Clover; Red Clover ~ Trifolium pratence: and Dandelion ~ Taraxacom

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One of the most interesting parts of herbalism, TO ME, is that there is a whimsical magic that adds mystery and imagination.

Two things I have  noticed; The first is that I have always known, but didn't know where to put it. I have noted this from time to time when I am talking about herbs and my favorite and why that is. I notice that I don't remember the medical jargon. I am not privy to medical language. Nor am I too excited about medical social structures that are set here these days. I know there are wonders upon wonders, but there is also a very serious dark side. I know there is a dark side to the magic of herbs, but it feels more natural.
I am very imaginative, so I think of being in this forest. The forest of my dreams. I was fortunate to toddle in a great red wood forest where we lived when I was 3 until I was 8 years old. There I fell in ABSOLUTE love with the sound of the forest. Entering it was magical. I dreamed of things that I wasn't sure later didn't really happen or not. Those were great dreams. I have been back to that area and am sad to say that the forest was risen to develop more of the Boeing suburbs apparently needed at the time. ;(

So, relatively, I remember some old story about Dan de Lion. The cover had a white background which was minute compared to the rolling hill of a field of dandelion with Dan de Lion emerging henceforth. I knew it wasn't really ABOUT dandelions. It was about a lion. There were pastures of dandelions and if you looked just so, you could see the lion, who became the main character. This was a children's allegory about character building or some such. (I do need to see if I can find it.) But what is interesting to me, is that I am pretty sure it was a real story from my youth. The doubt created a wonderful mystery and the thought of writing a story myself. And whether or not the story(if it was for real) had only to do with character, or if the lion and the dandelion were only happenstance, or were they chosen? I know; who knows? But my point is that the question is exciting and magical!
 I have written a couple of little shorts in feiry(fairy) language which were full of allegory. My last computer or the one before that or one of my hundreds(or so it seems) of journals has a couple of the stories. I made fairy houses and wrote stories to go with. It was a great pleasure!

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Next is the clover; I've nearly lost my point on it. For some unknown reason the Latin name means something to me. I don't know what. It's familiarity is magically haunting. I don't/haven't thought too closely about it, I just know that when I think of Red Clover's Latin name, Trifolium pratence, it is familiar. Red Clover has been a smell and a beauty that I have loved since I can remember. They are my two life long friends! Leaving my Clover and Dandelion patches are the toughest thing I can think of. Of course, leaving my family is beyond words. But maybe I will find some magical wisdom if I focus on these ancient friends! I have always recognised Dandelion and (Red) Clover as very particularly important to me personally. I will take my own advice here to ponder and wonder for one more season and maybe next winter my story of who Clover and Dan de Lion are to me will unfold. If not, I sure as heck will be focusing on them in the next friendly patch(es) I see on my journey to the edge of the sea this season!


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Red Clover, red clover; Send your beautiful buds over! :D

Here is my favorite life long herb!
The photo was taken 03.11.12. I haven't had a chance to look at it since. I don't think it is doing anything yet. And to my dismay, my little red clover field looked like it didn't even have one mound yet. Strange! IDK~~~Just roll with it then, right? :D

I remember driving to a big festival called the Further fest.
We went down toward the southern Oregon Coast. It was just about an hour past dawn and the dew was evaporating in an already warm summer day.
We drove over the crest of a rolling hill among many
When a whiff of something otherworldly divine hit me!
I was transformed, but had to stop to see what it was.
I squinted to see that the field was a total field of red clover!
It was instantanious love!
Thank you God! Thank you MOTHER NATURE! You are divine!


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Evening Primrose; This is my herbal ally for this year, Although I am working with other HERBS;

I have chosen Evening Primrose as my herbal ally. I discovered that it is growing wild just a block away and have started cultivating it since I discovered it last fall. I will be working with other herbs that are my allies as well. I chose Dandelion, Red Clover and Cleavers for my humorous regime and will be working with them for this year and always. I have loved Dandelion since I was a child and remember a story and plan to write several stories about him! Red Clover, too, goes back to my childhood and life long love of bees. Cleavers was a hidden treasure, I've always known it was there, but only discovered its beauty and abudant loving nature this last spring. I am also working extensively with Marshmallow(Mallow) learning about her bounty and gifts is beyond words. I have just started working with elder and have several herbs that I am excited to meet and learn more about. More later! Cheers©Allisonians Please ask me for permission to use my photos or writing

