Medicinal Plants of the HeartlandThe natural remedies used by our great-grandmothers are again finding acceptance. Over 250 wild and cultivated plants with medicinal properties. |
Contents
An Historical Perspective | 5 |
Active Components of Medicinal Plants | 13 |
Collecting Drying and Storing Medicinal Plants | 21 |
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Common terms and phrases
acid active components tannin ailments alkaloids anthelmintic anti-inflammatory antiseptic antispasmodic asthma astringent bark berries Bittersweet Black cohosh blood Bloodroot bloom Blue cohosh boiled Boneset bruises carminative Catmint Chamomile Cherokee Comfrey Common names Coneflower contains the active coughs decoction Description diaphoretic diarrhea diseases disorders diuretic dried dysentery Elderberry emetic emmenagogue essential oil expectorant Feverfew fevers flavonoids flowers fruit garlic ginseng glycosides Goldenrod Goldenseal Habitat headaches hemlock herbal practitioner Herbalists recommend Horsemint inflammation infusion intestinal Jimsonweed Johnswort kidney laxative leaf leaves liver Mayapple medical or herbal medicinal plants mucilage Mugwort Mullein pain Pennyroyal Peppermint-Spearmint perennial herb petals Plantain poisonous poultice Prickly relieve remedy resin respiratory rheumatism rhizomes root tea Sage saponins Scented mayweed sedative seeds settlers Shepherd's purse skin snakeroot Solomon's seal sore throats stems stimulant Stinging nettle stomach substance Sumac Sweet flag tannin Tansy tea for treating throughout the Heartland tonic ulcers urinary vitamin volatile oil Wild ginger wounds Yarrow