HERB - Hyssop

[Carl/Anne Adamczyk]

My text essentially says the same with the following additions:

Use leaves to make a poultice for bruises.
Used to aid digestion of fatty foods, rub the leaf on the skin of game
before cooking.
Use in garden as a companion plant to cabbage to lure away cabbage white
butterflies.  Plant near vines to increase yield. 

and the ever popular, yet oh, so very important admonition:   Do not take
hyssop when pregnant.

Grania

On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 23:11:29 PDT "Mary Temple" <noxcat at hotmail.com>
writes:
>>I would like some help in telling people about some of our
>>herbs.  What are the uses for hyssop?  It has a wondeful
>>scent.  We currently sell it as a tea herb and we don't know
>>any of the other uses.  Any help would benifit our
>>populace.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Henri and Antea
>>Kingdom of Ansteorra, Barony Star Gate
>>Purveyors of fine herbs and spices
>>http://www.hypercon.com/naturalhome
>>
>>
>I just this past week picked up a book called "A Grower's Guide to 
>Herbs" by Geoffrey Burnie and John Fenton-Smith. Under uses for hyssop 
>
>(hyssopus officinalis), they say that "cooled hyssop leaf tea is a 
>cleansing, refreshing facial rinse". They also suggest adding "one or 
>two" finely chopped fresh leaves to soups and casseroles, and the 
>fresh 
>flowers to salads for flavor and color. They also say that hyssop is 
>"very attractive to bees and butterflies".
>
>Supposedly the tea can be taken to relieve the symptoms of colds.
>
>This book also mentions that hyssop is not suitable for freezing, but 
>the leaves and flowers are better when dried.
>
>Hope that helps...
>
>Katerine Rowley
>Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra
>mka
>Mary Temple
>Austin, Texas
>
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