The Scots Herbal: The Plant Lore of ScotlandThe Scots Herbal represents a comprehensive guide to the many ways in which wild plants have been used for various purposes in Scotland from prehistoric times to to the present day. |
Contents
THE ROLE OF WILD PLANTS | 1 |
Medicine Magic and Myth | 10 |
The Domestic Economy | 24 |
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ancient areas astringent Banff bark baskets belief berries Berw birch blaeberries bog myrtle boiled butter Carmichael clubmoss coastal collected colour Common throughout Scotland coughs cows crotal decoction diarrhoea disease diuretic dried drink dropsy druids dulse Dumf eaten Edinburgh eighteenth century excavation fairies FAMILY fern fever flavour flowers foxglove GAELIC NAMES grass grassland green growing Harris tweed hazel healing heather herb herbal remedies Highlands and Islands infusion juice juniper kidney leaves lichen Lightfoot lus nan magic Martin Mary Beith meadowsweet medicinal milk mistletoe nettle nineteenth century North Uist ointment Orkney poultice prehistoric ragwort recorded rheumatism roots rope rowan Scotland Scots lovage SCOTS NAMES Scots pine Scottish seaweed seeds Shet Shetland skin Skye sores species St John's wort survived thatch thistle tonic tormentil traditional treat tree Uist ulcers vulgaris weed whole plant widespread wild plants willow witches wood wounds yellow