MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1
Index of Folk Uses 389

Potentilla anserina, 144
Potentilla erecta,123, 144, 152, 354
Potentilla reptans, 354
Prunus spinosa,153, 355
Quercus spp., 88, 355
Rubus fruticosus,142, 153, 355
Rubus idaeus, 141
Salix spp., 116
Sempervivum tectorum, 356
Solidago virgaurea, 294
Symphytum officinale, 357
Taraxacum officinale,288, 357
Urtica spp., 96
Vaccinium myrtillus, 123
Verbascum thapsus,250, 358
diphtheria
Digitalis purpurea, 256
disinfectant
Artemisia absinthium, 300
Digitalis purpurea, 257
Piptoporus betulinus, 49
distemper
Allium ursinum, 350
Scutellaria galericulata, 356
Valeriana officinalis, 358
diuretic, see urine, to increase flow of
drinking water, to sweeten
Mentha pulegium, 240
‘drooping’, in birds
Linaria vulgaris, 353
dropsy
Arctiumspp., 282
Cytisus scoparius, 162
Daucus carota, 191
Digitalis purpurea,254, 255, 257
Filipendula ulmaria, 140
Galium palustre, 267
Iris foetidissima, 332
Juniperus communis, 66
Marchantia polymorpha, 39
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Parietaria judaica, 86
Petasites hybridus, 311
Primula veris, 126
Ruscus aculeatus, 331
Sambucus nigra, 272
Senecio jacobaea, 307
Urtica spp., 86


dry disease, in cattle
Pelvetia canaliculata, 358
dry murrain
Rhamnus cathartica, 355
dysentery (see also diarrhoea)
Asplenium trichomanes, 62
Botrychium lunaria, 56
Hypericum elodes, 106
Lythrum salicaria, 164
Malvaceae, 109
Sanicula europaea, 181
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
earache
Chamaemelum nobile, 303
Daucus carota, 191
Fraxinus excelsior,249, 344
Ligustrum vulgare, 250
Malusspp., 154
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Papaverspp., 78
Sempervivum tectorum,135, 137
Tussilago farfara, 311
Umbilicus rupestris, 137
ear infections
Eryngium maritimum, 182
Urtica spp., 86
eczema
Betula spp., 88, 344
Chelidonium majus, 80
Digitalis purpurea, 351
Hedera helix,179, 180
Lamium album, 215
Prunella vulgaris, 223
Stellaria media, 91
Ulmus glabra, 84
emetic
Chamaemelum nobile, 303
Daphne laureola, 165
Frangula alnus, 172
Glaucium flavum, 78
Huperzia selago,54, 55
Linum catharticum, 172
Myrica gale, 87
Narcissusspp., 330
emmenagogue, see menstrual obstruction
enemas
Iris pseudacorus, 331
enuresis
Agrimonia eupatoria, 148
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