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Which of the following plants contains cyanide in some part of their structure? (choose one or more)

Created: Nov 21, 2008 | Votes: 111 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

What are the top five herbs you wouldn’t be without during the cold and flu season?

Created: Nov 21, 2008 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following herbs can be safely used for constipation: (Choose one or more)

Created: Nov 14, 2008 | Votes: 53 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following herbs are used for the urinary system:

Created: Nov 07, 2008 | Votes: 157 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: A mucilaginous and cooling remedy used externally is called a demulcent.

Created: Oct 29, 2008 | Votes: 32 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following herbs would be used for lymph stagnation: (select one or more)

Created: Oct 22, 2008 | Votes: 76 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

I found a plant that has four petals, four green sepals, six stamens (four tall and two short) and one pistil. Which family is this in?

Created: Oct 14, 2008 | Votes: 31 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following are uses for Cherry? (choose one or more)

Created: Oct 09, 2008 | Votes: 119 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which is NOT a use for Elecampane?

Created: Sep 30, 2008 | Votes: 54 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

I have a cold, I'm hot & sweating, and my mucous is yellow. Which remedy should I take according to Lesley Tierra?

Created: Sep 24, 2008 | Votes: 47 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following are true with regards to herbal energetics? (choose one or more)

Created: Sep 17, 2008 | Votes: 97 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of these common kitchen herbs alleviate indigestion? (select one or more)

Created: Sep 10, 2008 | Votes: 76 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following stories have been told about Elder? (choose one or more)

Created: Aug 28, 2008 | Votes: 53 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Since pesto contains lots of basil and garlic, it would be a great to eat if...(choose one or more)

Created: Aug 25, 2008 | Votes: 165 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The species names "officinalis," as in Calendula officinalis,....

Created: Aug 20, 2008 | Votes: 44 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Besides being a wound remedy, Calendula also.... (choose one or more)

Created: Aug 13, 2008 | Votes: 90 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

An "anodyne"...

Created: Jul 09, 2008 | Votes: 36 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

While out hiking, you trip and hurt your ankle. What DON'T you want to do? (choose one)

Created: Jul 09, 2008 | Votes: 71 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

You can make your own electrolyte replacement beverage by combining which THREE ingredients in four ounces of warm water?

Created: Jul 09, 2008 | Votes: 324 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Catnip is a great herb for fevers because... (you can select more than one)

Created: Jul 09, 2008 | Votes: 95 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

You can use Hypericum cyathiflorum medicinally the same way as Hypericum perforatum...

Created: Jul 09, 2008 | Votes: 34 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

What must you keep in mind when wildcrafting Red Clover? (select more than one)

Created: Jul 01, 2008 | Votes: 233 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

How can you tell the difference between a Poison ivy & a Box elder seedling?

Created: Jun 24, 2008 | Votes: 29 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following herbs would not be used as an insect repellent?

Created: Jun 10, 2008 | Votes: 91 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: To be effective as a sunscreen, St. Johnswort must be taken internally as well as used externally...

Created: Jun 10, 2008 | Votes: 64 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

How would you propagate the purple flowered comfrey if you wanted to grow it? (you can select more than one)

Created: Jun 04, 2008 | Votes: 130 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which member(s) of the rose family can strengthen the heart or blood? (you can select more than one)

Created: May 29, 2008 | Votes: 115 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which answer describes what you are looking at in the photo above?

Created: May 23, 2008 | Votes: 64 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which herb would NOT help hayfever symptoms?

Created: May 14, 2008 | Votes: 72 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: If you simmer pine needles, the vitamin C will be destroyed.

Created: May 07, 2008 | Votes: 98 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which are true about Dandelions? (select as many as you want)

Created: Apr 30, 2008 | Votes: 689 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which common kitchen herb contains curcumin, and can be used topically to treat pain & inflammed joints?

Created: Apr 22, 2008 | Votes: 115 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Why do you want to harvest nettles before they flower? (select as many as you want)

Created: Apr 15, 2008 | Votes: 200 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which herbal tea would you NOT give to a child to help them calm down?

Created: Apr 08, 2008 | Votes: 116 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Though Nettle is not in the mint family, what characteristics does it share with all mints? (select as many as you want)

Created: Apr 01, 2008 | Votes: 193 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Using the photos above, which answer below is correct...

Created: Mar 26, 2008 | Votes: 177 | Comments: 1 | Status: Open

Which herb is a cholegogue, antilithic AND a nervine...

Created: Mar 18, 2008 | Votes: 100 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: The plant in the photo above is Heal-all, Prunella vulgaris

Created: Mar 12, 2008 | Votes: 137 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Chickweed has...

Created: Mar 04, 2008 | Votes: 56 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farafara) has flowers that...

Created: Feb 19, 2008 | Votes: 30 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

According to Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir from The Village Herbalist, flavanoids are...(select as many as you want)

Created: Feb 12, 2008 | Votes: 97 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which is not true about garlic?

Created: Feb 01, 2008 | Votes: 72 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

In Rosalee's Travel First Aid Kit, she would NOT use Wormwood for...

Created: Jan 29, 2008 | Votes: 57 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Kimberly had a bad cough this week. Which remedy could have helped the symptoms? (select as many as you want)

Created: Jan 22, 2008 | Votes: 168 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

You have a toothache. Which plant WILL NOT help you?

Created: Jan 15, 2008 | Votes: 63 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which two herbs would you use if you had swollen lymph nodes?

Created: Jan 09, 2008 | Votes: 103 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which are true about the Salicacea (Willow) family?

Created: Jan 01, 2008 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which are true about the Salicacea (Willow) family? (choose more than one)

Created: Jan 01, 2008 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which statement is false about Holly (Ilex opaca)?

Created: Dec 26, 2007 | Votes: 33 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Check all the herbs that are antibiotic...

Created: Dec 15, 2007 | Votes: 323 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: Antibiotic herbs do not cause resistance in bacteria...

Created: Dec 15, 2007 | Votes: 67 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Add a quality of rose, or how rose can be used to this list...

Created: Dec 11, 2007 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which plants/trees are in the Rose (Rosaceae) Family? (choose as many as you want)

Created: Dec 01, 2007 | Votes: 201 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which plant does NOT contain vitamin C?

Created: Nov 27, 2007 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

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John Gallagher, L.Ac., CCH is a Community Centered Herbalist. He is also a licensed five element acupuncturist with Cascade Acupuncture in Redmond, WA. Since 1991, he has worked at Wilderness Awareness School, where he teaches herbal studies with the Residential Program. John and his wife Kimberly run HerbMentor.com and LearningHerbs.com. They are creators of the Herbal Medicine Making Kit and Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Game.

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