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Xanthoria parietina and Physcia lichens, growing on mulberry bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria and Physcia lichens grow in similar environments, and therefore they can be often seen together.  A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.  Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not plants. They may have tiny, leafless branches (fruticose); flat leaf-like structures (foliose); crust-like, adhering tightly to a surface (substrate) like a thick coat of paint (crustose); a powder-like appearance (leprose); or other growth forms. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Αττικό Άλσος) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce8JkXqr-ED/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I want to tell you about something that has been on my mind. Hear me out if you have a minute. . . . I’m thinking about starting a tuition-free online course for students of herbal medicine. And I’m trying to sort out the feasibility of such a thing, especially in terms of 1). What sort of interest is out there in taking such a course and 2). Who might be interested in helping to teach such a course. I’m imagining a fairly in-depth program involving some basic science instruction (botany, anatomy/physiology/pathology, basic and organic chemistry), as well as the more trade-specific stuff like how to make a tincture and how to conduct an intake interview. Right now this is just an idea, and it would take a while (at least a year) to create the content i’m imagining. . . . The way i see it, poor people, and especially those from socially and economically marginalized communities, are the ones who kept the traditions of herbal medicine in this country going throughout the middle of the 20th century. Now that herbal medicine is popular and even trendy, people from those same communities might never have access to the quality of education on the subject that their wealthier and less socially marginalized peers might have. Having come from one of the most impoverished communities in the country, i think that’s awful. . . . So my hope is that it would be feasible to create a donation-funded, free tuition program that would give people the skills and information they need to prepare them to be really good herbalists. . . . My working title for this project is “the hedge school”, after the secret schools my ancestors and others like them ran in Ireland during the generations where it was prohibited for an Irish person to receive most types of education. . . . So that’s what i have to say for now; let me know what you think. . #herbalmedicine #herbalism #healthcare #herbaleducation https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dklaflZE4/?igshid=1heibalk7w44y

Xanthoria parietina lichen, growing on pine bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria parietina prefers growing on bark and wood; it is found more rarely on rock. The upper surface is some shade of yellow, orange, or greenish yellow, almost green when growing in shady situations, while the lower surface is white, with a cortex, and with sparse pale rhizines or hapters. The outer "skin" of the lichen, the cortex, is composed of closely packed fungal hyphae and serves to protect the thallus from water loss due to evaporation as well as harmful effects of high levels of irradiation. In Xanthoria parietina, the thickness of the thalli is known to vary depending on the habitat in which it grows. Thalli are much thinner in shady locations than in those exposed to full sunshine; this has the effect of protecting the algae that cannot tolerate high light intensities. The lichen pigment parietin gives this species a deep yellow or orange-red color. The water extract of X. parietina has good antiviral activity in vitro, inhibiting the replication of human parainfluenza virus type 2. In the past it was used as a remedy for jaundice because of its yellow color. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CajV-JrMvXd/?utm_medium=tumblr

Xanthoria parietina lichen, growing on pine bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria parietina prefers growing on bark and wood; it is found more rarely on rock. The upper surface is some shade of yellow, orange, or greenish yellow, almost green when growing in shady situations, while the lower surface is white, with a cortex, and with sparse pale rhizines or hapters. The outer "skin" of the lichen, the cortex, is composed of closely packed fungal hyphae and serves to protect the thallus from water loss due to evaporation as well as harmful effects of high levels of irradiation. In Xanthoria parietina, the thickness of the thalli is known to vary depending on the habitat in which it grows. Thalli are much thinner in shady locations than in those exposed to full sunshine; this has the effect of protecting the algae that cannot tolerate high light intensities. The lichen pigment parietin gives this species a deep yellow or orange-red color. The water extract of X. parietina has good antiviral activity in vitro, inhibiting the replication of human parainfluenza virus type 2. In the past it was used as a remedy for jaundice because of its yellow color. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZoM52MUg_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Myoporum tree, growing in Kythera. It can tolerate the salt so well ! See my books at bit.ly/elefteria ...and my courses at jointheflow.net ....read more about the plant. Myoporum laetum, commonly known as ngaio /ˈnaɪ.oʊ/ or mousehole tree is a plant in the family Scrophulariaceae endemic to New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands. It is a fast growing shrub, readily distinguished from others in the genus by the transparent dots in the leaves which are visible when held to a light. The Māori would rub the leaves over their skin to repel mosquitoes and sandflies. The leaves of this tree contain the liver toxin Ngaione which can cause sickness and or death in stock such as horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. Thus the plant is suitable only for external use. Photos by Elefteria Mantzorou, all rights reserved. Text by Wikipedia and pfaf. #herbaleducation #myoporum #medicinalplants #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Kythera island - Νήσος Κύθηρα) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRv2RVWLYSC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Verbascum spp. showing off! See my books on Amazon here: bit.ly/elefteria and keep reading! The plant is known in Greece as "flomos". Dioscorides first recommended the plant 2000 years ago, believing it useful as a folk medicine for pulmonary diseases. Leaves were smoked to attempt to treat lung ailments, a tradition that in America was rapidly transmitted to Native American peoples. All preparations meant to be drunk have to be finely filtered to eliminate the irritating hairs. Oil from the flowers was used against catarrhs, colics, earaches, frostbite, eczema and other external conditions. The German Commission E describes uses of the plant for respiratory infections. Roman soldiers are said to have dipped the plant stalks in grease for use as torches. Other cultures use the leaves as wicks. Learn more about our online herbalism courses. Check link in bio or visit jointheflow.net Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text by Wikipedia. #mullein #verbascum #verbascumundulatum #botanist #herbalism #plantspiritmedicine #Scrophulariaceae #greekflora #greekherbs #myherbalstudies #herbalistsofinstagram #botanicalmedicine #wildfood #wildfoodlove #foraging #survivalskills #primitiveskills  #botany #herbaleducation #myherbalstudies #botanicalmedicine #eatweeds (at Methoni Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRl8Kt3r-xD/?utm_medium=tumblr

This is Hibiscus syriacus, known as "iviskos" in Greece, and its petals are EDIBLE!  Looking to preserve and use more wild, free food? In our course: https://bit.ly/texnologiatrofimon you will learn everything from pickles to fermentation and smoke curing.  This is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae.The leaf and the flowers are edible - try adding them in salads! You can also dry them and use them in teas. H. syriacus has 5-petaled flowers (to 7.5 cm or 3 inches diameter) in solid colors of white, red, purple, mauve, violet, or blue, or bicolors with a different colored throat, depending upon the cultivar. Extending from the base of these five petals is the pistil at the center, with the stamen around it. These basic characteristics give the H. syriacus flower and its many variants their distinctive form. The plant can bloom continuously from July through September, usually at night. The 10-centimetre-wide (4-inch), single- or double-flowering, large-petaled, very showy flowers adorn the plant throughout the summer. With maturity, flexible plant stems become weighted under the load of prolific summer flowers, and bend over halfway to the ground. #herbaleducation #hibiscus #hibiscussyriacus #rosemallow #edibleflowers #medicinalplants #myherbalstudies #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #plantallies #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies  #foraging #plantallies #malvaceae  Text credit: Wikipedia (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChHCjdfrpvI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are Magnolia grandiflora fruits! The flowers are edible and can be pickled,, or dried (they are used as tea and / or spice in that form). Also, a tincture can be made from the bark (called hou po in Chinese). Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey #herbaleducation #magnolia #magnoliagrandiflora #chineseherbs #chineseherbalmedicine #chinesemedicine #edibleflowers #medicinalplants #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #plantallies #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies  #foraging #plantallies (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg8sEuCIHff/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=