Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Westminster

* 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 common name 'arborvitae' is from Latin, 'tree of life', and is based on its association with long life and vitality in Buddhist thought in China. * The leaves also contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene, xanthophyll...

Sepals petaloid, soon deciduous. Type: Described from Siberia. The eastern border of the species range is not quite clear, as the correlation between morphological characters and chromosome numbers are still doubtful from Emura's Papers.

The fruit is frequently used and much prized in parts of southern N. * The jelly is of a warm rosy color with a delicate flavor sometimes described as feral . * It can tolerate atmospheric pollution.

S.-Peterburgsk. * Aristolochia manshuriensis Komarov, Trudy Imp. Guan mu tong Hocquartia manshuriensis (Komarov) Nakai; Isotrema manshuriense (Komarov) H.

* Native to coniferous and mixed forests, thickets, deforested rocks, open slopes; 100-3500 m (but usually at lower elevations than var. Chinensis, especially in the E, typically below 1200 m, ascending to over 3000 m in Sichuan and Yunnan).

Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent. * The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance...

* Use for border garden. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae.

* The bark can be made into cordage then used in making nets etc. * Evergreen or nearly so, with small (2") unlobed to three-lobed leaves; showy yellow flowers; Hortus III calls it "magnificent in flower, as the flowers all tend to open at the same time";...

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The sole species, Pseudolarix amabilis, is commonly known as the golden larch, though it is not a true larch (Larix), being more closely related to Keteleeria, Abies and...

The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched.

* The plant self-sows freely and should not need much encouragement. The leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long. * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long...

In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems. Gather the flowers in the summer.

The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. * Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of...

Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions, hypothermia, coma, and possibly death. * It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit...

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States...

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

Branches glabrous, unarmed or with scattered recurved prickles, slightly flattened at base. Hu Genus: Eleutherococcus Family: Araliaceae subfamily: Aralioideae. * Trees, small, or shrubs, to 10 m tall.

* It's a deciduous coniferous tree, growing to 25–30 meters tall. * Resin is extracted by tapping the trunk. The resin has a wide range of uses including wood preservatives, medicinal etc.

The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. The root is cardiac and febrifuge. Both are dried for later use.

* Myrtle in a wedding bouquet is a general European custom. * Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an aromatic liqueur called Mirto .

* Elecampane , also called Horse-heal ( Inula helenium ) or Marchalan (in Welsh ), is a perennial composite plant common in many parts of Great Britain , and ranges throughout central and Southern Europe , and in Asia as far eastwards as the Himalayas...

A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria...

* Crataegus saligna (willow hawthorn) is a shrubby tree inhabiting canyons and riparian corridors from 1,630 to 2,620 meters (5,345 to 8,600 feet) in western Colorado. * Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn...

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* 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.