Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Clearwater

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction technique, burdock piling.

In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as well as the upper part of the tap root, grows in size. Its Spanish and Quechua names include maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku.

* Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China , Korea , and southeastern most Russia...

* Succeeds in most soils in sun or semi-shade. * Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae. * The root can be eaten cooked. The plants tend to be evergreen in the more southern United States.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides.

* The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine. It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution.

* Beets are low in calories (about 45 kcal per 100 g), have zero cholesterol and a minute amount of fat. * Beet seed can take two weeks to germinate so an old trick is to sow radish seeds in the same row.

Sow 5-15 lbs./acre. * Dwarf Essex Rape is an excellent forage crop for livestock and wildlife. Added to salads or used as a potherb. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding. * Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day herbalists.

* The seed is very agreeable to the taste. * A perennial poppy with 2-3" pink, red, orange, greenish, or yellow fragrant flowers; most of the leaves are basal; native to Eurasia and to North America from the Arctic to Colorado.

The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. This occurrence is a popular science experiment in primary grade school. The dried roasted roots are ground into apowder and are used for making coffee.

The tree is up to 14 m (46 ft) tall and wide and bushy when cultivated. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters (11?2 inches) long—broader than those of most other yews—and often end in a very small, sharp point.

An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. Flowers are followed by a fragile, plumed seedhead. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema.

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears. ; Japanese : ??? Kinmokusei ; also known as Sweet Olive, Tea Olive and Fragrant Olive) is a...

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. It is especially useful in states of exhaustion from chronic disease and in all cases of debility, weakness of the digestive system and lack...

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints...

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * Myrtus, with the common name myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. * Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an...

* Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. * With its small but abundant flowers it can colour a whole hillside white, almost giving the appearance of snow cover.

* The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought. * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against...

The leaves are broad, ovate, 20-40 cm long and 11-20 cm broad. Obovata has an acute base. * The highly aromatic bark is stripped from the stems, branches, and roots and used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as hou po (thus the common...

* The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis...

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches.

Aristolochic acid is said to be too toxic for clinical use. A decoction of the fruit is used in the treatment of cancer, coughs, inflammation of the respiratory organs, haemorrhoids and hypertension.

It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would...

She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons",...

* Use for border garden. * Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Prefers well-drained soil. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae.