September 23, 2025 Jeremy Herbal Remedies, Materia medica, Plants Fall Equinox Apothecary Inventory Equinoxes and Solstices are excellent occasions for taking stock of your apothecary supplies. | more
August 28, 2024 Jeremy Materia medica Stinky Bob (Geranium robertianum) BOTANICAL NAME: Germanium robertianum FAMILY: Geraniaceae (Geranium) COMMON NAME(S): Herb Robert, Stinky Bob, Death-Come-Quickly, Squinter-Pip, Crow's Foot, Poor Robin BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: "It grows as a procumbent (prostrate or trailing) to erect annual or biennial plant, up to fifty centimetres high, producing small, pink, five-petalled flowers (8–14 mm in diameter) from April until the autumn. | more
August 2, 2024 Jeremy Materia medica Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) Beads of dried latex on a L. virosa stem. (All images courtesy of the author unless otherwise indicated.) 1. | more
