Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is famously used for three things: protecting travelers, inverting breech babies, and causing intense lucid dreams that can later be recalled with ease. These vivid nocturnal adventures sometimes take unpleasant forms, which is why mugwort merchants often include these words on the packaging: “Warning, may cause nightmares.” Mugwort is dried and smoked [...]
Posts Tagged ‘traditional chinese medicine’
Mugwort: The Great Inverter
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged artemisa vulgaris, breech, mugwort, TCM, thujone, traditional chinese medicine on August 3, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Red Clover: The Detox Weed
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged liver qi, Red Clover, Tincture, traditional chinese medicine, trifolium on June 2, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I bet you’ve seen red clover, Trifolium spp., around wherever you live. It has those big round pinky-purple flowers with three-lobed leaves with white chevron markings on the foliage. Lots of people eat the sweet blossoms as kids, but did you know it’s used by herbalists as a blood purifier because it helps support the [...]
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