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Name : Yarrow Botanical : Achillea millefolium Other Names : Bloodwort, Gandana, I-chi-kao(Chinese name), Ladies’mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris), Milfoil, Millifolium, Nobleyarrow, Nosebleed, Oldman’s pepper, Sanguinary, soldier’swoundwort, Stanchgrass, Thousandleaf, Thousandleal, Thousandseal, gordaldo. Family :Compositae Parts Used :Whole plant in flower, dried in the shade. (usually leaves and flowers) Habitat :Native to Europe, now commonly found growing wild [...]

Yam, Wild Name : Yam, Wild Botanical : Dioscorea villosa Other Names ioscorea. Colic Root. Rheumatism Root. Wilde Yamwurzel. Family : Dioscoreaceae Parts Used : Dried rhizome. Habitat : Southern United States and Canada. Description : There are upwards of 150 varieties of Dioscorea, many, like the potato, being edible. An Indo-Chinese species is used [...]