Challenge to my readers

[bunnyjadwiga]

What herb, herbal, or herb-related topic would you like me to research and post a short essay(s) on?

Comments

[vox8.livejournal.com]

I have heard mixed reports regarding the use of Tarragon in period. Did they use it for culinary applications? Did they use it at all? If so, where was it most common?

Is that a narrow enough focus for you?

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Abortifacents.

[landverhuizer.livejournal.com]

Herb safety, similar to what danabren suggested but not

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

Herbs and the Humours, please.

[isenglass.livejournal.com]

Topical agents for external healing.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

How to keep the freakin' comfrey from taking over the village?

[peregrinning.livejournal.com]

Best herbs for planting a planter-box/bench. You know, the little benches where the top surface is sod/turf or some other plant? I remember hearing that certain herbs combine the tightly-packed growth, soft-to-sit-on, and smell nice-but-not-too-strong to make a perfect bench-top...

[helwen.livejournal.com]

I like everyone else's ideas... sorry, not feeling exceptionally creative, just spent 4 hours straight reading/typing/editing....

hm... Maybe poultices? Like for bruises and/or sore muscles?

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

Why coltsfoot, mugwort and mullein when burned together smell exactly like pot?

No, I am *not* in a serious mood today :-X

[pearl]

Angelica, how it was used, if it really originated somewhere in Lithuania like my unhelpful modern herbal claimed.