Archives: 2009 April

Greek Oregano

Latin Name: origanum vulgaris hirtum
Forms Available: essential oil, leaf
Greek Oregano – origanum vulgaris hirtum – a much used herb in Mediterranean cooking. A very antiseptic herb. This herb can be used, internally, to treat colds, fevers, flu, stomach aches, and cramps – it is diaphoretic, calming, sedating and antispasmodic. Oregano is also a [...]

Greek Valerian

Latin Name: polemonium reptans, polemonium humile
Alternative Name: abcess root
Forms Available: root
Greek Valerian – polemonium reptans – This herb has been used to treat bronchial infections and irritations. It is diaphoretic, expectorant and astringent.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: Has been used to treat bronchial infiections and irritations.

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Green Brier

Latin Name: smilax rotundifolia
Alternative Name: horse brier, sarsaparilla, horsebrier
Forms Available: leaf, root
Green Brier – smilax rotundifolia – This herb has been used over time to treat rheumatism, stomach problems, burns, boils, and local aches and pains. It is not commonly used today.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: Has been used to treat rheumatism, stomach problems, burns, [...]

Green Tea

Latin Name: camellia sinensis
Forms Available: tea bag
Green Tea – camellia sinensis – Green tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, water being the first, and has been used medicinally for centuries in China and Japan. That is because a number of beneficial health effects in green tea are attributed to regular [...]

Ground Cherry

Latin Name: physalis heterophylla
Alternative Name: clammy ground cherry
Forms Available: seed, berry, leaf
Ground Cherry – physalis heterophylla – The seed/berry of this plant has been beneficial in treating difficult urination. Also, a tea made from the leaves has been used to treat headaches and poultices have relieved burns and scalds

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: Tonic, laxative, [...]

Ground Ivy

Latin Name: glechoma, glechoma hederacea
Forms Available: leaves
Ground Ivy – glechoma – This herb has been used throughout history. It has been used to reduce fevers, clear phlegm, relieve headaches, and heal bruises amongst a miscellany of other benefits. The liquid from the pressed leaves, when smelt, supposedly cures headaches. The leaves, ground are [...]

Ground Nut

Latin Name: apios americana
Ground Nut – apios americana – This plant is edible, it is one of the most nourishing foods available in the world. The goundnut is little used for health benefits but these benefits include: relief of excessive bleeding and relief of diarrhoea.

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Ground Pine

Latin Name: lycopodium clavatum
Alternative Name: club moss, foxtail, vegetable sulfur, staghorn, wolf’s claw, selago, lycopod, stag’s horn moss
Forms Available: root, leaf,stem, spores
Ground Pine – lycopodium clavatum – An evergreen plant with leaves, stem and roots but no flowers or seeds. In the middle ages, this herb was used as a diuretic for treating urinary [...]

Gymnema Sylvestris

Latin Name: gymnema sylvestre
Forms Available: powder
Gymnema Sylvestris – Its known uses are as diuretic, astringent, hypoglycemic, refrigerant, stomachic. There is however currently no good evidence to show that G. sylvestre powder or extract has any effect on the serum or urine glucose concentrations of humans suffering from diabetes mellitus. Gymnema sylvestre is said to [...]

Hawthorn

Latin Name: cratageus spp.
Alternative Name: may tree, may blossom, white thorn, bread and cheese tree, gaxels, hagthorn, halves, haw, hazels, huath, ladies meat, may, may bush, mayflower, quick, thorn, tree of chastity.
Forms Available: berry, flower
Hawthorn – cratageus spp. – Also known as May Tree, May Blossom, or White Thorn. A Druid sacred tree, this deciduous, [...]