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Stachys officinalis
Wood Betony
Height: 24" Zone: 4 Light: sun to part shade

Description: Deep green leaves with spikes of purple flowers making a very attractive herb plant. Highly regarded to cure many ailments. Tea was used to cure persistent headaches and to cure throat irritations. Folklore: Betony was added to food to mend the hearts of quarreling couples, also added to midsummer bonfires to purify the body of ills and evil and has also cured the mysterious disease of elf-sickness. Also makes a good substitute for black tea. Try blending it with other flavorful tea herbs.
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STEVIA CONVERSION CHART
1 cup sugar equals approximately 1 t. of stevia
1T. sugar equals approximately 1/4 t. stevia
1 t. sugar equals a pinch or 1/16 teaspoon stevia.

Stevia rebaudiana
Stevia
Height: 30" Zone: 9 Light: sun to part shade
Description: Grow your own sugar, with minimum calories. Ten to fifteen times sweeter than table sugar. Stevia's natural habitat is growing primarily in infertile acidic sands and mucks but is very adaptable
to a variety of soil conditions. Stevia prefers full sun to part shade. I suggest you take it in and treat as a houseplant over winter up north. FDA is testing for approval as a food additive. This is one of the few non
hardy plants I grow. Well worth my trouble. A typical look of stevia is a spindly plant.
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STEVIA EXTRACT
To make a liquid extract, first dry the stevia leaves. Cover them with distilled water for 48 hours. Then filter through a coffee filter. To that filtered Stevia liquid then add everclear to a 4:1 ratio (for every 1 cup of Stevia liquid add 2 oz (Everclear alcohol). Everclear is colorless and has no taste. Label and store in the cupboard. Add a drop or two to beverages.

Symphytum officinalis
Comfrey or Knit bone
Height: 30" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to shade

Description: Comfrey herbs contain the active ingredient allantoin, a skin healer proven to heal wounds and skin ulcers. Allantoin adheres to the skin to stimulate the growth of healthy tissue. Beware: it heals the wound so fast that many times the infection is still in the cut. Softening and soothing, it is used in creams, lotions and bath brews. Use it to treat burns, bed sores, insect bites, athlete’s foot, psoriasis, eczema, and sprains. Fresh leaves can be mashed in a blender and applied to the skin. In folk lore it was carried for protection during travel and is used in money spells. Comfrey produces a brown dye with a mordant iron. ***WARNING***LEAVES ARE VERY BRITTLE AND WILL BE CUT OFF FOR SHIPPING. IT IS VERY HARD TO KILL THIS PLANT ONLY IF YOU OVER WATER IT.
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