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Avenca a.k.a Maidenhair

Summary:

Avenca belongs to one of the main families of ferns. Ferns are one of the oldest groups of plants on Earth, with their fossil records dating back almost 400 million years. Identifying most ferns is easy. They are leafy green flowerless plants that grow in shady spots on the forest floor. If you see feathery fronds–branch-like leaflets–growing on any forest floor under the canopy of large trees, they’re probably ferns. The Adiantum ferns include two hundred plus species distributed extensively all over the world, from cool temperate zones to hot tropical regions. You’ll find Adiantum ferns thriving in the Pacific Islands; northeast Australia; Asia; the Middle East; southern Europe; Madagascar; tropical Africa; North, Central, and South America; and even Canada. The greatest number of different types of Adiantum ferns are found in tropical South America.(Rain-Tree)

 

Botanical name:

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Origin:

Brazil

Avenca, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Adianto, Alambrillo, Barun, Cabello De Venus, Capilera, Capille E Jenere, Celantillo, Centaurea, Cilantrillo, Culandrillo, Culantrillo De Pozo, Culantrillo, Fern Karn Dam, Frauenhaar, Hansraj, Helecho Culantrillo, Herba Capillorum Veneris, Ladies’ Hair, Paresiyanwashan, Shaer-Ul-Arz, Venus Hair Fern.

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Dr. Truman Berst

Doc Truman started his training in 1961 with Dr. Norma Myers, Master Herbalist and Dean of Green Shores Herbal College in Vancouver, B.C. Dr. Myers was an Iroquois Native American, and a close friend of Nurse Renee Cassie. Dr. Truman continued his research with Dr. Myers until her death in 1988, when she gave him Power of Attorney to carry on her Christian Ministry of Natural Health Research and Education. He received a BS, Masters, and Ph.D. from Green Shores Herbal College in Ethnobotany and Phytotherapy. He is a graduate Master Herbalist, Chartered Herbalist, and Master of Herbology. He also received his Credentials of Ministry and Bishops Certificate from The Christian Heritage Institute, Florence, Oregon. In the last 62 years, Truman has researched and studied with many of the world’s greatest advocates of natural healing, including Dr. John R. Christopher. He also was the Executive Director of Sales for Nature’s Herbs. He founded Health & Herbs a not-for-profit Unincorporated Private Member Association that is an outreach of Good Shepherd Ministries. Truman is a member of the, American Herb Association, American Botanical Council, and Herb Research Foundation. He has created more than 14,000 natural remedies in the forms of extracts, teas, powders, salves, creams, lotions, capsules and tablets and more.

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