MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1
Index of Folk Uses 381

Sambucus nigra, 271
bites, of other animals
Pinguicula vulgaris, 354
blackhead
Lamium purpureum, 353
Urticaspp., 358
black-leg
Allium ursinum, 350
Angelica sylvestris, 350
Euphorbia spp., 352
Ranunculus spp., 355
Senecio vulgaris, 356
Stellaria media, 357
Taraxacum officinale, 357
bladder stones
Anthriscus sylvestris? 182
Palmaria palmata, 45
blasts (facial swellings)
Bellis perennis, 295
Senecio aquaticus, 356
Senecio jacobaea, 356
bleeding, to staunch (see also nosebleeds)
Achillea millefolium,95, 301
Antennaria dioica, 291
Capsella bursa-pastoris, 120
Centaurium erythraea, 195
Cirsium spp., 351
Equisetumspp., 55, 341
Fontinalis antipyretica, 40
Geranium robertianum,176, 347
Hedera helix, 180
Heracleum sphondylium, 190
Hypericum spp., 104
Hypericum tetrapterum, 106
Lamium album, 215
Larix decidua, 65
Linaria vulgaris,253–4
Lycoperdaceae, 50
Malvaceae, 108
Myosurus minimus, 75
Nuphar luteum, 70
Osmunda regalis, 58
Persicaria lapathifolia, 95
Persicaria maculosa, 95
Pinus sylvestris, 65
Piptoporus betulinus, 49
Plantagospp., 245
Poaceae: ‘grass’, 323
Polygonatum multiflorum, 327


Potentilla anserina, 144
Prunella vulgaris,222, 223
Ranunculus spp., 71–2
Rumex acetosa, 96
Rumex obtusifolius,98, 99
Salix spp., 116
Sanicula europaea, 181
Sempervivum tectorum, 135
Sphagnum spp.? 40
Succisa pratensis, 276
Symphytum officinale, 208
Ulmus glabra, 84
Urtica spp., 86
Valeriana officinalis, 274
bleeding, uterine
Achillea millefolium, 301
blindness
Te ucrium scorodonia, 357
blistering, to induce
Anemone nemorosa, 71
Ranunculus spp., 72
Solanum dulcamara, 199
blisters
Glechoma hederacea, 221
linarich, 46
blood, cooling the
Prunella vulgaris, 223
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Tanacetum vulgare, 223
blood, to purify (see also cleansing of
system)
Allium ursinum, 329
Apium graveolens, 188
Arctiumspp., 96
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Conopodium majus, 184
Laminaria spp., 48
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Palmaria palmata, 45
Persicaria bistorta, 94
Rumex acetosa, 96
Rumex hydrolapathum, 97
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
Scrophularia nodosa, 252
Senecio vulgaris, 309
Sorbus aucuparia, 155
Stachys officinalis, 213
Taraxacum officinale, 287
Tussilago farfara, 310
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