I just returned last night from my coastal Maine garden, where the coltsfoot (which I never ever could grow in SE Pa) is trying to overtake all its neighbors. Back in the land of easy internet, I looked to find 'medicinal benefit of tussilago farfara': PubMed to the rescue. Anti cancer, anti-viral, anti-diabetic inter alia. Now …
I just returned last night from my coastal Maine garden, where the coltsfoot (which I never ever could grow in SE Pa) is trying to overtake all its neighbors. Back in the land of easy internet, I looked to find 'medicinal benefit of tussilago farfara': PubMed to the rescue. Anti cancer, anti-viral, anti-diabetic inter alia. Now I'm sorry I didn't take any leaves yesterday. When husband dug out soil from under cottage ~10 years ago, where that clay was deposited, coltsfoot showed up in profusion the next spring. Seeds hiding for 100 years, perhaps. Laughed to see that WebMD (like a few others) says 'no value', but loads of sci papers refute that claim. 30 years ago, when little serious info was available (the 'dark age' before internet), I grew medicinal herbs avidly ; returning to that avocation now is so much 'validated fun'.
Dear 2SG,
I just returned last night from my coastal Maine garden, where the coltsfoot (which I never ever could grow in SE Pa) is trying to overtake all its neighbors. Back in the land of easy internet, I looked to find 'medicinal benefit of tussilago farfara': PubMed to the rescue. Anti cancer, anti-viral, anti-diabetic inter alia. Now I'm sorry I didn't take any leaves yesterday. When husband dug out soil from under cottage ~10 years ago, where that clay was deposited, coltsfoot showed up in profusion the next spring. Seeds hiding for 100 years, perhaps. Laughed to see that WebMD (like a few others) says 'no value', but loads of sci papers refute that claim. 30 years ago, when little serious info was available (the 'dark age' before internet), I grew medicinal herbs avidly ; returning to that avocation now is so much 'validated fun'.