"In my opinion, no one in the medical profession has reached infinity of thought. No one can claim authority over another's right to heal. By using herbs to heal, the very plants we walk alongside on the earth, we not only create empowerment within ourselves, but also identify and connect with dis-ease, allow it a swiffer passage for greater healing to be made".
Niki Senior - Master Herbalist. Excerpt from Journal Two, 2005.”
― Niki J. Senior
All tagged Atropa belladonna
The use of deadly nightshades as a poison was known in ancient Rome, as attested by the rumor that the roman empress Livia Drusilla used the juice of Atropa belladonna berries to murder her husband, the emperor Augustus. Was it just a rumor? Here we hear from Livia's point of view. With the help from an unlikely ally.
