Index of Folk Uses 385childbirth, to speed contractions in
Claviceps purpurea, 51
Lepidium latifolium, 120
childbirth, to staunch bleeding in
Claviceps purpurea, 51
chills
Geum urbanum, 146
Leucanthemum vulgare, 306
chlorosis
Glechoma hederacea, 221
chorea, see St Vitus’ dance
chrùbain
Gentianella campestris, 352
cleansing of system (see also blood, to
purify; blood, tonic)
Achillea millefolium, 302
Agrimoniaspp., 147
Arctium spp., 280, 282, 340
Artemisia absinthium, 300
Centaurea nigra, 284
Centaurium erythraea, 194
Cochlearia officinalis, 119
Galium aparine, 268
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Juniperus communis, 66
Lemna minor, 322
Malvaceae, 108, 110
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Rumex acetosa, 96
Solanum dulcamara, 199
Taraxacum officinale, 288
Valeriana officinalis,274, 275
Ver onica beccabunga, 260
colds
Achillea millefolium, 302
Agrimonia eupatoria,147, 148
Allium ursinum,328, 329
Allium vineale, 330
Arctium spp., 282
Artemisia absinthium,300, 350
Artemisia vulgaris, 298
Ballota nigra, 214
Bellis perennis, 294
Chamaemelum nobile,303, 304
Chondrus crispus, 44
Clinopodium ascendens,219, 224
Cytisus scoparius, 163
Digitalis purpurea,255, 256
Eryngium maritimum, 182
Filipendula ulmaria, 140
Galium aparine, 269
Galium odoratum, 267
Glechoma hederacea,221, 339
Hedera helix, 180
Iris pseudacorus, 331
Lycopodium clavatum, 55
Malva sylvestris, 109
Marchantia polymorpha, 39
Marrubium vulgare, 216
Mastocarpus stellatus, 44
Mentha pulegium, 239
Mentha spp., 238
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Narcissusspp., 330
Nepeta cataria, 219
Petasites hybridus? 311
Phyllitis scolopendrium, 60
Poaceae:‘cough grass’, 323
Polypodium vulgare, 59
Prunella vulgaris, 223
Prunus avium, 153
Ribes nigrum, 134
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, 118
Rosa spp., 151
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Rubus idaeus, 141
Rumex hydrolapathum? 97
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
Sambucus nigra,270, 338
Senecio spp., 307
Solidago virgaurea, 294
Stachys officinalis, 213
Symphytum officinale, 209
Taraxacum officinale, 287
Te ucrium scorodonia, 218
Tr ifolium pratense, 162
Tussilago farfara, 309
Ulex spp., 163
Ulmus glabra, 84
Urtica spp., 85
Vaccinium myrtillus, 123
Verbascum thapsus, 250
Ver onica beccabunga, 260
Ver onica officinalis,258, 260
cold sores
Hedera helix, 179
Hypochaeris maculata, 285
Lonicera periclymenum, 273