Learning how to use herbs for healing and magic.   What is a herb? All herbs are plants, but not all plants are herbs. The usual way of defining a herb is as a plant that may be useful, either as a food, as a flavoring, or as a medicinal agent with a therapeutic effect. A herb is a specail type of plant, with the potential to bring about changes in the body. This can happen either through eating it with food or using it medicinally. Actually, many herbs are used for both flavor and medicine! Herbs are often aromatic as well, with special fragrances that have mentally uplifting or physical effects. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), for example, is an excellent flavoring for lamb; as a medicinal herb, it is helpful for poor circulation; as a powerful, fresh fragrance, it helps poor concentrattion.  This comes from a book I have Called The Herb Bible A Complete Guide To Growing And Using Herbs by Jennie Harding                    A Bee BG