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* 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".

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

* Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands.

* The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. Caution is advised. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. * 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.

With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the world's worst farmland, yet over the centuries, Maca learned to flourish under these conditions. * The root is eaten cooked.

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.

* Paeonia lactiflora , also Chinese Peony ( ? In Chinese ; pinyin : shao or bai shao ; bai meaning "white"), and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae , native to central and eastern Asia from eastern...

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. In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking...

The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. * The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid...

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * 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...

* Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC .

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. It is also used in treating kidney diseases.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have...

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. It is also used in treating kidney diseases.

* Acanthus balcanicus, is an endemic herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, up to Dalmatia. * Easily grown from seed. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August.

It can be drunk hot or cold. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. * 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...

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers...

A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . It is brown otherwise. * Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa .

* The French marigold ( Tagetes patula ) is a species in the daisy family ( Asteraceae ). The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect.

American ginseng contains high levels of Rb1, Rd (ppd classification) and Re (ppt classification) ginsenosides—higher than that of P. Ginseng is also widely grown in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada.

The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad. Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange...

* Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet,...

Corresponding to its species name, a common term for the plant is "dragon herb." It is native to a wide area of the Northern Hemisphere from easternmost Europe across central and eastern Asia to India , western North America , and south to northern Mexico...

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.

A herb tea is made from the leaves. It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower.