Lady's Thumb history

Biblical references to this herb

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Biblical folklore about Lady's Thumb

It is related that Joseph once hurt his hand while working in his carpenter's shop. Mary wished to make a healing poultice with this plant, but: "She could not find it at her need And so she pinched it for a weed," since when its leaves have always borne the mark of the Lady's thumb; the sheathing stipules at their base are fringed with short bristles. Flower-spikes numerous, dense, erect, a half-inch to two inches long; calyx pink or purplish with four or five obtuse lobes, usually six stamens, and a two- or three-parted style. Achenes lens-shaped or sometimes three-angled, smooth, shining, jet-black. Source: chestofbooks.com Read more at www.altmeds.com

 

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