Here is a link for Evening Primrose for my reference. Elder is there as well.
http://www.indianayurvedaonline.blogspot.com/2010/09/evening-primrose-oil-oenothera-biennis.html

So, if it isn't apparent in my blog which is my ally, it is, I must admit, because I have more than one. :D

My Clover Patch in Winter! It was a beautiful day here. Standing in Kelso, WA facing South the background hills are Rainier, Oregon. :D

 

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Red Clover video from Thea Summer Deer~~~Very Good information

http://youtu.be/NxCEBDul7Vw

Red Clover; Red Clover; send your seeds over!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~:D

Wouldn't it be funny if the old 'Red Rover' was 'Red Clover'? Well maybe not funny, but I am going to go pick spent red clover for it's seeds. The seeds are black heart shaped and can be used as flour (I am not sure where the reference came from; I think it is J. Levy's book that mentions that use, but will check and add the info as I find it. I am on my way to the red clover field with my Friends for a bit of it...:D
It is cold today. I feel offset because we didn't have much sun in our summer here.
Wonders upon wonders. We are not as big as we might think. I don't think we like it when we don't know why something has occurred, even when there are many many theories. I know the rest of the world had decent summers though, and some even too hot, but not here, no. ©Allisonians

Here is the lovely eHow's link on picking red clover for it's seeds; (the subject says clover, but the seed process is basically the same for either white or red clover) http://www.ehow.com/how_5869556_harvest-clover-seed.html


 Caio. and such.

Red Clover, red clover, out back drying in the misty edges of the cresting sun. I use the cloth and a blind to displace the sunlight as needed{not much Mr. Sun this year so far), or move it by noon inside...:D

                                                              ~~~SWEET!~~~
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Erase the Line; Red Clover Walkin' :D Trifolium Pratense

There is an old walkway under this precious plant! The blossoms are the size of fiftycent pieces. So, I have a few drying out back. Pics to follow! Clover, shes' devinity walkin' shinin' out in the dismal day like she knows something we all do not. Ya think?

Happy clover for about a 100 feet!

I am very pleased we got to meet. :D

I use clover for sweetener. I also use it for anti-inflammatory, good for stomache and many more things!

                  There is a lot of info on Red Clover. Look it up. It is in a lot of tea blends. Very Yummy!

I went out walkin' this morning. Here's my 'Plant of the Day' photo winner. I am amazed at the size and color, aren't you? tootles :D

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Whispertown 2000 reminds me of so much of my youth, only, I think, they are havin' a bit more fun. At least it looks that way. I did have some fun, but also a little too much fun, if you know what I mean

Whispertown 2000, Erase the Line;
One of my Life long (or since I heard of them) songs;
Its political, but it's also talkin' about some of my favorite things. Just like that! :D


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Saidith of Clover, Long ago by a fellow lover of the plant and said expert of his time; I thinks he was/is; if I choose, I always will...:D

"Plinie writeth and setteth it downe for certaine,

that the leaves hereof do tremble and

stande right up

 against the coming of a storme or tempest." 

 John Gerard 1597

A linkie about John's herbal pursuits and antique woodcuts;

http://www.philographikon.com/gerardbotanicals.html

linkie about Plinie Secundus;

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/pliny7.html

Hoxey

Found variations;
Here are the sites I have looked at so far.

http://www.theherbalist.com/hoxsey-formula-herbal-extract.html
It listed ingredients; red clover, licorice (no for geo reasons, not for me), Oregon Grape(Berberis Nervosa), Chapparal (Glycyrrhiza Glabra), Sarsarparilla (smillax ornata), Echinacea, Prickly Ash (Zanthozylum Americanum), and potasium iodide.


http://www.naturesalternatives.com/herbs/rbxp.html

ontents: Red Clover blossom, Licorice root, Buckthorn bark, Burdock root, Stillingia root, Poke root, Barberry root, Oregon Grape root, Cascara Sagrada bark, Prickly Ash bark, Wild Indigo root and Sea Kelp. 15 to 45 drops 2-3 times daily between meals. Not recommended if nursing or pregnant.

http://www.hoxseyherb.com/


http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/hoxsey-herbal-treatment

This had information on topical for skin symptoms as well.