Purple Throats. Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal, Ecologische Heemtuin, Stadspark, Groningen, The Netherlands
There was a little break in the Leaden-Grey Skies, so I biked out to the Stadspark to see what I could see.
Here's pretty Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal. Apparently it is or was used in herbal medicine against throat aches and more specifically for an aggravated form of tonsillitis. It seems - at least that's recorded by Abraham Munting (1626-1683), and no doubt others before him - that it works best if one gargles with an infusion of Prunella after a blood vessel under the tongue has been opened...
No, I didn't bike home for such an incision but for a glass of nice red wine in the Chills with which the Summer of 2015 inflicts us.
Purple Throats. Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal, Ecologische Heemtuin, Stadspark, Groningen, The Netherlands
There was a little break in the Leaden-Grey Skies, so I biked out to the Stadspark to see what I could see.
Here's pretty Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal. Apparently it is or was used in herbal medicine against throat aches and more specifically for an aggravated form of tonsillitis. It seems - at least that's recorded by Abraham Munting (1626-1683), and no doubt others before him - that it works best if one gargles with an infusion of Prunella after a blood vessel under the tongue has been opened...
No, I didn't bike home for such an incision but for a glass of nice red wine in the Chills with which the Summer of 2015 inflicts us.