386 Index of Folk Uses
colic
Aphanes arvensis, 150
Artemisia absinthium, 300
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Cochlearia officinalis, 120
Palmaria palmata, 45
Prunus spinosa, 153
Silaum silaus, 186
Stellaria media, 92
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
Valeriana officinalis? 275
Vinca spp., 196
complexion, improving
Achillea millefolium, 302
Fragaria vesca, 146
Fumaria spp., 80
Geranium robertianum, 176
Pinguicula vulgaris, 263
Stellaria media, 92
Symphytum officinale, 209
conception, to aid
Tanacetum vulgare, 296
congestion, bronchial
Mentha pulegium, 239
Pinussp., 65
congestion, nasal
Achillea millefolium, 302
Mentha pulegium, 239
Myrica gale, 87
Stachys officinalis, 213
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, 123
constipation (see also purging)
Cochlearia officinalis, 120
Fragaria vesca, 352
Geranium robertianum, 352
Laminaria spp., 48
Mentha spp., 238
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Palmaria palmata, 45
Porphyra umbilicalis, 46
Rhamnus cathartica, 171
Rubus fruticosus, 355
Rubus idaeus, 141
Rumex crispus, 97
Sambucus nigra, 272
consumption, see tuberculosis, pul-
monary
contraception
Juniperus communis, 66
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Urtica dioica, 66
contusions, see bruises
convulsions, to treat
Arctium spp., 282
Stellaria media, 357
corns
Allium ursinum, 329
Angelica sylvestris, 190
Chelidonium majus, 79
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Hedera helix,179, 180
Malva sylvestris, 109
Mentha pulegium, 240
Piptoporus betulinus, 49
Plantago spp., 248
Poaceae: ‘grass’, 323
Potentilla erecta, 144
Ranunculus ficaria, 74
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
Salix spp., 116
Sempervivum tectorum, 136
Silene dioica, 93
Taraxacum officinale,287, 288
Umbilicus rupestris, 136
Urtica spp., 86
cosmetics, unspecified
Iris pseudacorus, 332
Malusspp., 154
Pedicularis palustris, 262
Potentilla anserina,142, 145
Primula veris, 125
Sambucus nigra, 271
Urtica spp., 86
Viola odorata, 112
coughs (see also tuberculosis; whooping
cough)
Achillea millefolium, 302
Agrimonia spp., 148
Allium ursinum,328, 329, 350
Anaphalis margaritacea, 291
Artemisia vulgaris, 298
Asplenium trichomanes, 62
Ballota nigra, 214
Bellis perennis, 294
Blechnum spicant, 64
Calluna vulgaris, 123
Centaurium erythraea, 195
Chamaemelum nobile, 303