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2004
November 2004
- 6 Berberis tincture
- 32 Calendula salve.
- 17 Caraway and cumins
- 30 Clematis tincture
- 1 Crataegus - hawthorn
- 18 Crataegus update
- 2 Fraxinus - ash
- 24 Google scholar
- 33 Journal: Medical Herbalism
- 19 Herb butter.
- 4 Magnolia seed
- 12 Nettle seed.
- 14 Peppermint sugar
- 5 Polypodium, polypody
- 25 Quick herbal bread-spread
- 28 Rose salve
- 26 Snow
- 29 The last flower
- 27 Vitex not for PMS.
- 8 Warm warming drinks
December 2004
- 60 Calendula flowers.
- 46 Cholesterol and statins.
- 21 Cinnamons.
- 59 Cut'n'sifted licorice root.
- 39 Exercise and erectile dysfunction.
- 22 Female surgery.
- 64 Ginseng leaf.
- 44 Hints and tips and lovage soup.
- 53 Juttuja terveydenhoito-uutisissa
- 55 Lemon verbena and percolating.
- 63 Main site update
- 38 Oak'n'ash in spring
- 37 Spot the animal
- 47 Starfruit-shaped seed
- 48 Statins and cholesterol
- 65 Two unidentified plants
- 70 Uninvited pics
- 61 Verbena tincture
- 43 Warming salve.
- 42 Water mimosa.
- 41 Yard long beans.
2005
January 2005
- 76 Acanthus.
- 80 Alnus cones vs. tormentil root.
- 79 Anko.
- 69 Anniversary year
- 103 Aspen.
- 84 Burdock root.
- 91 Chronic gut upset.
- 73 Easter egg colors?
- 81 Epilobium root and dogwood.
- 77 Green living
- 78 Herbs for sorrow.
- 98 Lemony teaherbs.
- 93 Main site update
- 85 Rose hip tea.
- 101 Silly herb books
February 2005
- 100 Catnips.
- 131 Cucumber salve
- 109 Eupatoriums.
- 102 Fly agaric.
- 87 Food sensitivities.
- 88 Hair-cap moss.
- 118 Herb salts.
- 130 Licorice toothbrush.
- 122 Main site update
- 111 Nettle latte.
- 107 Overnight infusion.
- 121 Pretty herbs.
- 115 Root parsley.
- 119 The bedstraws.
- 114 The cat herbs.
- 92 Tooth powder.
March 2005
- 152 Anniversary: Medicinal herbfaq
- 138 Black cumin chai.
- 176 Coconut milk.
- 149 Fungal troubles.
- 170 Hamamelis.
- 158 Indigestion.
- 177 Livertoxic PAs.
- 146 Maral root.
- 155 Nettle greens.
- 156 Nettle tea.
- 164 Nokkonen villivihannekseksi
- 145 Old nettles.
- 132 Parsley salt.
- 154 Picking nettle seed.
- 127 Sweet flag candy.
- 139 Sweet flag syrup.
- 106 The winter seeders
- 162 Troubleshooting herbal oils
- 163 Troubleshooting salves
- 167 Yrttiöljyn ja -salvan teko.
- 165 Yrttiöljyn ongelmat.
- 166 Yrttisalvan ongelmat
April 2005
- 182 Alpine currant edibility.
- 199 Angelica stem jam.
- 191 Cola fudge
- 192 Coltsfoots.
- 120 Filipendula seeds.
- 180 Getting rid of horsetail.
- 204 Ginseng EO.
- 193 Growing basil indoors.
- 205 Interesting emails.
- 188 Making tinctures.
- 207 Mead.
- 140 Picking horsetail.
- 202 Picking juniper berries.
- 133 Rose deodorant.
- 189 SJW and the pill.
- 187 Slicing vs. blending
- 203 Using juniper berries.
- 185 White deadnettle.
- 186 Yellow flag.
- 195 Yskäkaramelli
May 2005
- 220 Birches
- 225 Celandine tattoos.
