MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1
Index of Folk Uses 393

haemorrhages, see bleeding
haemorrhoids, see piles
hair growth, to promote (see also baldness)
Hypericumspp., 106
hair tonic, including gloss on horses’ coats
Asplenium trichomanes, 62
Bryonia dioica, 351
Daphne laureola, 351
Helleborus viridis, 352
Sambucus ebulus, 355
hands, cracked
Salicornia europaea, 90
hangovers
Armeria maritima, 100
Papaver spp., 78
Salix spp., 116
head, to clear
Glechoma hederacea,219, 220
head, sore (see also headache)
Alchemilla vulgaris, 150
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
headaches (see also migraine)
Achillea millefolium, 302
Anaphalis margaritacea, 291
Anemone nemorosa, 71
Bellis perennis, 294
Cardamine pratensis, 119
Chamaemelum nobile, 303
Echium vulgare, 207
Filipendula ulmaria, 140
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Lamium purpureum, 216
Lemna minor, 322
Lonicera periclymenum, 273
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Mentha spp., 238
Menyanthes trifoliata, 201
Origanum vulgare, 224
Persicaria bistorta, 94
Plantago spp., 248
Ranunculus spp., 72
Rumex obtusifolius,98, 99
Salix spp., 116
Sempervivum tectorum, 137
Seriphidium maritimum, 297
Stachys officinalis, 213
Taraxacum officinale, 288
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218


Thymus spp., 237
Tilia ×europaea, 106
Urticaspp., 86
Viola odorata,111, 112
heartburn (see also indigestion)
Calluna vulgaris, 123
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Erica spp., 123
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Ranunculus spp., 73
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Ulex spp., 163
heart tonic
Calluna vulgaris,122–3
Crataegus spp., 156
Ericaspp., 122–3
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Oxalis acetosella, 174
heart trouble (see also palpitations)
Caltha palustris, 70
Convallaria majalis, 326
Digitalis purpurea,20, 254, 255, 257
dub-cosac(a lichen), 43
Marchantia polymorpha, 39
Mentha spp., 238
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Potentilla anserina, 144
Prunella vulgaris,222, 223, 344
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Rumex acetosa, 96
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
Solidago virgaurea, 294
Taraxacum officinale,96, 288, 345, 346
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
Ulexspp., 164
Urtica spp., 86
hiccups
Ulex spp., 163
hives, see bowel and stomach irritation
hoarseness
Malus sylvestris, 154
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Primula vulgaris, 124
Ulex spp., 163
hones (chronic swellings in cheeks)
Petroselinum segetum, 189
‘hoose’
Allium ursinum, 350
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