Tag: medicinal-plants
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Taking a lead from Nature – Plants, medicines, and scientists with prepared minds
When I write about medicinal plants, I often come across plants I have never seen before or would not have recognised. In such cases, I try to find a specimen to photograph and study, but this may not be possible as medicinal plants may only grow in remote habitats. Where possible I try to grow…
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Medicinal and non-medicinal valerians – Part 3 – Flowers, fragrance, stench, and important medicine for epilepsy
The root of the valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is one of the most widely purchased herbal remedies in many countries for sleep disorders, anxiety, and for what one 19th century herbalist called low-spiritedness (please see my two earlier posts). What is commonly also called valerian is the wild-flower Centrantus ruber. Both types of valerians start to…
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Medicinal and non-medicinal valerians – Part 2
The root of the valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is one of the most widely purchased herbal remedies in many countries, including Britain, the US and much of Europe, for sleep disorders, anxiety, and for what one 19th century herbalist called low-spiritedness. However, for most people what we know as valerian is not Valeriana officinalis but a…
Medicine Trees 