- 151 Cleaning roots.
- 226 Culinary oils
- 224 Flower essences 1/3.
- 223 Flower essences 2/3.
- 198 Flower essences 3/3.
- 213 Foot fungi.
- 218 Gut upset: quick tests.
- 201 Healing crisis
- 219 Herbs for cramps.
- 217 Hyssop.
- 228 Keltamotatska.
- 208 Liver energetics in alcoholics.
- 242 Main site update
- 216 Roses.
- 210 Sugared lovage stalks.
- 211 Time of picking.
- 153 Trusting ginseng products?
June 2005
- 237 Burdock leaf.
- 247 Dandelion fluffballs
- 236 Dinky roots.
- 231 Elm seed.
- 248 Epilobium.
- 249 Flower oracle
- 238 Leaf differences.
- 258 Leaf differences 2.
- 254 Midsummer night
- 256 Moose
- 259 Natural sweets.
- 239 Pretty Herb Paris.
- 227 Pulsatilla
- 251 Torestorp
July 2005
- 260 Aioli
- 141 Anniversary: Culinary herbfaq
- 283 Beware!
- 279 Black currant leaf drink.
- 267 Bunchberries.
- 169 California poppy roots.
- 282 Carnipe?
- 272 Chives vinegar.
- 261 Copenhagen bot.g.
- 271 Drying chamomile.
- 269 Egyptian salve.
- 277 Elderflower syrup.
- 268 False heather.
- 266 Ginkgo and bleeding
- 273 Lily tincture.
- 278 Louhisaaren juoma
- 275 Picking yellow bedstraw.
- 265 St. John's wort.
- 262 The Nun Salves.
- 274 Wild chervil leaf.
August 2005
- 288 10 years later
- 295 An assumption
- 284 Angelica pipe.
- 309 Avian flu
- 299 Balsamorhiza.
- 298 Barberry bark.
- 280 Bug repellant
- 305 Chelidonium again.
- 276 Dried yellow dock.
- 285 Drying goldenrod.
- 301 Elementary botany.
- 296 Going for a walk
- 294 Hot vs. cold liver.
- 291 Licorice side effects.
- 310 Mugwort.
- 290 Peppery mints.
- 293 Quick fix: menstrual cramps.
- 292 Quick fix: toothache
- 287 St. John's wort oil
- 289 The peppermints.
September 2005
- 314 Absorption.
- 327 Berberis tincture update.
- 323 Chelone.
- 321 Chihuly at Kew
- 322 Chihuly at Kew: the pics
- 324 Diuretics
- 302 Elecampane roots.
- 311 Ellie's poppies.
- 297 Euphrasia.
- 329 Garlic flu thingy
- 325 Herbal antibiotics
- 331 Herbal mailing lists
- 300 Hops.
- 319 Inulin vs. insulin
- 318 Malotira
- 320 Mind the gap!
- 332 Moving
- 316 Northern landscape.
- 313 Pretty carrots
- 326 Pycnanthemum.
- 333 Rose root.
October 2005
- 340 Autumn colors.
- 328 Balm of gilead buds.
- 352 Bilberry for dandruff.
- 345 Bitters.
- 348 Calcium
- 346 Centaurea flowers.
- 373 Chamomile.
- 334 Evening primrose roots.
- 371 Frost
- 369 Growing garlic indoors.
- 361 Kamomillasaunio.
- 377 Karkade.
- 338 Mahonia or Berberis?
- 354 Main site update.
- 347 Main site update.
- 355 Siankärsämö.
- 370 Swedish bitters.
- 342 This one is for JIM
- 339 Tidbits.
- 350 Trillium "erectum"
- 349 White flower.
November 2005
- 341 Anniversary!
- 385 Aronia berries.
- 392 Cell responses to insulin.
- 390 Craving carbs.
- 389 Craving magnesium.
- 384 Cravings.
- 391 Doing without carbs.
