Rhatany
Krameria spp.
KRAMERIACEAE (Rhatany Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
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TXA note from Ginger:
Desert Rhatany is a shrub; the species that grows in central Texas is a sprawling plant. I love stumbling upon them because they are not widespread and they only seem to be noticeable when in flower. Rhatany is an astringent, but to be honest, astringency in plants is easy to come by; better to use something more widespread and common if looking for some medicinal astringency. Leave pretty little Rhatany be.
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
