Latin name: Glycyrrhiza glabra Family: Fabaceae Folk Names: Alcacuz, duogastrone, sweet root, sweet wood. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Part of the Plant Used Root and Stolon – Harvest in Autumn Native to Europe, Asia and Egypt, licorice root has been used medicinally for a plethora of conditions. It’s also a flavoring agent in common edibles such as…
Latin name: Linum usitatissimum Family: Linaceae Folk Names: Alashi, barleans flax, brazen, common flax, linen flax, lint bells, linum, winterlien, linen seed. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Part of the Plant Used Ripe seed. CONSTITUENTS 30-40% of fixed oils which includes linoleic, linolenic and oleic acids Mucilage, protein, the glycoside linamarin (Hoffman) Wax, resin, sugars lecithin Ascetic acid…
Latin name: Symphytum officinale (means knitting together, up to 35 species) Family: Boraginaceae Folk Names: bruisewort, knitback, knitbone. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Part of the Plant Used Originally found in Eurasia, comfrey displays bell shaped purple flowers, long green leaves and grows in small clumps to shrub-like appearances. Leaves used as medicinal component. Grows prevalently in the…
Latin name: Stellaria media Family: Caryophyllaceae Folk Names: mouse-ear, satinflower, starweed, starwort, tongue grass, white bird’s-eye, winterweed, and chickenwort, capiqui, fleur en satin, herbe de langue, hierba gallinera, morgeline, mouron des oiseaux, pamplina, stellaire intermédiaire, stellaire moyenne. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Part of the Plant Used Native to Europe, chickweed is now found all over North America (and even the Arctic). This ground creeping annual…
Latin name: Arctium lappa (Linne), Arctica minus, Arctium tomentosa, Arctium tomentosum (Mill). Family: Asteraceae Folk Names: Arctium, Bardana, Bardana-minor, Bardanae Radix, Bardane, Bardane Comestible, Bardane Géante, Bardane Majeure, Beggar’s Buttons, Burdock Root Extract, Burr Seed, Clotbur, Cocklebur, Cockle Buttons, Edible Burdock, Fox’s Clote, Gobo, Glouteron, Grande Bardane, Great Bur, Great Burdocks, Happy Major, Hardock, Harebur, Herbe aux Teigneux, Herbe du Teigneux, Lappa, Love Leaves, Niubang, Niu Bang Zi, Orelha-de-gigante, Personata, Philanthropium, Rhubarbe du Diable, Thorny Burr. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Part of the Plant Used Native to Asia and Europe, burdock…