- 398 Fog on a winter morning
- 375 Gomasio
- 360 Isohirvenjuuren juuret.
- 401 Lifestyle troubles.
- 397 Liniments.
- 376 Magnesium
- 374 Marmelades.
- 308 Pihlajanmarja.
- 307 Rowanberries.
- 380 Schisandra berries.
- 393 Sheer folly.
- 395 Site assessment
- 394 Site news
- 402 Soy beans.
- 381 Syndrome X.
- 382 Syndrome X: exercise.
- 383 Syndrome X: supplements.
December 2005
- 412 Avian flu
- 419 Avocado mash
- 353 Fasting
- 418 Happy Holidays
- 422 Happy New Year!
- 406 Hemorrhoids.
- 410 Henriettesherbal on CD
- 420 Hints'n'tips
- 417 Imatra Rapids
- 416 Imatra Rapids: the pics
- 407 Lung grunges.
- 421 Main site update
- 413 Motherwort and bugleweed.
- 408 Moving
- 414 Mulled juice.
- 405 Smirk
- 411 Sunset
- 403 The flax seed oil scam
- 415 Vanilla sugar
2006
January 2006
- 425 Amaranth popcorn
- 436 Astringents vs. anti-inflammatories
- 441Carrot Family Carminatives.
- 429 Climbing spinach.
- 442 Cough syrup.
- 446 Diet herbs.
- 404 Earaches in kids.
- 432 Elder toxicity.
- 438 Eschscholzia pics.
- 430 Garden sage.
- 424 Great cooking blog
- 440 Growing herbs indoors
- 428 Herbs for Happiness.
- 443 Jonno's ginkgo + seizures report.
- 439 Jonno's new weblog
- 426 Making mayonnaise
- 435 Mint Family Anti-Inflammatories.
- 447 Oooh. Silliness!
- 437 Review
- 200 Rose Family Astringents.
- 431 Sage types.
- 445 Site update: FTP
- 197 Sweeteners vs. sugar.
- 423 Violets.
- 448 Yarrow.
February 2006
- 456 4
- 453 Almond oil question.
- 463 Chinese photo whispers
- 458 Chromium
- 462 Cinnamon and diabetes.
- 450 Funny syrup.
- 452 Great herbal anti-stinker.
- 459 High BP, high triglycerides, weight gain ...
- 461 Licorice.
- 460 Mullein itches.
- 454 Preen
- 400 Roselle syrup.
- 449 Slowness ahead
- 466 The Goji Scam
- 465 The Midnight Earache.
- 455 Tinctures.
- 467 Yew toxicity.
March 2006
- 468 Capsules.
- 477 Chickweed juice.
- 471 Coltsfoot toxicity.
- 469 Easter eggs, part 2
- 481 Galangal.
- 474 Gardens in southern Finland
- 485 Goutweed as spinach.
- 472 Juniper salmon.
- 482 Lycopus and hyperthyroid.
- 479 Maitohorsman keruu
- 480 Mesiangervon keruu.
- 473 Propolis.
- 488 Quick fix: bleeding.
- 489 Quick fix: earache.
- 487 Quick fix: gut cramps
- 484 SJW: silly science.
- 470 Signatures.
- 486 Site update: Boericke
- 490 Uses for Ledum palustre.
- 478 Vesiheinän mehu.
April 2006
- 143 Alkaloids.
- 497 Check out Jonno's blog.
- 444 Coltsfeet.
- 496 Constituents
- 492 Egg colors.
- 364 Flavonoids
- 483 Glycosides.
- 475 Herbs in salves.
- 494 Lavender hardiness.
- 196 Oils and resins
- 343 Pretty picture.
- 337 Saponins
- 491 Site update: Sturtevant
- 498 Slowness
- 493 Soapnuts.
- 495 The first flower.
May 2006
- 519 "Herbal" party pills?
- 508 Astringency test.
- 515 Bitters again
- 499 Dandy flower syrup
- 502 Invasion.
- 527 Lordi
- 230 Maple flowers.
