Comments on: Let’s not forget the Violets http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/ Beginners herbal & wise woman wisdom. Easy practical information about herbs, making herbal remedies, cosmetics, household items. Kitchen witch magic! Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:21:06 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tami http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-19017 Tami Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:48:15 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-19017 Have you noticed that depending on the area they're found in that while I'm certain it's the same plant there are many variants in the flowers color? I've seen white(like your photo) and the purple variety is what grows around my home, but have even come across a red variety. Have you noticed that depending on the area they’re found in that while I’m certain it’s the same plant there are many variants in the flowers color? I’ve seen white(like your photo) and the purple variety is what grows around my home, but have even come across a red variety.

]]> By: tammy http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-585 tammy Thu, 29 May 2008 19:00:31 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-585 Hey BK, I was thinking about you today and the sleepy side effect you mentioned on Violet. I drank some infusion yesterday and, YES, immediate and pronounced sleepiness followed. My eyes became gritty and sleepy as if I had been up all night or something. I drank some more just now, and yep, sleepy again. Actually kind of nice to feel so relaxed... Hey BK, I was thinking about you today and the sleepy side effect you mentioned on Violet. I drank some infusion yesterday and, YES, immediate and pronounced sleepiness followed. My eyes became gritty and sleepy as if I had been up all night or something. I drank some more just now, and yep, sleepy again. Actually kind of nice to feel so relaxed…

]]> By: BK http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-570 BK Fri, 16 May 2008 13:00:05 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-570 Thanks for your reply, Tammy! Hmm, that makes sense. Particularly as since then, I've eaten a fair chunk of violet leaves (wow, I love really these little plants) without such a dramatic reaction. Good thinking :) Enjoyed your latest post on bittercress ... out to find some ... Thanks for your reply, Tammy! Hmm, that makes sense. Particularly as since then, I’ve eaten a fair chunk of violet leaves (wow, I love really these little plants) without such a dramatic reaction.

Good thinking :) Enjoyed your latest post on bittercress … out to find some …

]]> By: tammy http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-557 tammy Sun, 11 May 2008 16:03:23 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-557 That's interesting, BK. I don't think I noticed sleepiness in myself, but definitely a certain calm. Sometimes I think the deep relaxation that comes with certain herbs we take is the result of our body relaxing as it receives exactly what it needs in various circumstances. So, while the herb may not have specific relaxing properties, it is nevertheless deeply relaxing to you because it is such a comfort to you in your particular needs. Does that make sense? In other words, it may be deeply relaxing to one person because of their particular need, but not so much with another person with different needs. I experienced this deep relaxation with fresh ginger tea last winter. Everything I read said that ginger was a powerful stimulant, but everytime I ingested it fresh as a hot tea with honey I became so sleepy I literally had to go get in bed and take a nap. Not stimulating at all to me, at least not on the surface level. I've come to believe it worked this way for me because I was extremely cold and dry and had a lot of digestive congestion last winter and the warmth and moistness of the tea (plus the other magic medicine of ginger) was exactly what I needed... it made my body say ahhhhhh! It was stimulating in the sense that it got my circulation and digestive organs moving better, but the effect that I experienced was relaxation. But there may be many others who would not experience it that same way. That’s interesting, BK. I don’t think I noticed sleepiness in myself, but definitely a certain calm. Sometimes I think the deep relaxation that comes with certain herbs we take is the result of our body relaxing as it receives exactly what it needs in various circumstances. So, while the herb may not have specific relaxing properties, it is nevertheless deeply relaxing to you because it is such a comfort to you in your particular needs. Does that make sense? In other words, it may be deeply relaxing to one person because of their particular need, but not so much with another person with different needs.

I experienced this deep relaxation with fresh ginger tea last winter. Everything I read said that ginger was a powerful stimulant, but everytime I ingested it fresh as a hot tea with honey I became so sleepy I literally had to go get in bed and take a nap. Not stimulating at all to me, at least not on the surface level. I’ve come to believe it worked this way for me because I was extremely cold and dry and had a lot of digestive congestion last winter and the warmth and moistness of the tea (plus the other magic medicine of ginger) was exactly what I needed… it made my body say ahhhhhh! It was stimulating in the sense that it got my circulation and digestive organs moving better, but the effect that I experienced was relaxation. But there may be many others who would not experience it that same way.

]]> By: BK http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-555 BK Sun, 11 May 2008 01:07:37 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-555 It seems to me I often feel sleepy after eating fresh violet leaves. Not in a bad, druggy way, but I seem to get reallllly relaxed and then nap-prone. Is it just me? It seems to me I often feel sleepy after eating fresh violet leaves. Not in a bad, druggy way, but I seem to get reallllly relaxed and then nap-prone. Is it just me?

]]> By: the Witchen Kitchen Beginner Herbal » Blog Archive » If You Wish For Them, They Will Come http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/comment-page-1/#comment-530 the Witchen Kitchen Beginner Herbal » Blog Archive » If You Wish For Them, They Will Come Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:11:49 +0000 http://witchenkitchen.com/2008/03/29/lets-not-forget-the-violets/#comment-530 [...] an earlier post I had lamented that although I had tons of violet where I work, I couldn’t find a single one [...] [...] an earlier post I had lamented that although I had tons of violet where I work, I couldn’t find a single one [...]

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