Archives: 2009 March

Iris

Latin Name: iris sp.
Forms Available: absolute, root
Iris – iris sp. – The dried root and essential oil are sedative. The dries root has helped babies teething.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: The absolute and root are both sedative. The dried root has been used to alleviate teething pain.

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Ironweed

Latin Name: veronia glauca
Alternative Name: broadleaf ironweed.
Forms Available: root
Ironweed – veronia glauca – This herb root has been used for women’s issues. It both regulates menstruation and relieves post-natal pain.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: A menses regulator and post-natal pain reliever.

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Ivy

Latin Name: hedera helix
Alternative Name: common ivy, gort, hedera
Forms Available: leaf, twig
Ivy – Hedera helix – A Druid Sacred Herb. An ancient plant, believed by the Greeks to treat intoxication, its toxic leaves are used as a poultice to soothe neuralgia, rheumatism, and sciatica, and in a tincture for toothache and whooping cough. They reduce [...]

Japanese Knotweed

Latin Name: polygonelia cuspidatum
Alternative Name: hu zhang
Forms Available: root
Japanese Knotweed – polygonelia cuspidatum – This root is mainly used int the prevention of thrombosis, it is a powerful antioxidant. It is also used in phytoestrogen medications.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: This root is mainly used int the prevention of thrombosis. It is also [...]

Jasmine

Latin Name: jasminum officinale
Alternative Name: jessamine, yasmin, moonlight on the grove
Forms Available: absolute, flower, whole
Jasmine – Jasminum officionale – Common Jasmine is a deciduous shrub with strongly scented, white summer flowers.
The flowers make a tea that calms the nerves and increases erotic feelings. Steep two teaspoons of flowers per cup of water for twenty minutes. [...]

Jerusalem Artichoke

Latin Name: helianthus atrorubens, helianthus tuberosus
Alternative Name: sunflower artichoke, aardpeer, almazah
Forms Available: tuber
Jerusalem Artichoke – helianthus atrorubens, helianthus tuberosus – an old folk remedy for diabetes and rheumatism.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: An old folk remedy for diabetes and rheumatism.

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Jewelweed

Latin Name: impatiens capensis, impatiens biflora
Alternative Name: jewel weed, wild touch-me-not, spotted jewelweed
Forms Available: leaf
Jewelweed – impatiens capensis – The juice from the leaves of this herb have been applied externally to treat poison ivy, poison oak, nettle burns, and burns. It also relieves insect bites and stings. In an infusion, jewelweed has been used [...]

Jimson Weed

Latin Name: datura stramonium
Alternative Name: thornapple, angel’s trumpet, apple of peru, mad apple, stinkweed, jamestown weed
Forms Available: leaf, flower, seed, root
Jimson Weed – datura stramonium – This is a narcotic plant, anti-asthmatic and anitspasmodic. It is a remedy for asthma, muscle spasms, whooping cough. Externally, it can be used in a poultice to [...]

Joe Pye Weed

Latin Name: eupatorium fistulosum, eupatorium purpureum
Alternative Name: gravel root, queen of the meadow, trumpet-weed
Forms Available: root, rhizome, leaf
Joe Pye Weed – eupatorium fistulosum – A genito-urinary tract herb – prevents and relieves kidney stones, relieves cystitis, prostrate enlargement, and urethritis. A diuretic and cleanser, relieving gout and rheumatism by improving the kidney function.

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Jojoba

Latin Name: simmondsia chinensis
Forms Available: oil
Jojoba – Simmondsia chinensis – Jojoba organic is very similar in composition to human natural skin oils. It penetrates the skin rapidly to nourish it; also softens and moisturizes mature and dry skin. Jojoba helps to heal inflamed skin conditions such as psoriasis or any form of dermatitis, helps control [...]