- 520 Mmmm, kroepoek.
- 516 Mucilage and gums
- 522 Review 2
- 505 Site update: more photos
- 523 Sunflower.
- 526 Sweetgrass.
- 501 Tannins
- 521 Teasel.
- 525 Voikukkasiirappi.
June 2006
- 538 Frozen syrup.
- 534 Gelsemium pics.
- 540 Growing basil.
- 539 Hard candy.
- 506 Lilac flowers.
- 524 Mallow Family Demulcents.
- 535 Oxeye daisy flowers.
- 533 Quick fix: itch
- 537 Quick fix: nausea
- 531 Radiossa: Yrttilehto vai apteekki?
- 528 Site update: Sturtevant
- 512 Spruce shoot syrup.
- 517 Vitamins, minerals, trace elements.
July 2006
- 543 Bird-proof basil cage
- 547 Fermented raspberry leaf.
- 546 Field week: picking more herbs
- 545 Field week: picking things
- 542 Summer business
- 548 Summer days
- 544 The flying pheasant
August 2006
- 558 "Lemon" bergamot?
- 556 Baskets
- 555 Burdock seed.
- 507 Burnout.
- 549 Herbs de Provence
- 557 Lotsa peppers.
- 553 Photos from Norway.
- 550 Pickings
September 2006
- 566 30 Ways to Silliness
- 571 A fumariaceae?
- 561 Bonfire
- 560 Dry summer in Helsinki
- 559 Google books
- 572 Large-leaved tree
- 568 Nettle seed from Finland.
- 570 Nutmeg mills.
- 562 Peeing water.
- 565 Radish mice.
- 564 Site update: Sturtevant
- 569 Stats.
- 567 Two URLs
October 2006
- 584 A game
- 575 Allspice honey.
- 573 An aesculus.
- 578 Mo' nettles.
- 585 Mugwort roots.
- 579 PD: Herbal oils 1.
- 582 PD: Herbal oils 2
- 580 PD: Herbal salves 1
- 583 PD: Herbal salves 2
- 576 PD: Herbal sugars.
- 513 PD: Herbal syrups.
- 574 Perpetual spinach.
- 581 Virtualization woes
November 2006
- 586 Flower pics.
- 589 I'm a fan.
- 590 Nutritious? Whatever.
- 588 Salicylate herbs.
- 591 Site update: Sturtevant
- 593 Snigger.
December 2006
- 600 Coffee isn't diuretic
- 598 Flattering.
- 608 Happy New Year
- 599 Hemochromatosis.
- 605 Herbal oils and mold
- 596 Honey pills.
- 595 Kathy's herbal-medical blog
- 594 Menstrual calendar
- 602 Michael Moore.
- 606 Sauna herbs
- 603 Site update: more photos
- 601 Strawberries
2007
January 2007
- 612 Best Herbal Thingies 2006
- 611 Coolest herb site
- 622 Ech for earaches.
- 609 Heh.
- 624 Ice sculptures
- 623 Ice sculptures: the pics
- 618 Minerals for growing pains
- 620 Mint edibility.
- 613 Reading research reports.
- 607 Sorbaria for your feet
- 615 Tidbits: Edible Aralia.
- 616 Tidbits: Mugwort and poison oak.
- 617 Tidbits: Nettles and allergies
- 614 Tidbits: Sassafras.
- 619 Zinc for acne
February 2007
- 631 A herbal journal.
- 628 Cuticle inflammation
- 632 Hare droppings ...
- 625 Herbal blogs
- 633 Periodic table
- 629 Plant data
March 2007
- 643 "Opt in" email servers
- 636 A few UK herb houses.
- 640 Avoiding soy
- 642 Bladderwrack and hypothyroid.
- 637 Comfrey again.
- 509 Growth hormone.
- 635 Honey pills again
- 639 Semantics.
- 645 Soapnut update
- 644 The first flowers.
April 2007
- 651 Digging roots.
- 650 Easter featherbushes.
