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Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
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Arnica |
Arnica montana |
leopard's bane,mountain tobacco |
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One of the best known herbal sports medicines, arnica has dramatic results if used immediately after an injury. ...
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Benzoin |
Styrax benzoin |
Friar's balsam |
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Benzoin is an expectorant, and warms and tones the heart, increasing circulation. ...
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Black Mustard |
Brassica nigra |
Mustard Seed, Brown mustard |
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Seeds and leaves :
Greek :
Pungent mustard oil is antibacterial and antifungal, warm and stimulating. ...
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Black Pepper |
Piper nigrum |
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Black peppers are culitivated in malabar, Java, Sumatra, and Penang. Black pepper oil is hot, warming and very yang ...
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Broom, Butcher's |
Ruscus aculeatus |
Jew's Myrtle, Sweet Broom |
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The matured branches used to be bound into bundles and sold to butchers for sweeping the blocks, hence the name. ...
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Camphor |
Cinnamomum camphora |
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Essential oil steam distilled from wood :
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Camphor is present in every part of the tree, but is usually taken from the wood of mature trees by steam distillation ...
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Feverfew |
Tanacetum parthenium |
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arial parts :
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Feverfew inhibits platelet aggregating in the bloodstream, thus preventing blockage of small capillaries, one of the reasons behind feverfew's popular ...
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Ginseng |
Panax ginseng |
Ren-shen, X-yang-shen |
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Ginseng is one the best known and widely prescribed herbs in Chinese medicine as a general adaptogenic and restorative tonic. ...
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Ginseng, Siberian |
Eleutherococcus senticosus |
Eleuthero ginseng, Ci-wu-jia, Wu Jia Shen Jing |
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Siberian ginseng has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years, to increase energy and vitality and to treat respiratory and other infections ...
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Horse Chestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
Buckeye |
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The plant is called "horse" chestnut because its seeds are edible for horses, but not humans, not related to the edible ...
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Horseradish |
Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoracia |
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grated root, seldom leaves :
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Horseradish or 'prepared horseradish' to refers to the grated root of the horseradish plant mixed with vinegar. ...
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Juniper |
Juniperus communis |
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Juniper berry oil is distilled from the dried ripe berry of the juniper tree. The action of juniper closely resembles cypress, to which it is botanic ...
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Rosemary |
Rosmarinus officinalis |
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Leaves, stems and flowers :
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Rosemary is an extremely useful herb, with many culinary, medicinal and aromatherapy attributes. The essential oil is distilled from the fresh flower ...
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Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
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Keywords:Theraputics, medicene,medicenal
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