MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(Darren Dugan) #1
Index of Folk Uses 397

Crocus vernus, 326
Hedera helix, 180
Lamium purpureum, 216
Menthaspp., 238
Myrica gale, 87
Sambucus nigra, 272
Senecio jacobaea, 307
Urticaspp., 85, 345
Vaccinium myrtillus, 124
Viscum album, 167
melancholia, see depression
memory, failing
Primula veris, 125
Primula vulgaris,124, 125
menstrual bleeding, to absorb
Sphagnum spp., 40
menstrual irregularity
Linum catharticum,172, 340
menstrual obstruction
Artemisia vulgaris, 298
Huperzia selago, 55
Mentha pulegium, 239
Scrophularia nodosa, 253
Tanacetum vulgare, 296
Thalictrum minus, 76
menstruation, excessive
Capsella bursa-pastoris, 120
menstruation, painful; see period pain
menstruation, to suppress
Te ucrium scordium,218–9
mental disorders
Hyoscyamus niger, 198
migraine
Achillea millefolium, 302
Cladophoraspp., 46
Palmaria palmata, 45
Primula vulgaris, 124
Stachys officinalis, 213
milk, maternal, to dry up
Digitalis purpurea, 256
milk, maternal, to increase flow of
Polygalaspp., 173
Rubus idaeus, 141
milk, maternal, to relieve congestion of
Menthaspp., 238
miscarriage, to prevent
Rubus idaeus, 141
‘moorl’
Alchemilla spp., 350


morning sickness
Rubus idaeus, 141
moulting, in cagebirds
Stellaria media, 357
mouth, sore (see also thrush; ulcers)
Alisma plantago-aquatica, 319
Alliaria petiolata, 117
Geranium robertianum, 176
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
Smyrnium olusatrum, 356
mumps
Allium ursinum, 329
Hedera helix, 180
Iris foetidissima,332, 338
Iris pseudacorus, 332
Ligustrum vulgare, 250
Malvaceae, 108
Papaver spp., 78
Ranunculus spp., 73
Stellaria media, 91
Urtica spp., 86
muscular pain
Stellaria holostea, 92
nasal infections
Symphytum officinale, 209
nerves, nervousness
Arctium spp., 282
Calluna vulgaris, 110
Cardamine pratensis, 118
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Chamaemelum nobile, 303
Ericaspp., 110
Filipendula ulmaria, 140
Hedera helix, 180
Humulus lupulus, 84
Hyoscyamus niger, 198
Hypericum pulchrum, 104
Taraxacum officinale, 288
Thymus spp., 224
Tr ifolium pratense, 162
Urtica spp., 86
Vinca spp., 196
Viscum album,118, 167
neuralgia
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Papaver spp., 78
Quercus spp., 88
Tussilago farfara, 311
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