Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Kansas

* 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. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant),...

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

* The Chinese Red Pine Pinus tabuliformis (?? Oval, brown cones to 3.5” long. Needles (to 6” long) in bundles of two are an attractive dark green. In some older texts the name is spelled " Pinus tabulaeformis ".

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt...

Hardy to at least -20°c. * Succeeds in most soils in sun or semi-shade. It is also common across much of Mexico. A vigorous plant, it can be grown through trees or shrubs or over tree stumps.

S.-Peterburgsk. Spiraea chinensis Maximowicz, Trudy Imp. Zhong hua xiu xian ju Shrubs 1.5–3 m tall. Branchlets arched, red-brown and yellow tomentose initially, black-brown and glabrous when old; buds ovoid, 2–5 mm, with several scales, pubescent,...

These include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,...

Usually of conical form; Hortus says it's the typical species. * Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment...

* Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * Polyphenolic compounds from raspberry seeds are efficient antioxidants. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc.

However, its phytochemistry remains predominatly unstudied. * Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas, western China.

* Externally it is a very beneficial treatment for a variety of skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in the form of liniment plasters, poultices, herbal steam baths and inhalers.

* Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism and other bone diseases.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs.

These include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,...

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). It has been mixed with other medicines in order to give added potency.

The common name "Blueberry haw" refers to the appearance of the fruit, which are almost blue, and not to their taste. * Crataegus brachyacantha is one of the "black-fruited" species of hawthorn , but it is only very distantly related to the other black-fruited...

It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment. * A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places;...

There is no difference whatsoever between the European and the Himalayan collections, wh ile plants from Siberia Subsp. Ex Royle Stout perennial, 40-100(-200) cm high. Fl.Per: May-June.

* Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to a variant of Sorrel ), and ambiguously as " garden patience " , is a perennial flowering plant...

* Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape. Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding...

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.

* Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ).

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

* Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated...