Aconite
Appearance:
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fibrous roots; erect stems; palmately divided or cleft leaves
- flower: most are blue or purple, some yellow or white;
bilaterally symmetrical with five parts, with the uppermost portion being shaped like a hood
Uses:
- root is
used in powdered form as pain reliever (anodyne), heart palpitations
Cautions:
- excess amounts can cause restlessness,
salivation, nausea, weakened heartbeat, chest pain, prostration, possibly death
Adonis
Appearance:
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finely cut, alternate leaves, flowers are red or yellow
Uses:
- used as pain reliever, for heart palpitations
Alfalfa
Appearance:
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small purple flowers on tall stalks, extensive root systems
Uses:
- in a tea as a diuretic
Aloe
Appearance:
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short stems, fleshy, lanceolate leaves crowded in rosettes at the end of the stems; red or tubular flowers in dense clusters
Uses:
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sap of leaves used for treatment of burns
Ash
Appearance:
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tree, small clusters of greenish flowers with or without sepals and petals
Uses:
- bark used as diuretic and
to reduce fevers (febrifuge)
Asparagus
Appearance:
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thin spears, delicate, lacy foliage
Uses:
- part of cure for hangovers
Barley
Appearance:
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grain on top of tall stalk, golden in color when ready to harvest
Uses:
- brewed in tea to relieve cystitis
Basil
Appearance:
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ovate green leaves on a mid-sized stalk
Uses
- used as antispasmodic
Borage, Borrago
Appearance:
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rough hairs on stems and leaves; flower cluster is spirally coiled and unrolls as the flowers open; flowers are radially symmetric
with five-lobed corollas (fused petals) that are funnel- or bell-shaped; fruit matures into four nutlets
Uses:
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used to relieve coughs
Box
Appearance:
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hedge; small, oval, opposite, leathery leaves, dark glossy green on upper surface, lighter beneath, petalless flowers
Uses:
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diaphoretic (produces perspiration)
Cautions:
- moderate to large dosages can cause irritation of the digestive
tract and possibly death
Comfrey
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- used for burns, coughs
Coriander
Appearance:
- lower leaves are divided in fine, thread-like
partitions, white and pink flowers grow in small clusters
Uses:
- for relief of abdominal discomfort
Cucumber
Appearance:
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trailing herb, fruit resembles a long green cylinder
Uses:
- sliced, used for burns
Dragon's Tongue
Appearance:
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mottled leaves, bears yellow flowers
Uses:
- used for burns
Ezob
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- used to relieve coughs, as diaphoretic
Featherfern
Appearance:
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multiple green fronds
Uses:
- in tonic to relieve fever
Fellis Tree
Appearance
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small, branchy, drooping tree; fragrant clusters of yellow or pink flowers with pointed petals; clustersof berry-like fruit
Uses:
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juice from fruit used as narcotic painkiller
Cautions:
- can be addictive, very large doses can be lethal
Garlic
Appearance:
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flowers have six whitish petals; fruit is a capsule containing kidney shaped black seeds; bulb is covered in a papery skin,
and can be broken into constituent bulblets, called cloves
Uses:
- used as cold remedy, controls high blood pressure,
as digestive stimulant, antispasmodic, diuretic
- also used in cooking and pickling
Glovecap
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- used for pain relief
Hissop, Hyssop
Appearance:
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narrow, woody stems, elliptical, aromatic leaves; bluish-purple, red, or white flowers
Uses:
- used in tea for
coughs
Hops
Appearance:
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vines; rough stems; heart-shaped leaves, with five to seven lobes
Uses:
- used for relief of pain
Ilex
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses
- used to treat pneumonia
Lavender
Appearance:
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narrow leaves, small purple flowers containing oil of lavender
Uses:
- oil used in lotion or salve to relieve
headaches
Lovage
Appearance:
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dark green leaves, composed of many leaflets, are shiny with toothed tips; tiny yellow flowers grow in clusters
Uses:
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used for coughs
Meadowsweet
Appearance:
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white and blue flowers
Uses
- pain reliever
Mosstea
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- for dressing wounds against infection
Needlethorn
Appearance:
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several cactus like stalks from a single base, three stalks, three leaves; succulent bush with toxic brown spines; skin of
plant has fine hairs that may cause irritation, inflammation of skin
Uses:
- needles are used as syringes for
injections and to draw blood
Nettleweed
Appearance:
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fern-like, stems and leaves may be covered in hairs filled with stinging liquid
Uses:
- used in a tonic
Numbweed
Appearance:
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bush; plaquey, thorny greenery; opposing leaves are arrowhead-shaped, with a terminating leaf at the end of each branch; gray-green
color; tufts of blossoms similar to statice
Uses:
- used raw or in salve, numbs pain
Cautions:
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too much will cause bleeding and scarring
Pink Root
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- relief of bellyaches
Red Willow Salic
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- pain relief
Rosemary
Appearance
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grows close to ground, produces small blue flowers
Uses:
- medicinal
Sage
Appearance:
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densely covered in hairs, produces colorful tubular, aromatic flowers
Uses:
- in tes with willow and wintergreen
for headaches
Seaweeds
Appearance:
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long, leaf-like, underwater plants
Uses:
- boiled juice from stalk used as preventative for bone ailments
Spearkeek
Appearance:
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white bulb
Uses:
- reduces fevers
Sweetroot
Appearance:
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yellowish tuber
Uses:
- in crystal form, used to reduce fever, headaches
Tansy
Appearance:
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deeply dividing leaves, yellow heads
Uses:
- as tonic, to relieve heart palpitations
Tarragon
Appearance:
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green stem and leaves, small greenish composite flowerheads
Uses:
- medicinal
Thymus
Appearance:
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narrow leaves, whitish or reddish flowers in whorls; wild variety has oval leaves and purple flowers
Uses:
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used for coughs
Tussilago
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- for coughs
Vines from Ista
Appearance:
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vines
Uses:
- sap from bruised leaves will neutralize insect stings
White Bulb
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- reduces fevers
White Thorn
Appearance:
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unknown
Uses:
- pain relief, heart palpitations
Willow
Appearance:
- tree, simple flowers
Uses:
- used
in tea to control arthritis, used in tea with wintergreen and sage for headaches, used in crystals as willowsalic for headaches
Wintergreen
Appearance:
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short shrub with creeping stalks; glossy, leathery, serrate leaves; white or pinkish flowers, scarlet berries
Uses:
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in tea with sage and willow for headache relief
Witch Hazel
Appearance:
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woody plants
Uses:
- extract from leaves used for burns
Yarrow
Appearance:
- finely divided leaves, clusters of small red or white flowers
Uses:
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for acne