Witch Doctor Wanted
12-03-2015, 01:48 PM
Her ears perked with surprise when he asked a question about what the herb did. She had never actually been asked the details of what something did when it came to healing. Well, except her father, but she had offered to teach him to keep him occupied so he would stop laying in the den all day. "Yes, that's boneset. It's great for fighting off colds and fevers. Sometimes you can use it for sore muscles too, but I'm pretty sure there's better herbs to use for that. No reason to waste boneset on some sore muscles. You can only take a little bit at a time though cause if you take a large amount it will give you nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, all those fun things. I've also heard you could die from an overdose of it. In small amounts it's perfectly fine though. It's what I've been giving my mother and brother for their colds for a long time now. They keep getting sick cause they work themselves to death," she smiled a little, chuckling at herself. He went on to ask about it not being a winter herb and she would nod in agreement. "I know of very few herbs that like the cold. Boneset typically grows in meadows and in damp soil, that sort of thing and it usually has little white flowers on it. I really hadn't expected to find any today, but I guess the cold snap was so sudden that it got frozen by the snow rather than dying from the cold. It's not pretty, but it should still be pretty effective." She found that she really enjoyed explaining these things. It reminded her so much of her lessons with Erani and Kavdaya and it made her all sorts of sentimental. |
