Poisonous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Berkeley

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. It is taken internally in the treatment of complaints associated with weak kidney and liver energy such as menopausal problems (especially premature menopause), blurred vision, cataracts, tinnitus, rheumatic...

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. In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking...

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

* All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews. * A decidious Tree growing to 25m. * The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming somewhat rougher with light tan fissures as the tree...

* 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. * The thornapple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages...

* Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet,...

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage...

Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity of 80 to 85% and soil without a high level of nitrogen are also optimal. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

* 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. * The thornapple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages...

The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as the distinct species N.

A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate. It is brown otherwise. A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus.

* Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes. * Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn.

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. It is little used in modern herbalism and any use should be carried out with caution since...

A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central...

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

* 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.

* Mezereum has been used in the past for treating rheumatism and indolent ulcers, but because of its toxic nature it is no longer considered to be safe. The common name is Mezereon .

* Commonly known as Ohio buckeye , American buckeye , or fetid buckeye. * In Britain, it grows best in eastern and south-eastern areas of England probably needing a continental climate in order to thrive.

* As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens.

Bulgaria east to Georgia. Description It is a dense, suckering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, rarely 8 m. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots or streaks.

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. * Common Soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) is a vespertine flower , and a common perennial plant from the carnation family ( Caryophyllaceae ).

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment.

* All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews. * A decidious Tree growing to 25m. * The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming somewhat rougher with light tan fissures as the tree...

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America .

The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as the distinct species N.

They are often used to make a sparkling wine. * A shrub with very strongly scented yellow-white flowers in 4-8" flat-topped clusters in June, followed by 1/4" shiny black fruits; dark green compound leaves; multistemmed; native from Europe into western...