This week's discussion circle has a little more freedom, because we'd like to encourage you to write about the medicinal plant or herb or even funghi you're exploring NOW. What plant are you experimenting with, growing or nourishing yourself with?
Let's start a discussion about herbs across HIVE! From medicinal mushrooms to foraged plants, culinary herbs or indigenous medicines, we HIVERS have a lot to share!
Guidelines
- Post in the community. Other suggested tags are #herbalism #plantbased #foodasmdedicine #medicinalplants #fungilovers #naturalmedicine
- Original content only - please don't expect rewards if you are copying and pasting from the internet
- Drop your link below and comment on other people's blogs or comments
- Tag at least one other person that you think might like to join in.
- Please reblog this if you can.
Some Ideas
- What is your favourite recipe that uses herbs to nourish, soothe and protect?
- What herbs are you growing?
- What herbal medicines are you experimenting with?
- What is your favourite stress busting herb?
- What herbs have made most difference in your life?
- Do you grow medicinal mushrooms or use them for your health?
- What's your favourite herbal tea and why?
Hey Herbies! We'd love you to join in...
Tagging those who've posted in the community before, join in with comments or that we know are interested in plant medicines! We'd love you to join in! If you'd like to be added to this notification list for future challenges, please let us know.
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@mamrita and @senorcoconut that both wrote great posts on their thoughts about lemon balm last week. You both win a small beneficiary on this post!
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https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@clareartista/nettles-a-prickly-love-story Hi beautiful Herbal Community! Here's my contribution :-) on the beautiful living relationship that I enjoy with nettles.
Awesome post @clareartista, I really enjoyed reading it. Plants and herbs really force you to slow down and think about life. I love that you also take the pine cones! Do you collect the pine nuts? Or what do you do with them?
Hi @fermentedphil ! So nice to hear from you here! :-D Thanks for your really beautiful comment - and yes, slowing down is so very core to healing and to stepping into our True Nature, isn't it!
The pine nuts don't seem to develop in these cones, unfortunately... When I lived in Cyprus I remember visiting mountain villages and being astounded by the pine nut cones sitting on the ground with no-one harvesting them - fresh from the cone they were extraordinarily delicious! :-D
But yey, the dry cones make a brilliant fire-starter for my wee stove, which is coming into its own right now, with winter coming...
Blessings!
Oh yes! How could I forget. We also used pine cones as starters for the fires when we lived close to them. I tried to harvest some pine nuts freshly but it is so much work and we do not have a tradition for pine nut harvesting, so I did not actually know what I was doing. The outer shell is so hard to open, there must be an easier way to open them without destroying the delicate nut! But alas.
Yes, right! I feel people are not slowing down enough, in fact, people are speeding up! And they live past all the beauty that nature has to offer.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful response!
I have prepared this post with the intention of showing the herbs that I normally use. Oregano, chamomile and lemon I prepare them in a wonderful infusion to alleviate the symptoms of the menstrual cycle, that's why I call it water for women.
These 3 herbs together are a powerful analgesic, decrease menstrual cramps, help the blood circulation in the body, help consiliar sleep, so I like to take my tea before going to bed.
@kaliphae, I thought you might like this discussion.
Heyy thaanks for thinking about me :) helas I couldn't make it, but hopefully next time !!
We're about to do another one, hope you can join in! Thanks for tagging her, @blackberryskunk!
See you around 🙂
Thank you for the tag, we were just talking about the herbs we have in the house with @anikad so we might come up with something 😊
YES!!! I like this. We have a wonderful indigenous succulent that will be perfect to write about
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I love the idea of going free on this one! Let me think about it!
wonderful community challenges. thanks for the tag 😸
Hi there,
Here is my entry to the disscution ☺️ hope you like it
https://ecency.com/hive-141827/@didivelikova/scottish-thistle-the-prickly-symbol
Stunning photography in your post! I have never come across this thistle. I only have sow thistle, and I do not think they are real thistles. You cannot make nice teas as you do.
Thank you. 🙏
Sow thistle has also health benefits... pretty much every plant has benefits, we just don' know them 😊
We should look for them right! And listen to them and study them. I never knew they were so healthy! I have eaten them in salads for a couple of years now. The young leaves are really delicious.
This is a good one, I am looking forward to all the beautiful entries
Hey thanks for the "Great Post" comment up there!!!
I'll be writing again for sure 🙂!
awesome - love your posts!
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Here is my entry: https://ecency.com/hive-141827/@repayme4568/what-s-your-favourite-herbal
I am back!!!!
https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@edprivat/using-tech-and-our-community-to-level-up-my-herbal-knowledge
Awesome post! Tech can help us so much! Especially in tight situations when we need to know if we can eat something. We only need to pray for cell reception now! But with Musk's starlink thing cell reception might be a think of the past.
Imagine having a severe case of diarrhea and being on the side of the road with a tiny booklet, trying to compare pictures and real flowers, while clinching the butt.
Hell No!!! I will embrace tech for that matter! When there's internet 😁
Oh yes, this is exactly why we need immediate feedback apps! In tight situations like this, the only worth of that booklet is the cleanup 😅
Hahaha good one!
This is way too late, and not necessarily an entry to the competition. I never really do good in competitions as I never know how to follow rules! But here is a post (that does not do any justice) to a local herb in South Africa that has naturalized here. African Spinach or various sorts of amaranthus plants! If you feel like giving it a read: https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@fermentedphil/african-spinach-or-morogo-a
Why are you shooting down yourself on each foot like this? Your post was great!
Oh, thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Writer's curse? Or artist's curse. But I am working on improving my confidence.
Awesome, keep up!
https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@tere.alv/boldo-an-indispensable-friend
Hello friends, here is my experience with this plant and with ginger. I look forward to your comments.
Here is my entry:
https://ecency.com/hive-141827/@oscarpower55/uses-of-plantain-leaf-as
My entry:
https://hive.blog/theherbalhive/@blackberryskunk/mixed-herbs-and-rose-oil-macerate
Ok Tagged in and ready.
https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@rubido/the-seedy-life-of-pumpkins-and-the-purple-sage
Hi! Mi entry https://peakd.com/hive-141827/@nellyhope/tilo-from-my-orchard
@exoexplorer and @ninasophia - you might both be interested in this contest? :-D
Here's my entry:
https://ecency.com/hive-141827/@johnbenn/herbal-hive-discussion-circle-naturalmedicine
where did you guys go? The website is gone and so is the discord.