2A The Mountain Messenger, Thursday April 26, 1990
Helen Woodward
When working on any form of
puzzle, one clue always leads to the
next to finish the work. Sometimes
our puzzles, either crossword, jig-
saw, or life's everyday adventures
leave us wondering if we will solve
the mystery. When the importance
becomes a prerogative we intuitively
place the basic first piece.
Herbs are nature's healing reme-
dies for man's primary riddles. Pic-
ture an old-fashioned balance scale
in your mind. In astronomy this is a
constellation ,n the southern hemi-
sphere called Libra. In astrology, Li-
bra is the seventh sign of the zo-
diac, a cardinal air sign ruled by the
planet Venus, symbol of harmony,
iustice and fairness, "an iron hand in
a velvet qlove," a quiet and diplo-
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matic leader.
Now try to weigh your physical,
emotional, intellectual and spiritual
self on this balance scale. Each
moment of every day we add some-
thing to one side in an attempt to
seek a level balance with the other.
When we do not add the right joys
and smiles, vitamins and minerals,
we get "out of balance" frustrated,
nervous and stressed. We tense to
the point at anger, belligerence
hatefulness or even just plain bitter-
ness which has a functional ending
in uselessness.
Coordinating all of these ideas on
English paper was perhaps first ac-
complished in "Culpeper's Complete
Herbal" first published eartv in the
,7th century. Historically, credit
goes to the Ayurvedic practices of
India and Traditional Chinese Medi-
cine (T.C.M.) of China. Both of these
theories were developed many cen-
turies earlier and both contain a
base in the four cardinal zodiac ele-
ments of air, earth, fire and water.
A fun and simple herbal ex-
amples the ARTICHOKE, cynara
scolymus, a plant native to the Ara-
bian counties, introduced to Spain
via North Africa when under the
Moslem influence and now native to
and cultivated in southern Africa and
Europe, extensively in France. Culti-
vation of this produce in the United
States varies in popularity among
our regions and citizenship.
Artichokes, according to Nicholas
Culpeper, are ruled by Venus, ruler
of our liver and gall bladder which
controls our emotions and nervous
system and is regulated by our inter-
nal thermostat, the thyroid gland.
Interestingly enough this beneficial
food item is a diuretic which in-
creases the flow of urine, a chola-
gogue which increases the flow of
bile into the intestines and an aphro-
disiac which increases sexual desire
or potency.
More pieces begin to surround
the first one placed as bile, a bitter
alkaline brownish or greenish yellow
fluid secreted by the liver and stored
in the gall bladder, is gradually dis-
charged into the duodenum, the be-
ginning part of the small intestine
starting with the lower end of the
stomach. These secretions not only
aid in the digestive process, they
wash away fats. A problem, or
blockage, in this area can create an
ill-tempered, bitter person, maintain-
ing this part in good working order
insures the free-flow of blood
through our filtering system alleviat-
ing pressure on any other parts.
As we start to smile from the in-
side out even bur complexion im-
proves for piece by piece we create
a new and happier picture.
Editor's Note: These articles
are intended for educational pur-
poses only. They are not intended
to treat, diagnose or prescribe,
nor to be considered as a substi-
tute for professional care.
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Salesman,
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Lowell O'Dell lives in White Sulphur
Sprihgs with his wife, learn. They
have one daughter, Margaret.
He is looking forward to meeting
his many friends, old and new.
You oan oall Lowell at home,
636-2307 or
oall 6arten Ford, 1-800-344.6247
Rt. 60 East, Clifton Forge, Va.
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cated on a lot:purchased in 1803 by
Henley Chapman, a lawyer. The
rear wing was built in 1820, he said,
and Mr Chapman's son Augustus
inherited the property in 1830. Au-
gustus served as a representative
from Monroe County to the Virginia
Assembly three times and served in
the 28th United States Congress in
the 1840's, Dr Ripley said. He also
served as a brigadier general in the
Virginia Militia at the start of the Civil
War and saw action in the Kanawha
Valley; his son Beirne organized a
gunnery company from Monroe and
Greenbrier counties, called
Chapman's Battery, according to Dr
Ripley.
Ms Fischer said she expects the
house to provide facilities for the
clothing store, reception and meet-
ing rooms, dining room, offices, and
food preparation. Also included will
be areas for the sewing/crafts pro-
gram, child care, weatherization pro-
gram, and food bank. With five
rooms available for meetings of up
to 20 persons, members of the
council hope to make meeting
space available to community
groups when needed. The first floor
is accessible to the handicapped.
Volunteers from the Union Lions
Club are helping install a front
porch, and other organizations and
individuals throughout the county
are expected to help in the renova-
tion project. Ms Fischer said she
hopes enough work will be done by
June to allow the clothing store to
move in. Additional renovations will
be completed in stages as funds are
raised. Approximately $25,000 is
needed to complete renovations
throughout the building, Ms Fischer
said. '1 hope we will be able to have
everything moved to the Hensley
House in about a year," she added.
The Monroe County Community
Services Council began operations
in a dairy barn near Greenville in
1977. In 1981 it moved to the base-
ment floor of the Caldwell Building in
downtown Union. It has been rent-
ing the house on North Street since
1984.
An 18-member Board of Direc-
tors sets policy and makes official
decisions for the non-profit organiza-
tion. One-third of the board mem-
bers are elected officials, one-third
are low-income individuals, and the
remaining third are from businesses
and local agencies. Officers include
president Jan Gelderman, vice-
president Sharon Harris, treasurer
Margurite Fullen, and secretary Viv-
Jan Bowie.
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One of my dreams is to go on an
English garden tour in the peak of
spring to visit the manor houses
there. I want to see the vastness of
their grounds, the contrast of new
growth and bygone architecture, the
mown walkways and pitted statuary,
the clipped hedges and wide herba-
ceous borders, the terraces and
manicured lawns. But I am more
eager to visit the cottage gardens of
the country dwellers. If the books on
the subiects are faithful to their char-
acter, these cottage gardens have
an intimacy and charm that makes
them more appealing than the grand
and formal estates.
Maybe I prefer cottage gardens
because they are within the reach of
everyone. Their beauty is more de-
pendent upon the imagination and
patience than the pocketbook of
their owner. The owner is the crea-
tor of the cottage garden, not a hired
team of landscaping experts. Cot-
tage gardens are less contrived and
symmetrical because they were not
planed on paper in advance and
then laid out all at once. They have
evolved slowly and at odd moments
in the day when a housewife dug a
slip of baby's breath from a
neighbor's yard or transplanted an
overgrown clump of lilies• She
tucked them in wherever fhey would
fit.
With too many other chores to do
the cottage gardeners tend to let
their plants run wild and crowded,
without a great deal of fuss over
pruning, clipping, or planning. Nor
are they fussy about what kinds of
plants sit next to each other in the
bed. The cottage gardeners take
what they can get and share what
they have, the kind of philosophy we
might all do well to live with. The
result in England has been the kind
of dwelling that belongs in a fairy
tale. Thatched, gabled and shut-
tered, chimneys sticking out no
longer in use, the bungalow is sur-
rounded .by overgrown vines on it
roof and fences and flowers have
consumed the walkways and lawns.
Somewhere in the midst of all this
profusion there is probably a
wooden bench where you can hide
or dream, a bee skep (a domed hive
made of twisted straw coils) and a
bird bath where the sparrows splash
in the mid-afternoon
extent of g
These cottages have
flowers and so little
owners must have a hardl
ing space for their ve
somehow they manage
space fc: a kitchen
bean teepees and
hold up the tomatoes add
tic charm of the
kitchen gardens are not
by rows as their
parts. Everything seems t0!
sprung out of the rich
clustered happily together.
I guess I'm a hope~essl
These cottage gardens
the quieter way of life
close to the earth; but it is
be a hippie when
are no sirens in the
just bird calls to identify
on the garden bench. The!
ment here is a slow
hammock instead of a
the mall• The beauty is
what has been created
and this beauty is shared V
passerby. Even the rusty!
can leaning against the
to belong. It appears as
the garden. The chi
mossy roofs, cracked
green patinaed flower
their condition for a very
No one is in a frenzy to
repaired. Anything newly
or scrubbed, in fact,
false note.
One day I'm going
to Dorset, to Surrey,
Derbyshire, to Sussex,
Heath, to St
drink it all in. In the
going to root everything I c
hands on --- vines,
nuals, shrubs, bush
garden is brimming• I'r0
transplant my lavender
rounds my house. Every
succumb to its smell.
weave a bee skep to
garden. Call me an
head in the sand. Call
tionary, an idealist. Go
me a romantic. I will be
bench surrounded by
momiles and Iowlying
I cannot hear you,
In Rupert
Two unarmed burglars made off
with $1,950.21 in checks and cash
from a Rupert grocery store April 18,
according to the Greenbrier County
Sheriff's Department.
An employee of Handy Place
called the Sheriff's Department
shortly after the 11:30 p.m. incident
and reported that "two
wearing ski masks"
store, grabbed a bag car
money, and left• No
marks were made and
caped on foot,
filed by Sergeant J. R.
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