Happy Saturday Everyone! This week is all about cowslip.
Cowslip is an herb that flowers and is native to most of
Europe and Asia. The leaves have been
used in a number of different cultures in their cooking. They have been used as a salad green in
Spanish cooking, and the flowers were used to flavor wine and vinegars.
It Is an early bloomer that has played a big role in the
lives of the Celtic druids, as a part of their pharmacy and mythology. It was likely used in magical potions to help
the other herbal constituents to be increasingly absorbed. Medicinal parts of the plant were also recommended
by Hildegard von Bingen, a German
Benectine nun, for topical use, but the leaves were eaten as food as well. In folk medicine, gout and rheumatism were
treated with cowslip, as well as it being a sedative. Today, it is mostly used as tinctures or dry
extracts.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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