- VIDEO BY ALICE
- SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Dear Ones,
Here is a video about the California native plant Vinegar Weed (Trichostema lanceolatum). A Summary follows the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I was out here in the mountains today, and I ran across a kind of flower that only blooms once in a while in the mountains. It has tiny purple flowers on it, and a kind of hairy, whitish-green leaves. And it is an herb! (1)
If you rub the leaves with your hand, and then sniff them, it has the most incredible smell to it! … a little like the kind of oil [linseed oil] that I used to mix my oil paints with when I was a child.
Sniffing of the oil, in moderation, intuition tells me, causes grief to release from the lungs. (However, I would like to add that I advise caution in trying out wild herbs, no matter what may be in various plant guides regarding their medicinal qualities.)
So I sniffed a little, and I made a note of that, and I started walking along the trail again. Then all of a sudden, I started crying! And so, in my experience, it actually works really well, and very fast! … I will put some photos and the name in; I will find them for you …

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 1” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 1” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 2” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 2” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 3” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 3” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 4” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 4” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 5” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 5” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 6” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 6” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 7” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata), a California native plant, 7” by Alice B. Clagett, 18 October 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars
Filmed on 18 October 2017; published on 25 November 2017; revised on 22 March 2023
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FOOTNOTE
(1) For more on Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata) and its medicinal uses, see the following links …
Link: “Vinegarweed,” in the USDA NRCS (United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service) Plant Guide … https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_trla4.pdf ..
Link: “Trichostema lanceolatum,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichostema_lanceolatum ..
Link: “Vinegarweed (Trichostema lanceolata),” by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) … http://calscape.org/Trichostema-lanceolatum-() ..
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