The herb agrimony is perhaps best known for its ability to soothe throats — singers and speakers may gargle with this spicy-smelling herb before a performance to refresh and clear the throat. But agrimony may be useful for much more than that! Agrimony has a long and somewhat strange history. Ancient herbalists mixed agrimony with pounded frogs and human blood to cure internal hemorrhages. Somehow, I doubt that one worked. In ancient Greece, the herb was used for relieving eye problems. Anglo-Saxons used agrimony to heal wounds and called it “garclive”. Agrimony was also mixed with mugwort and vinegar to … Continue reading →