Botanical Name: Euphrasia officinalis Family: Scrophulariaceae Other Names: Euphrasia, Augentrost Parts Used: Aerial parts Description: Commonly found throughout the central and eastern parts of Europe, there are over 200 species of Eyebrights, which are generally a creeping, semiparasitic annual crowing to twenty inches. It has tiny oval leaves and small, scallop-edged, white flowers with yellow [...]
Botanical Name: Oenothera biennis Family: Onagraceae Other Names: Evening Primrose, Tree Primrose, Fever Plant, King’s Cureall, Large Rampion, Night Willowherb, Scabish, Scurvish, Sun Drop, Rose of Mexico Parts Used: Leaves, stem bark, flowers, root, seed oil Description: Native to North America, the herb is now commonly found in many temperate zones around the world, thriving [...]
Botanical Name: Inula helenium Family: Asteraceae Other Names: Alant, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse-Elder, Horseheal, Scabwort, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort, Velvet Dock Parts Used: Roots, flowers Description: Native to southeastern Europe and western Asia, the herb has since been introduced to many temperate regions, including parts of North America. The plant is a perennial that grows to [...]
Botanical Name: Sambucus canadensis Family: Caprifoliaceae Other Names: Elder, American Elder, Elderberry, Sweet Elder Parts Used: Flowers, berries, bark, leaves, roots Description: Native to almost all of Europe, the elder tree is now found in most temperate zones, thriving in woods, hedges, on wasteground, and is often cultivated. The dwarf elder is also found from [...]
Botanical Name: Echinacea species (especially E. angustifolia, E. pallida, E. purpurea) Family: Asteraceae [formerly Compositae] Other Names: Purple Coneflower, Black Sampson, Niggerhead, Rudbeckia, Sampson Root, Hedgehog, Red Sunflower, Snakeroot, Kansas Snakeroot, Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower, Scurvy Root, Indian Head, Comb Flower, Black Susans Parts Used: Roots, flowerheads Description: Native to the plains of North America, echinacea [...]
Name : Embelia Botanical : Embelia Ribes and robusta Other Names :Viranga. Birang-i-kabuli. Family : Myrsinaceae Parts Used : Dried fruits. Habitat : India, Indian Archipelago, Tropical Asia, Southern China, East Africa. Description : A straggling shrub, almost a climber. The plant possesses petiolate leaves and has small, whity-pink flowers in racemes at ends of [...]
Eucalyptus Uses : Stimulant, antiseptic, aromatic. The medicinal Eucalyptus Oil is probably the most powerful antiseptic of its class, especially when it is old, as ozone is formed in it on exposure to the air. It has decided disinfectant action, destroying the lower forms of life. Internally, it has the typical actions of a volatile [...]
Name : Ephedra Botanical : Ephedra vulgaris Other Names :Ephedrine. Epitonin. Ma Huang. Family : Gnetaceae Habitat : West Central China, Southern Siberia, Japan. Description : It is found on sandy seashores and in temperate climates of both hemispheres. The plant has stamens and pistils on separate flowers–staminate flowers in catkins and a membraneous perianth, [...]
Name : English Hawthorn Other Names :English hawthorn, Haw (Black Haw is Viburnum pruifolium L.), May, May blossom, May bush, May tree, Quick-set, Shan-cha (Chinese name), Thorn-apple tree, Whitethorn Parts Used : Berries, leaves and flowers Habitat : England and continental Europe; in England it is widely grown as a hedge plant.Found by the roadside [...]
Emblica officinalis is a deciduous tree of the Euphorbiaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit commonly known as Indian gooseberry.The tree is small to medium sized, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, with a crooked trunk and spreading branches. The branchlets are glabrous or finely pubescent, 10–20 cm long, usually deciduous; the [...]
