Other Names: Owler, Winter berry, Black alder, European alder, Fever bush. Parts Used : Bark, leaves Black alder (A. glutinosa) is a deciduous tree up to 80 feet high; the alternate leaves are round-obovate, usually doubly serrate, scalloped, and have a tuft of down on the underside. The flowers are segregated by sex into separate [...]
Other Names: Dragonwort, Easter giant, English serpentary, Osterick, Passions, Patience dock, Red legs, Snakeweed, Sweet dock Parts Used : Rootstock Bistort is a mountain perennial; The rootstock is thick, knobby, twisted into an S or double-S shape, up to 3 feet long, black on the outside and red on the inside, and ringed with old [...]
Other Names:Eye balm, Eye root, Ground raspberry, Jaundice root, Ohio curcuma, Orange root, Tumeric root, Yellow eye, Yellow Indian plant, Yellow paint root, Yellow puccoon, Yellow root Parts Used: Roots and rhizomes Constituents : Albumin, alkaloid berberine, biotin, calcium, candine, chlorine, choline, chologenic acid, fats, hydrastine, inositol, iron, lignin, manganese, volatile and essential oils, PABA, [...]
Please refer to the page Avena-Sativa-Oats
Biological Name: Quercus robur Other Names:Tanner’s Bark, Fruit Name:Acorn Elements Applied: The bark is commonly applied in herbal medicine. It is carefully taken from the twigs which are no wider than 4 inches. Active Components: Tannins l5-20%, mainly gallic acid, ellagitannins, and phlobatannin The shape of the oak leaves is too familiar to need description. [...]
oroxylum indicum; It is a tree which can reach a height of 12 m (40 ft). The large leaf stalks wither and fall off the tree and collect near the base of the trunk, appearing to look like a pile of broken limb bones. The tree is a night-bloomer and flowers are adapted to natural [...]
