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Alternative Medicine Articles
Various authors, reviewed by editor of this web site for quality
information about Alternative Medicine, Health and Herbs.
Favorite Handpicked Herbal and
Nature Links
Ginseng Info Page
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karenintn@altnature.com
The purpose of
this web site is to educate about medicinal herbs and alternative medicine. It is an
expression of my love for nature and medicinal plants in particular, as well as
writing and botanical photography. I strive to learn as much as I can about
alternative medicine My Herb Picture
collections contain over 500 medicinal herb photographs of the plants in their
natural habitat or garden settings.
I am not so much a
practicing herbalist, as an explorer constantly learning about plants. My friend Deb
and I call ourselves "herbologists". I do not dig roots unless it is from a plant
that I have grown or been given permission to dig from the grower. Digging a root
means killing a plant. I'd rather have most of them around to photograph again next
year. I harvest a few herbs for my own use. I do not wildcraft enough herbs to sell.
You can get quality bulk herbs from Mountain
Rose Herbs. Once dried it takes a lot of herb material to make a pound.
One needs to ask what impact a large harvest would have on any wild plant
population.
There are, of course, exceptions.
You can find lists of wild plants that can be harvested freely by checking noxious
weed and invasive plant lists from your area. I have some on my
links page to help you. Many of our "weeds" are really
herbs used in Alternative Medicine.
For the last ten years, my
"project" has been photographing and learning to identify as many medicinal plants
as I can. Am I forgetting something? Oh, yeah, I am also the editor of
Alternative Nature Online Herbal, the huge web site with all the herb pictures, and
I make and sell Poison Ivy and Oak remedies from Jewelweed.
Have to go for now, been having
modem trouble all weekend.
One of the not so great things about living in the boondocks
Peace and Love, Karen
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