Heather Allinson, Author at The Lost Herbs

10 Mistakes You Could Be Making When Storing Herbs

02/21/2023
Heather Allinson
All Articles, Backyard Plants, Household Remedies
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Medicinal herbs, leaves, flowers, seeds, bark, and roots can all be used to treat any ailment. The active ingredients in herbs are volatile oils (essential oils) and other chemical constituents. As powerful as these constituents are, they are easily destroyed…

Yaupon: America’s Forgotten Tea

12/02/2022
Heather Allinson
All Articles, Backyard Plants, Household Remedies, Plant of The Week, Recipes
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Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) has played an important role in Native Americans’ lives for over a thousand years. It is a perennial, evergreen shrub that is native to southeastern North America and is one of two endemic American holly plants…

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