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| yass | Mar 26 2013, 11:30 PM Post #1 |
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[Misc. notes] Herb Robert tea (Geranium robertianum) Geranium robertianum, (Robertiella robertiana) commonly known as Herb Robert, Red Robin, Death come quickly, or (in North America) Robert Geranium, is a common species of cranesbill in Europe, Asia, North America, and North Africa. Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) is an enigmatic herb with a miraculous action in tumor diseases, managing to halt or even cure some cancers. Before consuming this tea as a remedy for a disease, please ask your doctor. In all cases healed, Geranium robertianum tea treatment was accompanied by a strict diet with juices and raw vegetables or whole grains (Oshawa diet). Used for: ovarian cancer, intestinal cancer and stomach, breast cancer, tuberculosis, lung cancer, hematuria, radiation, impotence, ovarian cysts, ovarian, polycystic, ulcer, leukemia and sterility. For Herb Robert tea don’t use tap water. You can use mineral water, or, better, spring water who must not be older than 48 hours. Herb Robert tea recipe: In a cup (250ml) of water put one tablespoon of dried leaves and flowers, neither crushed, to soak over night. The resulting liquor (the soak) is filtered in the morning, and scald the remaining plant with another cup of water. After leaving to cool for half an hour at room temperature, filter this infusion. At the end, let to infuse the soak. You can drink 3 cups of tea per day on an empty stomach. Sip tea drink (some therapists recommend to drink with a spoon), unsweetened, without alcohol. I did not drink this tea and I can’t tell you how does it taste, bot when I drink one, I will leave my feedback. http://www.teapedia.net/herb-robert-tea-geranium-robertianum/ |
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| yass | Mar 26 2013, 11:40 PM Post #2 |
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Herb robert Geranium robertianum  Spoiler: click to toggle Herb Robert escaped from ornamental plantings and thrives in forested communities as the dominant ground cover, displacing native and beneficial plants. Herb Robert's 5-petaled flowers are in all shades of pink and sometimes white. Overall the plant is covered with short glandular hairs, giving the plant a sticky feel and a distinct odor (sometimes this plant is known as "stinky Bob"). Shallow, weak roots make this plant easy to pull although large infestations can be highly labor-intensive to remove.  http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/animalsAndPlants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification/herb-robert.aspx |
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| yass | Mar 26 2013, 11:48 PM Post #3 |
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herb robert (Geranium robertianum) Other common names Herb Robert, Robert Geranium, Stinky Bob, Red Robin, Fox Geranium Description Herb Robert is a branching, low growing winter and spring annual. It has light green leaves that are deeply dissected and release a pungent odor making this plant easy to recognize. As the plants mature the foliage turns red. This red color is very noticable under bright light conditions. The stems are highly pubescent, have multiple forks, and are brittle at the joints. The roots are shallow allowing for easy hand removal. The pink flowers are perfect and five petaled. The receptacle is elongated into a pointed structure called a "torus" or “storks bill”. Herb Robert reproduces only by seeds. Flowers are usually self fertile creating uniform populations. Seeds are matured in elongated pointed capsules that eject their seeds up to 20 feet when disturbed. They can survive in the soil up to and probably beyond five years. (King county 2008) Herb Robert tolerates a wide range of light intensities thriving best in open canopied forests or along the edges of forests. It has been noted that this plant is also very happy under deeper shaded conditions. It can be highly competitive with native early spring forbs but less so against grasses. Often Herb Robert takes advantage of habitats that have been opened up through weed control activities such as English ivy or false brome removal. Impacts Weedy geranium populations have expanded exponentially in the Pacific Northwest in the last ten years. Two species, Geranium robertianum, and geranium lucidum have aggressively invaded habitats (oak and fir woodlands) only marginally impacted by serious weed invasion in the past. Today herb Robert is becoming one of the most common woodland invaders in Western Oregon. An annual weed with a high reproductive potential, it has barely begun to infest all potential