Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In District Of Columbia

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

* The welcome wildflower of early spring; sap and root are red, hence the common name. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. Caution is advised. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant...

Wood - white, beautifully veined. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil...

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. * St. John's wort has a long history of herbal use.

They are followed by small oval fruit. * It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. The white flowers bloom in spring and summer and are highly fragrant.

* The welcome wildflower of early spring; sap and root are red, hence the common name. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. Caution is advised. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant...

A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. Mixed with gum arabic and limewater, it makes a green pigment used in watercolour painting. Wood - hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. The colours are rich but fugitive.

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma.

* The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought. * Covered in beautiful white flowers! * The Forking Larkspur ( Consolida regalis syn.

It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * A fine yellow dye is obtained from the juice of the plant, it is very durable. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs...

The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees. It is often found in recently disturbed areas, open woods, on nutrient-rich soil. A dark grey to green dye can be obtained from the fruit.

(Taxus celebica), a large, ornamental evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), widespread in China at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 feet). The leaves are up to 4 centimeters (11?2 inches) long—broader than those of most other yews—and...

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.

It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched. * Rose-purple 2"-3 1/2" daisylike flowers; native to central North America.

1:17:1923, Stewart, Ann. And National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. Bracts shorter than the pedicels. Cimicifuga europaea N. Type: Described from Siberia.

It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients.

The seed usually germinates within 1 - 2 weeks at 20°c. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. * This species can be distinguished from the oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) by the six-lobed corolla and the lack of the clustered fruits that that plant...

The colour is yellow when mixed with alum. The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres).

Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging.

Additionally it is very common in New England and the Lake States but not very common south of Pennsylvania , where it is found only sporadically in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee .

* High in vitamins A and C. * Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads. It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair. * When eaten they first of all impart a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste...

* Lian Qiao has been used in Chinese herbalism for over 4,000 years and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Forsythia suspensa (pinyin : lianqiao ) is a flowering plant native to Asia.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

A decoction of the fruit is used in the treatment of cancer, coughs, inflammation of the respiratory organs, haemorrhoids and hypertension. The root is used as a purgative in the treatment of rabies and also has sedative properties.

It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients.