MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

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380 Index of Folk Uses


aperient, see purging
aphrodisiac
Bryonia dioica,114, 333
Circaea lutetiana, 166
Dactylorhizaspp., 334
Eryngium maritimum, 182
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Ligusticum scoticum, 189
Orchis mascula, 334
Tamus communis,333, 357
appendix, inflammation of
Menthaspp., 238
appetite, to stimulate
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Hedera helix, 352
Laminaria spp., 47
Myrica gale, 354
Rumex acetosa, 96
Silybum marianum? 283
ardour, excessive
Fragaria vesca, 146
arthritis, see rheumatism
asthma
Achillea millefolium, 302
Allium ursinum, 329
Ballota nigra, 214
Calluna vulgaris, 123
Centaurea nigra, 284
Chamaemelum nobile, 304
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Datura stramonium, 199
Droseraspp., 110
Ericaspp., 123
Inula helenium, 293
Leucanthemum vulgare, 305
Lonicera caprifolium, 274
Lonicera periclymenum, 273
Malva sylvestris, 109
Marchantia polymorpha, 39
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Menyanthes trifoliata,137, 202
Petasites hybridus? 311
Phyllitis scolopendrium, 61
Polypodium vulgare, 59
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Rumex hydrolapathum? 97
Sempervivum tectorum, 137
Tussilago farfara,309, 310
Vaccinium myrtillus, 124


Verbascum thapsus, 250
Ve ronica officinalis, 258
backache (see also kidney trouble)
Agrimonia eupatoria, 148
Hedera helix, 180
Juniperus communis, 66
Lathyrus linifolius, 161
Lycopodium clavatum, 55
Malvaceae, 109
Menyanthes trifoliata, 202
Primula veris, 125
Prunella vulgaris, 223
baldness
Salixspp., 116
barrenness (see also conception, to aid)
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Tamus communis, 357
Valeriana officinalis, 275
Viscum album, 358
bed sores
Hypericum spp., 106
biliousness
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
bites, of adders
Allium ursinum, 329
Anagallis arvensis, 128
Corylus avellana, 351
Euphorbia helioscopia,171, 173
Fraxinus excelsior,248, 352
Galium aparine, 270
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Juniperus comunis, 66
Lonicera periclymenum, 273
Ophioglossum vulgatum, 56
Sedum telephium, 138
Silene dioica? 93
Tanacetum vulgare, 357
Tr ifolium pratense, 162
bites, of dogs
Anagallis arvensis, 128
Euphorbia helioscopia, 173
Phyllitis scolopendrium, 61
Plantago coronopus,93, 246, 354
Primula vulgaris, 355
Sedum telephium, 138
Succisa pratensis, 276
bites, of insects
‘moss’, 40
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