Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In West Valley City

* The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe...

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

* 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 also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment. It is native to southern Europe . It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil...

It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form.

* Native Americans used it for respiratory and muscle disorders, as a purgative, and as a ceremonial medicine.The plant was used as a traditional medicinal plant by the Cherokee, Iroquois, Penobscot, and other indigenous peoples.

A herb tea is made from the leaves. A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter...

A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P. * A good fibre is obtained from the leaves, it is said to be suitable for textiles.

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. * Knautia arvensis , commonly known as Field Scabious , is a species in the genus Knautia .

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

A gently warming and tonic herb, it is especially effective in treating coughs, consumption, bronchitis and many other complaints of the chest as well as disorders of the digestive system.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use.

* 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 leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe...

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete.

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. In the 1990s, a quick expansion of cultivated land with maca was seen.

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California...

* Traditional milk thistle extract is made from the seeds, which contain approximately 4–6% silymarin. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered.

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. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol,...

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles. The nodding, blue to reddish-purple flowers are solitary on short branches from the axils of three-parted leaves.

* Established plants are drought tolerant. * A very ornamental plant. * A good bee plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late...

* The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings, soups, stews etc. Its flavor has similarities with some other spices, such as star anise, fennel, and liquorice.