There is probably more mystery and lore to herbs than any other plants. Each herb has it's own history, significance, and use for either cooking or remedies. And when someone mentions herbs the line to a song comes to mind: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme!
When you Google these herbs, you get all kinds of suggestions: like oils from thyme, rosemary and cedarwood to the scalp improves hair grown in up to 44% of people with hair loss after 7 months of treatment. The ancient Celts had seven herbs that were valued as sacred. They were dandelion, comfrey, mugwort, burdock, misteltoe, nettle and the Guelder rose. Or Burning sage is one of the oldest methods of cleansing a person or space to ward off unwanted spirits.
Herbs are great for growing, they don't take up much space, and growing them in your kitchen window makes them easy to clip and use when you're cooking. One woman performs a Native American ritual as she collects herbs. With seeds carried in a sacred pouch, as she gathers from the Earth, she sows a few seeds, saying "The Earth is my Mother, she takes care of me. The Earth is my Mother, I take care of her."
Even if you don't have a garden, you can sow some symbolic seeds as a gesture to ritualize the new life you are creating within.
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