Index of Folk Uses 399poliomyelitis-like illness
Pinus sylvestris, 65
pregnancy, to ensure
Urtica dioica, 358
prophylactic, general
Agrimonia spp., 147
Eryngium maritimum, 182
Origanum vulgare, 224
Palmaria palmata, 45
Pelvetia canaliculata, 47
Sambucus nigra, 272
Smyrnium olusatrum, 183
psoriasis
Chamaemelum nobile, 304
Galium aparine, 268
Juniperus communis, 66
puerperal fever
Nostoc commune, 44
purging (see also constipation)
Artemisia vulgaris, 298
Bryonia dioica, 114
Calystegia sepium, 200
Calystegia soldanella, 200
Chelidonium majus, 80
Cuscuta epithymum, 201
Cytisus scoparius, 162
Daphne laureola,165, 351
Euphorbia hyberna,170, 352
Frangula alnus, 172
Glaucium flavum, 78
Iris foetidissima, 332
Iris pseudacorus, 331
Ligusticum scoticum,353, 356
Linum catharticum,172, 353
Malva sylvestris, 108
Mentha pulegium, 240
Menyanthes trifoliata, 353
Pinguicula vulgaris, 263
Polypodium vulgare, 59
Porphyra spp., 358
Prunus spinosa, 153
Rhamnus cathartica, 171
Rubus fruticosus, 355
Sambucus nigra,309, 355
Senecio vulgaris, 356
Sorbus aucuparia, 155
Thalictrum flavum, 75
Thalictrum minus, 76
Tr e mella spp., 358
Valeriana officinalis, 274
Viscum album, 358
pus, to draw out
Allium ursinum, 329
Eupatorium cannabinum, 313
Geranium robertianum, 276
Hedera helix, 180
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Plantago spp., 247, 248
Rumex obtusifolius, 98
Senecio vulgaris, 309
pus, to promote formation of (suppura-
tion)
Callitriche stagnalis, 245
Hyacinthoides nonscripta, 328
Pilosella officinarum, 290
putrefaction, of corpses, to prevent
Taxus baccata, 67
rashes (see also measles)
Apium graveolens, 188
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Hedera helix, 179
Plantago spp., 247
Potentilla reptans, 144
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Rumex obtusifolius,98–9
Rumex palustris, 100
Scrophularia nodosa, 252
Sedum acre, 138
Sphagnum spp., 40
Stellaria media, 91
Tr ifolium pratense, 162
Ulexspp., 164
Urtica spp., 85
rats and mice, to repel
Digitalis purpurea, 257
Senecio jacobaea, 308
Tanacetum vulgare, 295
red-water fever
Achillea millefolium, 350
Alchemilla spp., 350
Digitalis purpurea, 351
Dryopteris filix-mas, 351
Euphrasia officinalis, 352
Filago vulgaris, 352
Fragaria vesca, 352
Geranium robertianum,175, 352
Hypericum pulchrum, 353
Myrica gale, 354