Herb of the Day: Phytolacca
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Phytolacca decandra This beautiful picture was taken in the Buffalo area at the home of my wonderful midwife/friend Khristeena Kingsley. But as gorgeous as this plant [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Phytolacca decandra This beautiful picture was taken in the Buffalo area at the home of my wonderful midwife/friend Khristeena Kingsley. But as gorgeous as this plant [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND I have been waiting a week to see the flower buds bloom on my Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola), but today I realized that like other plants, the flowers only open at [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) is a member of the Asteraceae family, which unfortunately for identification purposes, contains a lot of flowers that look [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND I’m not a botanist by any means, so sometimes I run across an herb and I am stumped if it’s one thing or another. This is one of those times, so I’d like to share my [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND My mountain is full of wild raspberries. They are everywhere, which makes the walks we take more tolerable for the husband. But Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is used [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Some of the plants I have been writing about I know from learning about them through naturopathic medical school. Sometimes I can recognize them, other times I take [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Common mallow, Dwarf mallow or Cheeseweed (Malva neglecta) is one of those plants that is really easy to find, even in the city. And as the name implies, it is found [...]
Have you ever sat on a lawn and observed the variety of plants within? There is definitely a lot more than just grass and the sign of a toxic lawn is one that doesn’t contain anything but grass. [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson This plant is Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), which is considered [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Yellow Dock or Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) is harvested for it’s roots or mucilaginous new leaves in its leaf sheath. I haven’t seen many of these on my [...]