acreage available to it. Regionally, the species has been dispersed mainly by human activities into many if not most watersheds in Western Oregon. Locally, it is spreading by water movement, wildlife, recreationalists, gardeners, and through land disturbance activities. It can develop into populations of high density, up to 250 plants per meter square, pushing out native flora and impacting domestic gardens and parklands (Written Findings WSWB 2007). The full impacts of herb Robert invasion on flora, soil faunal communities, and pollinators have not been examined. Invasive populations in parks and garden settings will increase landscape maintenance costs in some circumstances. Overall economic impact projected to be minor. Some increased costs related to invasive plant removal projects are probable. Competition to early spring forest forbs has been noted in the Pacific Northwest (King County 2009). The degree of impact this competition provides varies with the density of the weed population. It is unclear whether native species are being completely excluded at some sites or just reduced. Impacts to soil fungus and organisms may occur in situations where monocultures exist. Insect populations especially native pollinators may be impacted as weed densities increase. Except in some ecologically significant locations, regional observations of infestations do not indicate that it is currently a serious ecological threat. Introduction Historical records indicate that several traditional remedies for cancer, toe, and fingernail maladies, toothache, dysentery, and nosebleed have been derived from herb Robert. (Wikipedia Jan. 2009) (iVillage Garden Web 10/2004) The species is common in forested areas throughout the continents of Eurasia and North Africa. (Falinska and Piroznikow 1983)    Images courtesy of Tom Forney & Glenn Miller, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/plant/weeds/Pages/profile_herbrobert.aspx |
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| yass | Mar 26 2013, 11:56 PM Post #4 |
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| yass | Mar 27 2013, 12:02 AM Post #5 |
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Geranium robertianum Geranium robertianum, (syn. Robertiella robertiana) commonly known as Herb Robert, Red Robin, Death come quickly, Storksbill, Dove's Foot, Crow's Foot, or (in North America) Robert Geranium, is a common species of cranesbill in Europe, Asia, North America, and North Africa. Geranium robertianum can grow at altitudes of up to 1,500 metres (4,921 ft). It grows as an annual or biennial plant, producing small, pink, five-petalled flowers (about 1 cm in diameter) from April until the autumn. The leaves are fern-like, and the stems often reddish; the leaves too turn red at the end of the flowering season. The plant has little root structure. In Great Britain is commonly found in hedgerows. It has been introduced into other temperate parts of the world, probably through its use as an ornamental plant, such as in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. In the state of Washington, it is known as Stinky Bob and classified as a noxious weed.(WSNWCB 2005, p. 8)(WSNWCB 2007) Uses In traditional herbalism, Herb Robert was used as a remedy for toothache and nosebleeds.[1] Freshly picked leaves have an odor resembling burning tires when crushed, and if they are rubbed on the body the smell is said to repel mosquitoes. The active ingredients are tannins, a bitter compound called geraniin, and essential oils. It was carried to attract good luck, and due to its analogical association with storks, to enhance fertility.  Spoiler: click to toggle  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium_robertianum |
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| yass | Mar 27 2013, 12:12 AM Post #6 |
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Herb-Robert fact file Description Herb-Robert is a ubiquitous sprawling plant well-known for its strong disagreeable mousy smell and its cheerful bright pink flowers. This odour is referred to by the local names stinking Robert and stinky Bob. In folklore it is the plant belonging to the mischievous house goblin Robin Goodfellow (the name Robin is a diminutive of Robert). This leafy plant is generally hairy, with bright green finely divided leaves and reddish-tinged stems. It has many varied local names including bloodwort, which reflects the use of the plant in folk medicine to staunch blood flow. Although the petals are usually bright pink, white forms arise in some areas. Also known as bloodwort, cuckoo's eye, death-come-quickly, stinking Robert, stinky Bob. http://www.arkive.org/herb-robert/geranium-robertianum/ |
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