The Golden Rules of ATV Safety as outlined by the ATV Safety Institute's Mike Mount (see sidebar on page 75) is a good place to start for personal safety issues.
Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.
Bupleurum, or hareâs ear root, is a very well known herb in the Chinese herbal pharmacopia and it is included in many classic formula prescriptions. Native to East Asia, buplerum is a member of the Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae) family, and resembles fennel and dill, although its leaves are long and thin rather than lacy.