lightbringer
Madame Wombat,
That is a hard question to answer, because each herblist has several herbs that they favor over others. I once had many books, video tapes of Dr. SHULTZ and in one of the books he named what he believed was the 10 most important to him. I gave all my books and tapes away and now I can't remember what they were.
After starting over. One of my new books states that six HERBLIST from the California School of Herbal Studies (CSHS)picked out 30 herbs that THEY THOUGHT WERE MODT IMPORTANT. t BLACKBERRY BLACK COHOSH
CALENDULA
CAYENNE
CHAMOMILE,GERMAN
CLEACERS
COMFREY
CRAMPBARK
DANDELION
*ECHINACEA
ELDER
FENNEL
GINGER
*GOLDENSEAL
GUMWEED
HAWTHORN
MARSHMALLOW
MUGWART
MULLEIN
NETTLE
PEPPERMINT
*PIPSISSEWA
PLENTAIN
ST. JOHN'S WORT
SKULLCAP
VALERIAN
VITEX
WILLOW
YARROW
YELLOW DOCK
Sorry the list is so long but I din't know how to make it shorter,like three rows of ten herbs each.
Also herblist James Green added these five to his list plus one FUNGUS....the REISHI mushroom.
His other list of five most important herbs are. BURDOCK, GINKGO, OAT, SAW PALMETTO, SIBERIAN GENSENG.
Madame Wombat, I hope this helps,and again I appoligize for not being able to type a post correctly. Please have a great week.
Sincerely I C L