Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Worcester

The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. * The seed floss makes an excellent tinder for starting fires, a spark from...

It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. 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),...

* 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".

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

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Grows well in heavy clay soils. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation.

* The plant should not be used internally without experienced supervision, externally it is used in the treatment of slow-healing cuts, eczema, infected toe and finger nails etc. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular...

It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties.

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

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation in parts of Europe as a wash for tired eyes.

Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Grows well in heavy clay soils. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

* 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.

* The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.

Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc.

* Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North America .

Mature trees have reddish-scaled bark in the crown and fissured, dark gray bark near the ground. * 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.

* 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"; native to California, Baja, and western Arizona.

* It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use. * Lobelia inflata is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant growing to 15–100 cm (5.9–39.4 in) tall, with stems covered in tiny hairs.

* Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North America .

* 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.

Tolerates heavy clay soils. It is cultivated in China, along with C. Stratify stored seed for 3 weeks at 1°c and sow in spring. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at...

* It's a deciduous coniferous tree, growing to 25–30 meters tall. The distribution of the species includes Central Sikhote-Alin, rarely in North Korea and Heilongjiang, between 500 and 1100 meters in altitude.

* The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers. * It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. * Prunus mahaleb is a deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft) by 9 m (29ft).

* Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * Polyphenolic compounds from raspberry seeds are efficient antioxidants. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies,...

It is valued especially for its tonic effect on the liver, gallbladder and digestive system, and for its vermicidal activity. * This is the main botanical ingredient in Absinthe, an alcoholic spirit that has a long and interesting history.

* Trees to 40 m tall and 150 cm dbh with a straight, round trunk and broadly conical crown. * Bark first smooth, brown-gray, with age becoming dark brown and longitudinally fissured.