Here's my simple immune tonic mix.
Astragalus root, reishi mushroom, and a little licorice root. I buy a pound or two and it lasts the season. The most economical I've found is Pacific Botanicals out of Oregon.
Share your herb decoction mixes!
#stress #immune #herbalmedicine #decoction #herbcomm
Three illustrations depicting fairies hugging the ovary of three flowers to show ovary position and hypanthium.
Three illustrations depicting fairies hugging the ovary of three flowers to show ovary position and hypanthium (a cuplike or tubular enlargement of the receptacle of a flower, loosely surrounding the gynoecium or united with it).
Whatever it takes. #scicomm #herbcomm #botany #plantid
Plant cell on the left and human cell on the right compares the miRNA maturation process.
Fascinating hypothesis of how herbs may work in humans. A stretch? Plant miRNAs have been found in fruit juice, breast milk, and Lonicera japonica.
The Role of Exogenous microRNAs on Human Health: The
Plant–Human Trans-Kingdom Hypothesis.
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16...
#herbcomm #miRNA
Macro closeup of a flower with an arrow pointing to one of the parts of the flower.
For 10 botany points, what is that called?
#botanyquiz #herbcomm #plantidentification #vocabulary
It's important to use the Latin name of plants in #scicomm and #herbcomm And to disclose the actual form of the herb (essential oil). EOs are not herbs. They're extremely concentrated compounds.
Medicinal Plant Names Services
A global nomenclatural indexing and reference service for medicinal plants aimed at those involved in global health, regulation and research.
#herbs #traditionalmedicine #KEW #medicinalplants #medicalbotany #herbcomm
www.kew.org/science/our-...
