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Sage, the familiar plant of the kitchen garden, comes to us from southern Europe.
This herb is to be found everywhere in meadows, ditches, fields and gardens and is looked upon as a troublesome weed.
The Willow-herb, until now hardly found mentioned in herbals, has since the first publication of this book in the German language started an almost triumphal march across Europe and even further, as a medicinal herb for disorders of the prostate gland.
When the Romans conquered Germanic lands, they learned from the old Teutons about the great value of this much esteemed herb.
St. John's Wort, Old Christian beliefs connected the fragrant, red juice of the flowers with the blood and wounds of Jesus Christ.
In a radio program a physician once pointed out that the Stinging Nettle is one of our most valuable medicinal herbs.
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