ASPARAGUS

Cultivated over 4,000 years ago by the Egyptians. It has long been known as a diuretic, useful in treatment of rheumatic conditions as it hastens the flushing of waste products accumulated in the joints out of the body in the urine. Greek physician Dioscorides...

ARMERIA ‘Thrift or Sea Pink’

Once used in the treatment of obesity. Used to treat certain nervous disorders & urinary infections. Antibiotic properties, but not to be used as an antiseptic poultice as it may cause dermatitis.

APIUM ‘Celery’

  Cultivated for over 3,000 years. Italian gardeners developed the celery we know today. Used to treat rheumatic conditions & gout. Seeds are useful in arthritis, helping to detoxify the body & improve circulation of blood to the muscles & joints. Celery...

AGROPYRON ‘Couch grass’

Couch grass has long played an important role with herbalists. Pliny & Dioscorides both promoted it as improving urine flow and dissolving kidney stones. (couch grass decoction taken over several months will prevent further enlargement) Heated seeds used in hot,...

AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA ‘Agrimony’ ‘Sicklewort’

Long used by herbalists to staunch blood flow and encourage clot formation. Mild astringent. Used for acute sore throats, chronic catarrh, diarrhoea in children, cystitis & urinary incontinence. Also used for kidney stones, rheumatism & arthritis &...