceae or aloe family,...
Sylvia RoseAug 65 min readCelandine: Plant Toxins & Medicine Celandine (Chelidonium majus) is a popular medicinal plant in the ancient world, also appearing in gold-making recipes of alchemists. Use...
Sylvia RoseApr 283 min readGrayanotoxins: the Madness of HoneyGrayanotoxins are neurotoxins. They're active ingredients in mad honey, produced by bees harvesting pollen and nectar of plants carrying...
Sylvia RoseApr 274 min readBlack Hellebore: Toxins, Health & LoreBlack hellebore (Helleborus niger) or Christmas Rose is a plant of the Helleborus sub-family, used in folk medicine and lethal poisons....
Sylvia RoseApr 66 min readMad Honey - What's the Buzz?Mad honey comes from a group of plant-produced neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, a plant native to Japan. Grayanotoxins can...
Sylvia RoseMar 236 min readYarrow (Achillea) Magic & MedicineYarrow is an herb of magic and medicine. A flowering plant native to the northern hemisphere yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is commonly...
Sylvia RoseDec 17, 20232 min readNigella Sativa: Black Seed of HealersNigella Sativa or kalonji is a blackseed plant with healing properties. Use in cooking and folk medicine is documented by the 2nd...
Sylvia RoseOct 25, 20234 min readHyssop - Magic & Medicine Herb LoreHyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is one of the most ancient herbs, used in folk medicine, cuisine, chemistry, magic and spirituality. Hyssop...
Sylvia RoseOct 1, 20236 min readPretty Poisons: Holly, Yew, MistletoeHolly, yew and mistletoe, the most cheerful and celebrated of seasonal plants, are also the most poisonous. These three toxic beauties...