Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In New Hampshire

* 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.

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.

Something that is considered to be an indicator of grazing in that area. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine. Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies.

* The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine. * The use of this plant is subject to legal restrictions in some countries. * Datura stramonium , known by the common names jimson weed , devil's trumpet...

* Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups.

* A small ash native to China with 1 1/2" leaflets on compound leaves and 1" seeds. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions. * It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade.

The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is also reputed to be dangerous in excess. It is an extremely useful medicine for those with weak and under-active digestion.

* Chinese pine is a conical tree that will grow to 50-70' tall in its native habitat, but is usually seen much smaller in cultivation. In some older texts the name is spelled " Pinus tabulaeformis ".

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia , in China , Japan and Korea .

* This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a foliage clump typically growing to 3-4' tall.

It bears the alternate common names California fremontia and flannel flower . * The bark can be made into cordage then used in making nets etc. It is not used commercially due to the small size of the tree.

Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. * Gentian root has a long history of use as a herbal bitter in the treatment of digestive disorders and is an ingredient of many proprietary medicines.

* Entada rheedii, commonly known as the African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large woody liana or climber. The inner meat of the seed would be either consumed directly, or the meat would be chopped, dried,...

* Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). It is in flower from Jun to July. It is hardy to zone 8. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism...

* Matricaria recutita or German chamomile , also spelled camomile , is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae . Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

* The leaves can be used fresh or dried. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor. A herb tea is made from the leaves.

It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports.

It is native to the western United States, where it is a member of varied scrub, woodland, and open habitats. * Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and green Mormon tea .

It has thin scaly brown bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian...

* Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). It is in flower from Jun to July. It is hardy to zone 8. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism...

* In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half. They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown.

The bark is pale greenish-grey and smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels , becoming dark grey and fissured on older trees. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.

Subalpine fir ABLA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator UPL, FAC Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

* The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth".

* 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".

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