Keep it Simple A Simple is a philtre derived from a single herb and
was an important element among the natural resources of the
parish-pump witch, wise-women and cunning-folk. Simples are common
kitchen 'stuff' that have been handed down through generations of
country people in the form of family cures for everyday ailments.
Or as William Fernie wrote in his Herbal Simples (1897) The art of
Simpling is as old with us as our British hills. It aims at curing
common ailments with simple remedies culled from the soil, or got
from home resources near at hand. These were no fancy recipes with
magical formulae, and, often given as a tisane, the woman of the
household was able to use the remedies to treat common ailments
suffered by her family. And, this elementary form of domestic plant
medicine can be as simple as a cup of chamomile tea made from
flowers picked fresh from our own garden to aid sleep. This was the
most elementary way to use medicinal plants since no fancy recipes
or scientific acumen was needed. But this element of traditional
witchcraft has long been in the shadows ...
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