Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Elizabeth B." <spacecitydx@webtv.net>]

Principal Minerals & Plants that are rich in them

CALCIUM:  chamomile, chicory, cleavers, coltsfoot, dandelion, horsetail, meadowsweet, mistletoe, mustard, pimpernel, plantain, rest-harrow, sheperd's purse, silverweed, sorrel, toadflax, watercress and willow.
THIS MINERAL  builds and maintains bones, teeth and nails. Gives vitality, promotes healing of wounds, reduces acidity, prevents food assimilation, safeguards health of the embryo.

CHLORINE:  All herb contain chlorine in the form of sodium chloride. All grasses, nettles and comfrey are especially rich; as are blackberries and raspberries.
THIS MINERAL  maintains suppleness of joints and tendons. Removes toxic elements from the organism, prevents over-formulation of fatty tissues. Promotes health of teeth and hair.

COPPER:  burdock, chickweed, chicory, cleavers (goosegrass), dandelion, garlic, hedge garlic (sauce-alone), horseardish (container plant), house leek, sea-holly, sorrel and yarrow.
THIS MINERAL  aids in the organs of digeston, tones the nerves, clears the septic conditions of the tissues, strengthens and brightens hair.

FLUORINE:  beet leaves, garlic, watercress.
THIS MINERAL  is anti-infective, maintaining health of the entire body structure and tissues. Keeps the bones disease-free, teeth, nails and ears. Strengthens the eyes.

IODINE:  asparagus, cleavers, garlic, Iceland moss, Irish moss, pimpernel, speedwell, sphagnum moss, sea-holly and all the seaweeds.
THIS MINERAL  is the supreme gland builder and conditioner, reducer of excess fatty tissue, safeguards the brain from toxins, removes toxic elements and promotes strong hair.

IRON:  artichoke, asparagus, bilberry, blackberry, brook-lime, burdock, chicory, comfrey, cornflower, dandelion, dock, gentian, groundsel, ground-ivy, hawthorn, hops, nettle, parsley, periwinkle, raspberry, rest-harrow, rose, salep, scabious, scullcap, strawberry, toadflax, vervain, watercress, wood-sage and wormwood.
THIS MINERAL  is of premier importance to the blood. Promotes oxygen absorption, builds red corpuscles and gives good pigment. Maintains disease resistance in the body, feeds nerve tissue and aids in hair growth.

MAGNESIUM:  alder, artichoke, birch, broom, carrot leaves, cowslip, dandelion, hop, marshmallow, meadowsweet, mistletoe, mullein, oak, poppy, primrose, orchid, scabious, slippery elm, rest-harrow, rose, toadflax and walnut leaves.
THIS MINERAL  promotes cleansing and restoration of the organism, reducing excess acidity and calming the nerves. Promotes health of the skin and fine texture.

PHOSPHORUS:  anise, asparagus, calamus, chickweed, cornflower, dill, fenugreek, golden rod, linseed, liquorice, marigold, meadowsweet, sea-holly, sunflower, sweet flag, sorrel and watercress.
THIS MINERAL  builds and maintains the brain, teeth, hair and all bone structure. Promotes keen eyesight and good nerve coordination.

POTASSIUM:  birch, borage, calamus, carrot leaves, chamomile, coltsfoot, comfrey, couch grass, cowslip, dandelion, elder, eyebright, fennel, honeysuckle, lady's mantle, measdowsweet, mistletoe, mullein, nettle, oak, peony, peppermint, plantain, primrose, rhubarb, scullcap, toadflax, walnust leaves and wormwood.
THIS MINERAL  promotes general healing of the tissues, tones the bowels, gall bladder and liver. Encourages healing of diseased tissues and relieves pain.

SILICON:  asparagus, bed-straw, cleavers, dandelion, flax, holly, horsetail, sea-holly, strawberry, thistle, stalks of all grasses and cerals - including wheat and oat straw.
THIS MINERAL  promotes and maintains strength of hair, hardens teeth, nails and strengths the eyes Maintains suppleness of limbs, ligaments and skin.

SODIUM:  alder, cleavers, clover, comfrey, dill, fennel, garlic, marshmallow, marguarite, meadowsweet, mistletoe, nettle, rest-harrow, shepherd's purse, violet and woodruff.
THIS MINERAL  is the premier alkalizer of the body and strengthener of the digestive juices. Aids iron assimilation of the body, reduces premature hardening of the tissues, prevents catarrh and disease of mucous membranes. Maintains health of the urinary system and kidneys.

SULPHUR:  brooklime, broom, cabbage, calamus, cowslip, coltsfoot, daisy, eyebright, fennel, garlic, Irish moss, marigold, meadowsweet, mullein, nettle, pimpernel, plantain, poppy, primrose, rest-harrow, scabious, seaweeds, shepherd's purse, toadflax and watercress.
THIS MINERAL  acts as a purifier and tonic for the entire system, especially the blood. Maintains health of skin and hair, strengthens the glandualr system and promotes flow of the bile. Keeps the liver healthy.

WOOD ASH:  the ashes of wood - charcoal - are a well known cleanser of the human and animal body. Charcoal is highly absorbentand will take into itself many impurities. Then being also laxative, it will pass these impurities out of the system. Likewise worms and worm ova are also removed to some extent by charcoal. Wild animals know the benefits of eating charcoal and when they scent wood-smoke, they will come in herds to eat the resultant charcoal. Bees also use charcoal quite extensively.

Charcoal is made very simply by burning dry (clean) tree branches, slowly in deep pits. Slow burning is essential for charcoal making. Check fast burning by damping it down with with water-soaked embers. Wood ash (or charcoal - if the burning is slow enough) is then scooped up and mixed into bran. For smaller animals such as dogs, sheep and goats, IF they will not take charcoal in it's natural state, give it to them mixed with milk. Average dose: ONE  dessertspoon of charcoal daily. Wood ash and charcoal are of equal value.

Source:  The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable
By: Juliette de Bairacli Levy