MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

392 Index of Folk Uses


foot-and-mouth disease
Helleborus foetidus, 352
Symphytum ×uplandicum, 357
foot-rot, in sheep
Sambucus nigra, 355
‘foul’
Oenanthe crocata, 354
fractures
Hypericum sp.? 106
Malvaceae, 109
Polygonatum multiflorum,326–7
Sanicula europaea, 181
Seneciospp., 356
Solidago virgaurea? 293
Symphytum officinale,208, 357
Symphytum tuberosum, 209
Taraxacum officinale, 288
Ve ronica officinalis? 358
freckles, removal of
Chelidonium majus, 80
Dipsacus fullonum, 275
Filipendula ulmaria, 140
Lonicera periclymenum, 273
Pimpinella saxifraga, 184
Polygonatum multiflorum, 327
Potentilla anserina, 142
frets (wind in infants)
Silaum silaus, 186
fumigating
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Juniperus communis, 66
‘gaa’
Characeae, 358
gallstones
Berberis vulgaris, 76
Geranium robertianum, 176
Lysimachia nemorum, 126
gangrene
Artemisia vulgaris, 351
gapes, in poultry
Lamium purpureum, 353
Sanicula europaea, 356
Senecio aquaticus, jacobaea, 356
Stellaria media, 357
garget, see mastitis
gargling, see throats, sore
gathering, see festering
germs, to kill; see disinfectant


giddiness
Conium maculatum, 188
Viola odorata, 112
glands, swollen (see also scrofula;
strangles; swellings)
Malvaceae, 108
Papaver spp., 78
Ranunculus spp., 73
Urtica spp., 86
goitre
‘luireach’, 48
Scrophularia nodosa, 252
Urtica spp., 86
Verbascum thapsus, 251
gonorrhoea
Malvaceae, 109
gout
Alnus glutinosa, 89
Bryonia dioica, 114
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Geranium robertianum, 176
Plantago spp., 248
Sambucus nigra, 272
Tamus communis, 333
Tanacetum vulgare, 296
Verbena officinalis, 211
Ve ronica officinalis, 258
gravel
Allium oleraceum, 330
Allium ursinum, 329
Anthriscus sylvestris? 182
Aphanes arvensis,139, 150
Artemisia vulgaris, 298
Cytisus scoparius, 351
Daucus carota, 191
Digitalis purpurea, 256
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Gentianella campestris, 195
Geranium robertianum, 176
Hypericum spp., 106
Lithospermum officinale, 206
Myrica gale, 354
Parietaria judaica, 86
Rubus idaeus, 141
Senecio vulgaris, 309
Vaccinium myrtillus, 124
gripes, see stomach-aches
gums, sore
Alliaria petiolata, 117
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