This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Plants We Used To Use 271. Lovage
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) leaves and stems add an intense celery-like flavour to soups; stews and stocks. This plant's rhizomes were used to make a medicine, claimed to benefit folk with diabetes-generated kidney damage. It was also said to help with indigestion; kidney stones and coughs.
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