This episode of An Herbal Diary is a return to materia medica in the form of a full rosemary monograph. Herbal monographs are an immersive way to study and get to know an herb. Rosemary certainly deserves a complete herbal monograph. In this episode we delve into the virtues of rosemary, this queen of a plant, from the perspective of the kitchen, the spirit and the medicine cabinet.

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Episode 40 of An Herbal Diary: Infused OIl and Rosemary Biscotti

Episode Mentions:
Rosalee de la Foret
David Winston
Herbs with Rosalee Podcast
William Coles: Adam in Eden, Nature’s paradise, the history of plants, fruits, herbs and flowers
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

Sending you warming herbal thoughts and thank you for listening!!

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This episode highlights Ashwagandha, a medicinal herb that originates from the Indian Ayurvedic tradition. I’m spending time with this nourishing plant today with an herbal monograph episode. An herbal monograph is also called materia medica. It is a collection of knowledge about one plant that helps to describe the plant as a material of medicine. In the last episode of an herbal diary, I spoke about a general category of plants called adaptogens. If you’ve listened to that last episode, you will remember we talked about how there are only a few herbs that through research can be clearly defined as adaptogens. Ashwagandha is one of these herbs.

Ashwagandha’s botanical name: Withania Somnifera
Plant Family: Solanaceae

I’m excited to tell you about a new Herbal Diary spinoff. It’s a virtual baking club. We will highlight at least one herb each time we meet, you can bake along with me or just watch. I will send recipes ahead of time. More details to come very soon! If you have ideas or want to join, please email me dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com

Sending you warm autumn thoughts and thank you for joining me!

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three – two daughters and one son all now in college. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet. 

Lemon balm is like a blanket of peace, calming a nervous stomach, reducing anxiety, elevating  a gloomy feeling, and providing relief for sleepless nights. That’s a lot, but that’s also not all. 

Lemon balm is easy to grow, lovely to eat or drink as tea, powerful in its own right but not in a way that lends caution to using it. To get more lemon balm into our lives, can only be a good thing. And this is why I deem it a little herbal saver. 

Thank you for joining me for this part 2 lemon balm monograph. (Episode 52 is part 1)

Lemon Balm Vinaigrette:

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 teaspoon chopped lemon balm

Salt and pepper to taste

Combine olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar and dijon mustard. Whisk together until blended well. Stir in chopped lemon balm and salt and pepper. 

Store in the refrigerator. Serve with fennel and radish salads.

Photo of Lemon Balm from Henriette’s Herbal Homepage

Source for Lemon Balm Starter Plants:

Companion Plants

Strictly Medicinal Seeds

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three – two daughters and one son all now in college. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet. 

Lemon balm is soothing, calming and uplifting, whether fresh or dried its a pleasure to have and use. Lemon balm is such a gem that it deserves a a two part herbal monograph. Here in part 1, I focus on lemon balm’s origin and the benefits it can offer for us now. I also offer favorite sources for dried lemon balm and some recipes for making teas and tinctures. Thank you for joining me.

Sources for Dried Lemon Balm
Mountain Rose Herbs
Avena Botanicals

Herbalist & Alchemist

Taraxacum officinale = Dandelion: leaf, root, flower, stem

Materia medica tells a plant’s story. Please join me to explore and appreciate one of the herbalism sweethearts, a far cry from bothersome weed. I hope by the end you will love dandelion and never want to spray it with chemicals again. ?

Dandelion leaf monograph

Photos of Tarasque in Tarascon, France

Sources for Dandelion:
Black Locust Gardens – fresh
Oshala Farm – dried
White PIne Community Farm – dried, tincture
Mountain Rose Herbs – dried leaf, root, roasted root, extracts, powder, capsules
Herbalist & Alchemist – leaf extract, root extract, glycerite
Dandelion Wine

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Materia Medica is a fancy way of telling a plant’s story and the herbal monograph documents it in an organized way. In this episode I share my own monograph on nettle. ??

You can find the full nettle profile HERE but here’s a quick episode recap:

* plant personalities and their stories
* considerations for growing nettle for medicine
* where to buy
* using fresh nettle in cooking
* herbal nettle preparations
* specific indications for nettle as medicines

Mentions:
Matthew Wood’s Books
Susan Weed | Wise Woman Way
7song | Northeast School of Botanical Medicine

Sources:
Avena Botanicals
Local Herb Growers
Mountain Rose Herbs
Herbalist & Alchemist

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