The Baneful Herbs

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Elder – a love story
Long discussion about the Elder plant, the history/folklore, and most importantly: the potential for cyanide poisoning and how to properly process both flowers and fruit.
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1500 – 1300 BCE The Hebrew Scriptures refer to birth control, treatments for infertility and the knowledge of midwives.
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FOXGLOVE: Digitalis purpura AKA: Witches’ Gloves, Faery’s Gloves, Dead Man’s Bells, Faery Thimbles, Folks Gloves Origin: Britain and Europe. Part Used: Leaves, sometimes flowers. Lore: Spots on flowers said to mark where elves have put their fingers. It is said that the favorite places of the Fae are in the woody dells where the Foxglove grows. It is a Druid sacred herb. Magick: Herb of the Underworld. Associated with Faeries. Grow near the home for protection.
Eugene Damblans (1865-1945): In a Forest Near Chartres France Druids Collect Mistletoe for Ritual Purposes
Heaven can wait
Mistletoe was believed to have magical properties and was used in medicine since ancient times. The Druids held mistletoe in great reverence as a sacred plant that could cure any illness. It was harvested in a great ceremony and cut from the trees with a golden sickle. Mistletoe that grew on oak trees had the highest value because of its rarity.
Mistletoe was highly revered & sought by ancient Druids for its powers of protection & healing. It is an evergreen parasitic plant & is often found growing among the branches of apple, ash & hawthorn trees. It is an antispasmodic, used to treat epilepsy & other convulsive nervous disorders & neuralgias. It is also used as a narcotic to "temporarily benumb" & can staunch internal hemorrhage.
American Phytopathological Society
§§§ : Druids worshipping the mistletoe : 18th century
'Druid Ceremony Gathering Mistletoe in the Forest' Giclee Print | AllPosters.com
§§§ : Druid ceremony gathering mistletoe in the forest : ca.1900