Visit Amazon Store
Link to Kindle Book
Visit Amazon Store
Link to Paperback Book
Visit Amazon Store
Kindle Book Link
Visit Amazon Store
Lnk to Paperback Book
Tag Archives: Herbal Medicine
Moses in the Rushes – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Moses in the Rushes (Tradescantia spathacea or Rhoeo spathacea) is on five continents as an ornamental or medicinal plant. In has been used in it’s native Mexico as anti-fungal and anti Cancer drugs and is still used in modern medicine … Continue reading
Beautiful and Deadly
In antiquity, poisons were valued for their utilitarian value in hunting fishing and even for preserving life. Just as many of our modern drugs will kill from an overdose, plants the we recognize as poisons were probably used, in greatly … Continue reading
On Judith’s Hill, A Backyard Cure for Diabetes
The biodiversity of plants on St. Croix are a record of all of the various groups who have occupied the island. There are plants from the Mayan Peninsula of Central America, the Orinoco river of South America, the European Colonizers, … Continue reading
Flowers for Sailors
When humans started sailing the seven seas 50,000 years ago, a raft was probably the only flotation they had at their disposal, yet they made it from Africa to Australia probably by island hopping. Still, the unique mode of transportation … Continue reading
A Backyard Cure for Cancer
Catharanthus roseus Periwinkle grows on all six inhabited continents. It has been cultivated for herbal medicine and as an ornamental plant all around the world. In Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine) the extracts of its roots and shoots, though poisonous, are … Continue reading
Hike St. Croix 