- 646 Horsetail.
- 647 Magnesium needs Vit. C.
- 648 Name change
- 652 Pine tar toxicity.
May 2007
- 656 Flower essences again.
- 659 Forgotten herbs.
- 655 Heh yes.
- 654 Nikt.
- 658 Site revamp
- 657 Syrup flu pills.
June 2007
- 665 Balsam fir.
- 664 Gardening
- 661 Heatwave
- 660 Main site ...
- 663 Pickings
- 666 Soothing recipes for irritated skin.
July 2007
- 667 Dressing
August 2007
- 670 Avens.
- 672 Berries.
- 671 Ho hum.
- 673 Not a Japanese mint...
September 2007
- 681 Cinnamon jar
- 675 Geranium leaf tea.
- 678 Herbal blogs, pt. 2
- 676 Hibiscus edibility
- 677 New setup
- 682 Remember the stats?
October 2007
- 685 Autumn
- 686 Clostridium botulinum
- 684 Site update
November 2007
- 695 Book search
- 687 Fibroids.
- 690 Fishing and saponins.
- 689 Site update
- 693 Winter Soup
December 2007
- 705 Fat videos
- 703 Fresh fish
- 701 Ice cream
- 702 Mulled wine
- 700 Pulsatilla: fresh vs. dried.
- 698 SJW oil.
- 704 Site update
- 694 Summery stew.
2008
January 2008
- 706 Gems from the past.
- 711 Moving a mailing list to a forum?
- 710 On drying clovers.
- 718 Plant photography
- 707 Site update.
- 712 Site update.
February 2008
March - July 2008
- Site update ...
- There are so many plants!
- Celeriac nettle soup.
- Site update ...
- The current site search setup.
August 2008
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Kuisma.
- The yellow herbs of summer: St. John's wort.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Voikukka.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Dandelion.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Kultapiisku.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Goldenrod.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Keltamatara.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Yellow bedstraw.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Isohirvenjuuri.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Elecampane.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Tulikukka.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Mullein.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Kehäkukka.
- The yellow herbs of summer: Calendula.
- Kesän keltaiset yrtit: Tuliunikko.
- The yellow herbs of summer: California poppy.
September - December 2008
- Cherry season in Japan.
- The women's guide to herbal medicine.
- Fall harvest.
- News.
- Michael Moore update.
2009
- Hawthorn and the heart.
- Meadowsweet uses.
- RIP: Michael Moore.
- Site update.
- Mmm. Pasha.
- Trying to get pregnant?
- Alder leaf? Yum!
- Review: Matt Wood, Earthwise herbal, old world plants.
- An attempted blog party post.
- Herbs don't read books.
- The NIMH conference
2010
- Flunssan torjunta - luento yrteistä, vitamiineistä ja elämäntavoista.
- The Tiger.
- Making a chamomile tea.
- Site update.
- Tar salve.
- Blog party post: sexy herbs.
- Rose petal vinegar.
- Goutweed omelet.
- Juniper berry toxicity.
- Hollandaise versus mayonnaise.
- That Vitamin D study.
- Let your food be your remedy.
- Burdock stalks.
- Menstrual calendar 2011 - 2014.
- The EU herb laws.
2011
- Calendar 2011.
- Kalenteri 2011.
- Making your own chocolate bars.
- Book review: Wild Drugs, by Zoe Hawes.
- Post-partum depression.
- Tulikukista.
- Calendar 2012.
- Kalenteri 2012.
- Practical herbs: short-short reviews.
- Herb of the Week: Angelica.
- Viikon yrtti: Väinönputki, karhunputki.
- Herb of the Week: Chamomile.
- Viikon yrtti: Kamomillasaunio.
- Herb of the Week: Hawthorn.
- Viikon yrtti: Orapihlaja.
- Herb of the Week: California poppy.
- Viikon yrtti: Tuliunikko.
2012
- Herb of the Week: Onion.
- Viikon yrtti: Sipuli.
