{"id":7649,"date":"2021-03-30T18:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wondermentgardens.com\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2021-04-23T20:08:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:08:37","slug":"juniper-herbal-interlude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wondermentgardens.com\/juniper-herbal-interlude\/","title":{"rendered":"An Herbal Interlude, Juniper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
This Juniper Herbal Interlude contains affiliate links.\u00a0 That means, if you purchase a product through one of the links, I make a commission at no additional cost to you.\u00a0 I appreciate it each time you click on or make a purchase from one of my links.\u00a0 \u00a0Thank you for your support.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t With a special affinity for the urinary system, Juniper has been used all over the world, for at least 3000 years and probably more. It has a long history of use as a diuretic, urinary antiseptic, a soothing kidney remedy and much more. Sometime in the early 1900\u2019s Juniper berries became known as a kidney toxin. The label stuck and warnings persist today.\u00a0<\/p> History speaks a different tale. The eclectic herbalists of the 1800\u2019s and 1900\u2019s wrote about the use of the berries specifically for the treatment of kidney disease. Yet, the warning and fear of Juniper\u2019s use is repeated over and over, even when modern studies show contrary findings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The mistaken information can be traced to an incident of adulteration around the turn of the century. Adulteration happens when correct and incorrect plants are mixed. Sometimes it happens by accident, sometimes not. It depends on the supplier and the makers of products. In this case someone making Juniper volatile oil (essential oil) mixed juniper with a plant called Savin, a close cousin of Juniper. You guessed it, Savin is a kidney toxin. \u00a0<\/p><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Juniper (Juniperus communis) and other varieties<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t