Medicinal Herbs – Physic Garden

Sentient Metaphysics

There are hundreds of remarkably common herbs, flowers, berries and plants that serve all kinds of important medicinal and health purposes such as anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, insect repellent, antiseptic, expectorant, antibacterial, detoxification, fever reduction, antihistamine and pain relief.

In ancient times, monks and physicians grew gardens specifically full of healing herbs called Physics. A physic garden is a place where plants with medicinal properties grow. For thousands of years people have been using plants to cure all kinds of ills.  A physic garden brings an array of healing herbs into one potent place and becomes a space for learning, research and experimentation. I have listed four great herbs to help you start your own physics garden. You do not need a large back yard and you don’t need to have a green thumb. These herbs can be grown in pots and require little maintenance.

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Medicinal Herbs – Mugwort The Prophet

Sentient Metaphysics

Mystical magical mugwort the herb of protection and psychic vision. Artemisia vulgaris, sometimes known as common wormwood, felon herb, travelers herb, chrysanthemum weed and Sailors tobacco (used as a alternative to tobacco when supplies run low at sea) among others. Native to Europe, Asia, Africa and some parts of North America, this perennial plant grows one to two meters tall and is very hardy, some call it a weed.

MUGWORT – Artemisia vulgaris

One of the most popular medicinal herbs used in Japanese and Chinese medicine for a variety of health benefits, including colds, fever, flu, headache and bowel pain. The leaves and flowers are also used to flavor food, such as meat and fish, the Japanese use mugwort to make a variety of sweets. Before the use of hops, mugwort was the favored flavor ingredient for ( dried leaves ) beer.

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