- Herb of the Week: Fir, spruce, pine.
- Viikon yrtti: Kuusi, pihta, mänty.
- Herb of the Week: Thyme.
- Viikon yrtti: Timjami, tarha-ajuruoho.
- Herb of the Week: Ground Ivy.
- Viikon yrtti: Maahumala.
- Herb of the Week: Cinquefoil.
- Herb of the Week: Stinging Nettle.
- Herb of the Week: Burdock.
- Herb of the Week: Dandelion.
- Herb of the week: peppermint and other mentholy mint-family plants.
- Herb of the week: Non-mentholy true mints.
- Herb of the week: Mullein.
- Herb of the week: Willowherb, Fireweed.
- Herb of the week: St. John's wort.
- Herb of the week: Oats.
- Herb of the week: Sage, Salvia.
- Problem of the week: Migraines.
- Wisdom for herbalists.
- Herb of the week: Yarrow.
- Problem of the week: Sleeplessness.
- Herb of the week: Willow.
- Kalenteri 2013.
- Calendar 2013.
2013
2014
2015
- Herb of the week: Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace.
- Herb of the week: Plantain.
- Herb of the week: Mallows.
- Herb of the week: Valerian.
- Herb of the week: Cabbage.
- Punahattu-uutisia
2016
- Viikon yrtti: Voikukka.
- Viikon yrtti: Nokkonen.
- Viikon yrtti: Takiainen.
- Viikon yrtti: Hanhikit.
- Kukkatippojen perusohje.
- Veckans ört: Fingerörter
- Veckans ört: Hagtorn.
- Veckans ört: Jordreva.
- Veckans ört: Kamomill.
- Veckans ört: Kvanne.
- Veckans ört: lök.
- Veckans ört: nässla.
- Veckans ört: Sömntuta.
- Veckans ört: Timjan.
- Veckans ört: ädelgran, gran, tall.
- Örtterapi för migrän.
- Kirskålsrecept
- Yrttiterapiaa migreenille.
- Vuohenputki villivihanneksena.
- Kolme villivihannesohjetta.
- Making your own chocolate bars.
- Dandelion bud capers
- The Rose.
- Goutweed recipes.
- Publishing books.
- Herb of the week: Garlic.
- Herb of the week: Lemon balm.
- Carmelite brandy.
- Chamomile love.
- About tamoxifen.
- Problems with painkillers.
- Tick repellent.
2017
- Herb info 01/2017: Citrus peel.
- Herb info 02/2017: Citrus fruit.
- Herb info 03/2017: Aperitives and digestives.
- Herb info 04/2017: Cinnamon.
- Herb info 05/2017: Nutmeg.
- Herb info 06/2017: Cucumber, oil and salve.
- Herb info 07/2017: California poppy, insomnia.
- Herb info 08/2017: Alder.
- Herb info 09/2017: Willow.
- Örtinfo del 01/2017: Citrusfrukters skal.
- Örtinfo del 02/2017: Citrusfrukter.
- Örtinfo del 03/2017: Aperitiva och Digestiva.
- Örtinfo del 04/2017: Kanel.
- Örtinfo del 05/2017: Muskotnöt.
- Örtinfo del 06/2017: Gurka. Örtolja och örtsalva.
- Örtinfo del 07/2017: Sömnlöshet.
- Örtinfo del 08/2017: Al.
- Örtinfo del 09/2017: Vide.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 01/2017: Sitrushedelmän kuori.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 02/2017: Sitrushedelmä.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 03/2017: Aperitiivit ja digestiivit.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 04/2017: Kaneli.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 05/2017: Muskottipähkinä.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 06/2017: Kurkku. Yrttiöljy ja -voide.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 07/2017: Unettomuus.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 08/2017: Leppä.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 09/2017: Paju.
- Tietoisku yrteistä 10/2017: Vuohenputki.
- Örtinfo del 10/2017: kirskål.
- Herb info 10/2017: Goutweed.
Current blog entries are here.