Your Questions About Herbal Plants

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Plants in bloom usually have better chances than plants from seed, but if the others sprouted, the difference is probably not much.

Different plants require slightly different levels of light, water, etc. Most beginning gardeners show the same attention to all their plants. You might try the parsly and thyme in some other window, but if that fails, maybe you should stick with what you do best, and see if anything else can thrive under your normal care conditions.

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This answer can vary much, because the term "high medicinal value" can be interpreted many ways. What makes the value high? Do you include only plants that save lives? Only plants that are well known?

I have a book of Eastern/Central U.S. Medicinal Plants that has about 1100 entries. There will be some overlap with Western species, so maybe around 2000 on the continent. Some of the plants are poisonous (like Black Locust), so aren't used by typical herbalists. Some just aren't well known for medicine, like Canada Thistle or Rattlesnake Master. Some of the plants don't do much, maybe just relieve the pain of hemorrhoids or stop diarrhea. So my best estimate would be somewhere around 1000 herbal plants with what I would call "high" medicinal value, just in the continental United States.

When I used to own an herb shop, I carried only about 200 plants in dried, bulk form. That was partly because of availability but also because I bought what would sell, which was what was well-known. About 150 of those were purchased for medicine – the others were known mostly as culinary herbs (even though most of those also have medicinal properties).

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There are different types of Asthma. Status Asthmatics, Bronchial Asthma, Asthmatic Bronchitis, Dysphnia, Allergic Asthma and so on.
Generally, a bronchial spasm – constriction occures due to some reason; it could be psychological stress, temperature, allergens, dust and so on, which will cause the breathing problem. What a patient require at that time is something that can cause broncho-dialation.
There are negative ions that also can cause such a situation as Asthma.
There are many plants which generate positive ions in the atmosphere whereby a proper balance is maintained. It stops the spread of allergens as well.
Please be informed that there are certian plants, the smell of which also cause asthma. ( Bronchial spasm ) for Example, Banyan Tree emits ozones and that helps give you fresh breath. You cna write an essay on these aspects..

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I have such a friend who raises herbs, dries them and sells. She is Ohio though. You may not want to deal with someone so far from you.

Somerset Herbs
Margaret Wince
Somerset
740-743-3010

Annuals, perennials, herbs, peppers, cucumbers, onions, garlic, herb mixes, pesto, dried flowers, wreaths, gourds, pumpkins

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Anything with JWH-018 in it, also salvia

basically all the good stuff, the new legal around here is really bad