Goldenseal in the garden. 10 stems of it this year. I guess it’s happy.

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), is one of Appalachia’s most storied medicinal plants, having been used by Native Americans as a bitter tonic to treat digestive and liver problems and more recently by mountain folk as an insect repellent, throat gargle, and topical treatment for cuts and abrasions. Nonetheless, this fragile and beautiful perennial has been overharvested throughout much of its range, and mountaintop removal in the plant’s core habitat in Central Appalachia has decimated its populations. Goldenseal should never be harvested from the wild. Instead, it can be propagated from seed or rhizome cuttings available from reputable plant nurseries. Nowadays, finding this member of the buttercup family in the wild is a real treat.  For those interested in learning more, goldenseal has one of the most fascinating lifecycles of any of our native plants, as described here.  

Goldenseal in flower and fruit pin set, 2022. Claimed.

I still need to actually scan them, these are just terrible phone pictures in wretched light

Add this herb to your holistic home pharmacy.

Been taking these to support my immune system and natural resistance. I came down with the sniffles on Christmas Day. Not the way I wanted to start the new year, blowing my nose and coughing flem, but hey, it gives me a reason to strive to be healthier in 2020 🙂

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