The journey of finding a variety of ,herb maps’ online keeps on unwinding. After I discovered that the herb map of Europe was made by Baldwin’s, I went to their blog with the intent of finding out more about it. Didn’t find any more information than I already knew, but I did find some more Baldwin’s infographic herb maps. Here they are… Herb Map of South America Herb Map of […]
A couple of days ago, I wrote about a rather lovely map of America where each state/area was illustrated with the medicinal herb typical of, or grown in that area. I found, and still find it enchanting. ` Recently, another herbal friend of mine on facebook shared an image of a European Herb Map where each area of land is represented by the herb or medicinal plant that it is known […]
A friend on Facebook recently posted a link to an article containing a very interesting poster. This poster is from America, and was created in 1932 for the National Wholesale Druggists Association as part of a promotional campaign. It is a fascinating map of herbs grown across America, and as a herbalist who uses many American herbs myself, seeing them on a map really helps me to place things. It’s […]
So herbal medicine has been in this news quite a lot this week. Normally, I like any publicity or exposure that my chosen profession and pet subject receives. But not this week. This week has been a bizarre contradiction of disclosures and an exercise in hyperbolic statements made without engaging common sense first. This week the government published its ‘Report on the regulation of regulation of herbal medicines and practitioners‘. […]