Meadowsweet

David was a new grad at the time and graciously allowed me as a 14-year-old to play around in his dispensary and pour some tinctures with him.

He came to our family farm and he showed my dad some of the plants that dad could pick for his own medicine, which my father lived another 45 years and he picked his own herbal teas every year, notably Meadowsweet, which grows prolifically in the UK.

And David had shown my dad how to grow and dry that.

And my dad did that every year until he died in his 80s.

However, none of the studies I saw showed that Juicy Joint improved collagen production in people.

Next up is Meadowsweet, and one of the studies that the company produces in support of this ingredient is this mouse study, where they found that it had modest anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects.

However, this same study also showed that traditional pain medication work better.

Next up is turmeric, and I think the research that was presented has a problem.

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We have a plant called Sweet Sicily, which gives you lovely aniseed flavours that can be infused or just put into food.

We've got Meadow Sweet, which is arguably probably used more by chefs than foragers in a way because it's a plant where the more technical know-how and skill you have you can probably get more flavors out of it because it's got almond it's got vanilla it's got watermelon flavors in it and it is really good for infusions into sorbets and that kind of thing

Amazing.

Fantastic.

Yes, flower bells rang right merry that day When there was a marriage of flowers they say.

Young lad's love had courted Miss Meadowsweet, And the two soon agreed at the altar to meet.

A lily-white robe was worn by the bride, And sweet William the groom dressed in red at her side.

Miss Violet, Primrose, and gay Marigold, With their lady's fingers her train did uphold.