What is herb? Many people define herbs as plants which have a use in some aspect of our lives. This maybe a broad definition, but it encompasses those herbs throughout history that have been harvested for cooking, medicine and cosmetics, as well as for the household use, religion and celebrations. If we narrow the boundaries of what is or is not a herb, we exclude plants such as teasel, traditionally use for the nap on cloth, or honesty, believed in the past to cure “moon” madness as its transparent seeds pods resemble moons. Some plants, like honesty, are included in herb collections purely fed as or their historic symbolism though they are not used as a herb today. In the past, what we now term vegetables were called ‘pot herbs’, so we can embrace all these ideas by simply calling a herb ‘a useful plant’.
What is Herb?
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What is Herb?
What is herb? Many people define herbs as plants which have a use in some aspect of our lives. This maybe a broad definition, but it encompasses those herbs throughout history that have been harvested for cooking, medicine and cosmetics, as well as for the household use, religion and celebrations. If we narrow the boundaries of what is or is not a herb, we exclude plants such as teasel, traditionally use for the nap on cloth, or honesty, believed in the past to cure “moon” madness as its transparent seeds pods resemble moons. Some plants, like honesty, are included in herb collections purely fed as or their historic symbolism though they are not used as a herb today. In the past, what we now term vegetables were called ‘pot herbs’, so we can embrace all these ideas by simply calling a herb ‘a useful plant’.
What is herb? Many people define herbs as plants which have a use in some aspect of our lives. This maybe a broad definition, but it encompasses those herbs throughout history that have been harvested for cooking, medicine and cosmetics, as well as for the household use, religion and celebrations. If we narrow the boundaries of what is or is not a herb, we exclude plants such as teasel, traditionally use for the nap on cloth, or honesty, believed in the past to cure “moon” madness as its transparent seeds pods resemble moons. Some plants, like honesty, are included in herb collections purely fed as or their historic symbolism though they are not used as a herb today. In the past, what we now term vegetables were called ‘pot herbs’, so we can embrace all these ideas by simply calling a herb ‘a useful plant’.
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