VALERIAN – Homeo medicine
Homeo medicine, other names: Valeriana officinalis. Setwall, All-heal The mention of valerian is invariably greeted with such phrases as ‘the most perfect of herbal sedatives’, ‘the one plant to...
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Verbena officinalis. Verbena, Holy herb, Juno’s tears Vervain was for long the foremost magic herb, so much so that at the end of the sixteenth century Matthiolus wrote: ‘Sorcerers lose their senses at...
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Homeo medicine, other names: Viola odorata. Blue violet, Sweet violet We can use every part of this plant which is so unobtrusive that it has long been the very emblem of modesty. The flowers – which...
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Juglans regia In 1810 Bodart wrote: ‘If the walnut grew only in the New World, we would hasten to include it among the most useful medicinal plants; but because it grows freely in our own countries, we...
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Nasturtium officinale In France we say that a bald man has no ‘cresson sur le caillou’, – an expression which perhaps derives from the fact that this cruciferous plant has for centuries been known as...
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Homeo medicine, other names: Triticum sativus Now that bread is no longer a sustenance (many doctors advise against it) and wheat, cultivated with the help of chemical fertilizers, is no longer the...
View ArticleWOOD BETONY – Homeo medicine
Homeo medicine, other names: Betonica officinalis. Bishopswort The wood betony is a striking example of therapeutic snobbery: considered for centuries as a panacea, it was later completely abandoned...
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Asperula odorata. Sweet woodruff, Woodroof,’ Waldmeister tea Growing to a height of 15 to 50 centimetres, with dark green lanceolate leaves borne in whorls at intervals on the quadrangular stem and...
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Homeo medicine, other names: Artemisia absinthium. Bitter artemisia, Absinth, Old woman, Ajenjo It is hard to imagine, when one conies across it growing wild by the wayside or in the dry and stony...
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Homeo medicine, other names: Achillea millefolium. Milfoil, Thousand-leaf, Nosebleed, Sanguinary Its synonyms and its scientific name reflect its uses, its appearance and its legend: the yarrow cures...
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