Safe Herb Knowledge
You’re pretty safe with herbs such as garlic, ginger, nettles, dandelions, shiitake mushrooms, nettles, burdock root, and rosehips. Also culinary herbs like thyme, oregano, turmeric, and cayenne are safe.
But some people can have an allergic reaction to cayenne, garlic and mints so be leery of these for sure if you are using them or growing them. Also pharmaceutical drugs may have an effect with some herbs so do your research before using them in certain foods and even growing them in your garden.
Babies younger than the age of 6 months should not take herbs internally. Small amounts of gently herbs can be applies to an infant’s skin via salves, oils and even in their baths, but young children should never eat herbs right from your garden and use caution if you are pregnant or nursing.
Some herbal products from Asia, India, and the Middle East are reportedly being altered with undesirable plants and can be contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides and toxins so be cautions of those as well.
Always educate yourself before growing herbs and using herbs. If you are familiar with a certain herb, by all means grow it and use it as often as you can. If you are wanting to find out more about a certain herb than read all you can about it and then grow it as much as you can. The more you read about a particular herb you may end up finding out more on other herbs as well that are just as safe to use everyday. Growing herbs and even a garden is very rewarding. When you get to use what you have grown in more ways than one that is where the real reward is.
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