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Submit an Article to the AHA

We are calling all AHA member’s to submit content for the new blog!

Ideas for blog posts include photos, articles, herb or subject specific papers you have written, visual memes, facts, Q&As etc.relating to herbalism in Alberta. The more variety, visual content and information we can share on the AHA blog the better! We are a diverse group of people, and we would like to represent the members of the AHA as such. Any work submitted & approved will be posted to the AHA blog and credited to you.

There are 2 ways to submit AHA blog content:

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2. Email your post to: info@albertaherbalists.com and we will post it for you.

Thank you!

The Alberta Herbalists Association Marketing and Events Committee

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Board of Directors - Alberta Herbalists Association 

Annual General Meeting, October 27, 2016 

Calgary, AB 

(L-R: Zoe L., Sarah K., Kalyn K.,Jeananne L., Rebecca S. )

We have a brand new blog! The official blog of the Alberta Herbalist Association. Thank you for your support 🌴 Rebecca S.

Augusto Giacometti (Swiss, 1877-1947), Naturstudie im Botanischen Garten [Nature study in the botanical garden], 1898. Watercolour over pencil on paper, 31.3 x 39.7 cm.

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, Canada

Harebell - (Campanulaceae rapunculoides) Taken August 8, 2015 in Rocky View, AB

Also called Bluebell.

West Canadian Anemone from the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae anemone). Taken in Rocky View, AB on August 8, 2015.

Anemone may be used as an acrid poultice to irritate a closing wound which will stimulate healing. Anemone tincture is used to slow and strengthen pulse and respiration.

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is also called horsemint, bee balm or bergamot. The tea is referred to as Oswego tea.

This herb is very important to Alberta herbalists for it is diaphoretic, refrigerant, carminative, anthelmintic, mildly sedative and diuretic. It tastes like oregano oil. A poultice is effective for headaches. Some species contain thymol - an antiseptic commonly used in commercial mouthwashes. Native Americans used this herb as a tea for mouth and throat infection.

Taken in Rocky View AB, August 8, 2015.

Juniperis horizontalis - taken on Aug. 8, 2015 in Rocky View AB. Juniper.

Mountain Arnica (Arnica montana) is in the Aster family and the leaves always grow in pairs. The flowers are commonly used as poultice, tea, tincture, oil or salve to treat bruises, arthritis and chronic inflammation.

Arnica stimulates and dilates surface blood vessels which stimulates blood flow to the area.

Taken in Kananaskis, AB on August 21, 2015.

Coltsfoot (Petasites farara) leaves and stems are edible and has a salty flavor. Used for centuries as a cough remedy and expectorant. The leaves are palmately lobed (and look like a hoof). Taken in Bragg Creek, AB on August 21, 2015.

Pink (flowered) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) was the original source of wintergreen oil and spice which was extracted from the leaves. It is now produced synthetically.

The berries are edible and delicious. The leaves may be used as aspirin as they contain phenolic glycosides and methyl salicylate.

Taken in Bragg Creek, AB on August 21, 2015.

Labrador tea (Ledum) contains the volatile oil ledol or ledum which is mildly narcotic.

The plant has a long history of use as an aromatic, bitter tea and as an ingredient of the “peace pipe” in Native Canadian traditions. When orange fuzz from the underside of the leaf is smoked, it will stop the motor neurons to the legs from firing, rendering the smoker extremely relaxed but unable to walk.

Taken in Bragg Creek, AB on August 21, 2015.