Cinquefoil |
Contents
INTRODUCTION page | 11 |
HERBS FOR THE EYES page | 17 |
FOENICULUM VULGAREFENNEL facing page | 46 |
SPIGELIA MARILANDICAPINKROOT | 76 |
HERBS FOR THE SENSE OF SMELL page | 103 |
BELLIS PERENNISCOMMON DAISY | 118 |
LOBELIA INFLATALOBELIA | 134 |
PHYTOLACCA DECANDRAVIRGINIAN POKE | 140 |
HERBS FOR THE SENSE OF HEARING page | 159 |
HERBS FOR THE SENSE OF TASTE page | 211 |
HERBS FOR THE SENSE OF TOUCH page | 257 |
This | 283 |
HERBS FOR THE EXTREMITIES page | 311 |
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Common terms and phrases
acid Action alkaloid America ancient ANDREW YOUNG antiseptic antispasmodic apple Arabian name Asia astringent bark beauty berries blue boiling Botanical name Britain called catarrh Celandine Cheddar Pinks Chinese name colour Constituents cultivated cure derived diaphoretic diseases diuretic dominion ears England English Europe eyes febrifuge flavour flowers French names fruit gallic acid garden Gerard German name glucoside Greater Celandine Greeks green ground grows habitat herb herbal herbalists Indian names Italian Italian names juice known leaves lily Linn Malayan name Marjoram MATTHEW ARNOLD medicine mucilage native Natural habitat Natural order nose pain Persian name pink plant Pliny poisonous primrose properties purple RAPIN remedy resin root rose Sanscrit name says scarlet scent seeds sense skin smell Spanish name species stalks sugar sweet Symbolizes tannin taste thyme tisane to-day tonic tree Turkish name variety Venus violet volatile oil wild wine wood yellow