ST. JOHN'S WORT SEED HEADS

St. John's Wort in in seed now, and since it is sunny & warm out still, it is a great time to harvest some.

I usually strain out the flowering heads from the tinctures I have made, and then add the seed heads, to double tincture it. So you are using the same alcohol.

I also infuse several quarts of oil with St. John's wort flowers & seeds heads to use in skin products. That's basically all I use as moisturizer.

And put some up in apple cider vinegar too for use as a mouth wash, it is very  healing to the gums & strengthens them. You can also use this vinegar on skin problems.

The stinky plant from our herb class: Rhinanthus minor

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow Rattle

 I think this is the stinky plant that was brought to our herb class for identification.

I don't see any medicinal uses, although the smell is enough to keep me away from it!

This plant might be poisonous to livestock. You can get a yellow dye from

the leaves.

You can see the small leaves in this picture.

I can't find any references to the bad smell, but I am pretty sure this is the plant.