The humble Basil genus of herbs have an incredible five thousand year history full of myth and folklore. In ancient times this herb was feared by men because it was ruled by the astrological sign Scorpio.
Medicinal Plants
It is now more important than ever to access, remember, retain and document traditional preventative remedies and cures before they are lost to us forever. This involves knowledge and cultivation of medicinal plants used in your culture.
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Hydrastis canadensis Golden Seal American Indian Medicine
Golden seal can be sold as powdered roots, capsules, tincture or ointment. It is used to treat inflamed mucous membranes, and infections, especially when they have become chronic
Tumeric Ancient Medicine
Tumeric is an rhizome and ancient sacred spice also known as Indian saffron and indigenous to the monsoon forests of south east asia. It is a member of the ginger family and also comes in a white variety.
What is Comfrey?
Comfrey is an indispensable herb to grow in your garden. Not only is it a rich fertilizer, mulch and compost activator, it is also a powerful healing herb for the skin and bones.
Nutmeg Rasta Magical Spice
Apart from its known hallucinatory and culinary uses this spice has also been used as a magical medicine continuing into the twentieth century. Just carrying it was believed to cure anything from backache to boils.
Grow Beans in your Rasta Garden
There is nothing better than growing your own beans. They are simple to grow, easy to harvest and delicious to eat.
Cinnamon – Preventative Remedy
This spice has been known from remote antiquity, and it was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and other great potentates
Home Grown Mosquito Repellent from your Rasta Garden
Lemon Grass or Fever Grass is something that is always growing in a subtropical or tropical garden. It is a very beneficial medicinal plant and with the addition of cloves makes an excellent mosquito repellent.
Dill Seed once worth more than Gold
Dill was once known as the beauty herb. Before the days of crash diets, health spas and diet pills, when a woman was expected to retain her youthful figure after bearing eight or more children, dill seed was used to maintain a lithe svelte figure.
Asparagus Every Day Keeps the Doctor away
Asparagus was known in ancient times as a very powerful aphrodisiac. Given the phallic appearance of the spears nature has certainly sent a message to that effect for us to heed.
Tulsi Plant or Holy Basil
Wherever Tulsi grows there is no misery.She is the holiest of the holy.Wherever the breeze blows her fragrance there is purity.Vishnu showers blessing on those who worship and grow Tulsi.
Hemp Plant and the Resurgence of Natures Medicine
Despite all the propaganda, it is not addictive and when grown naturally is a powerful medicine that raises consciousness. Hemp is the most widely cultivated plant on earth. It seems that human beings today are fascinated with help and it is worth more than gold.
Lemongrass Jamaican Fever Grass Plant Medicine
Lemon Grass is an easy plant to grow in subtropical and tropical climates. Lemongrass oil is used for its delicious lemony scent, as a calmative and a tonic in aromatherapy and the dry or fresh herb for a lovely flavour in herbal teas.
Rasta Jamaican Medicinal Plants of Portland
Jamaican medicinal plants have a long traditional use and have created a strong people resilient to illness. The people of Portland Jamaica are renowned for their excellent health and long life. It was said that the doctors went out of business here as the people never got sick, just got old and dead.
Treat Golden Staff with Spanish Needle or Bidens pilosa
In all the time that I have been a gardener, there are certain weeds that really took some effort to control. Farmers friends was one of those weeds, taking only a few weeks to go to seed and then spreading like wild fire.Little patches would spring up in out of the way places and be missed and then they would seed the whole place
Flower Essences Ancient Healers for a Modern World
So what is enlightenment anyway or maybe you’d call it consciousness.This is the best description I have ever read. Enlightenment is about putting an end to spiritual seeking.
Aloe barbadensis Miller Rasta Maroon Medicine Sinkle Bible
Aloe barbadensis was grown in the West Indies around the 16th century. It also acts as a topical sedative and a skin moisturiser and is very beneficial in the healing of various diseases such as rashes, eczema, burns, redness, cancer and cold sores.
Jamaican Rum Punch made with Sorrel Hibiscus sabdariffa
Rosella or ‘ Sorrel’, as it is commonly known in the West Indies, is an annual plant, that is a plant that germinates from seed, flowers and fruits in one year, then dies off.It grows to a height of about two metres in good conditions, but is very hardy.