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- Garden by Dr. Howard's Office in Greenfield Village, August 2008 - Dr. Alonson B. Howard, a physician in rural Tekonsha, Michigan, used plants in his practice. He dried, crushed, decocted, extracted, and purified parts of skunk cabbage, bloodroot, blue vervain, boneset, and white snakeroot among others into pills, powders, and tinctures. In 2008, the Village Herb Associates planted other medicinal herbs near Howard's relocated office to convey the importance of plants to medicine.
- August 15, 2008
- Collections - Artifact
Garden by Dr. Howard's Office in Greenfield Village, August 2008
Dr. Alonson B. Howard, a physician in rural Tekonsha, Michigan, used plants in his practice. He dried, crushed, decocted, extracted, and purified parts of skunk cabbage, bloodroot, blue vervain, boneset, and white snakeroot among others into pills, powders, and tinctures. In 2008, the Village Herb Associates planted other medicinal herbs near Howard's relocated office to convey the importance of plants to medicine.