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A Modern Herbal - Editor's Introduction
... . In homeopathy the Anemone and the Forget-me-not are known as Pulsatilla and Myosotis, and chemists accustomed to the Latin names may be shocked to find Taraxacum under Dandelion, Podophyllum under Mandrake, and Calendula under Marigold. The very names of the plants are so interesting; the names are often derived from their original use in medicine, and the traditional use has been derived from ...
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POTATOES- the 1600s - DIVERSITY
... Ordinary people had not come across anything like this before. Their experience was that plants reproduced by seeds, not tubers. There were other suspicious associations too - the berries resembled the mandrake's and deadly nightshade's. (In fact the potato belongs to the family SOLANACEAE, whose members include tomatoes, eggplant, sweet pepper, deadly nightshade, mandrake, tobacco and henbane.) ...
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A brief history of health and medicine by John Silveira Issue #100
... births, can change how we sense pain and was sometimes used in surgery. Various herbs, some which go back to prehistory, were also used. These included opiates, cannabis, cocaine, alcohol, and mandrake. But it wasnt until the 19th century that the first chemical anesthetics were used. These included ether, chloroform, and nitrous oxide. And the first practitioners were usually not physicians, but ...
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Alkaloids
... YEW FIG TREE FLAX FLY AGARIC FOXGLOVES HEMLOCK HEMP HENBANE HERB-PARIS HOLLY HYDRANGEA IVY CRIMSON SPOT ROCKROSE LICORICE LILY OF THE VALLEY LOVE IN A MIST LORDS-AND-LADIES MANDRAKE MARVEL OF PERU MAT MEADOW SAFFRON MONKSHOOD NASTURTIUM NUX VOMICA OLEANDER OPIUM POPPY PERUVIAN TRUMPET PEYOTE POINSETTIA POTATOE SIDA CORDIFOLIA SPANISH BROOM SPURGES SQUIRTING CUCUMBER STINKING HELLEBORE THORN-APPLE ...
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"M" Common Name Index
"M" Common Name Index "M" Common Name Index Mace Madder Magnolia Maidenhair Malabar Nut Male Fern Mallows Manaca Mandioca Mandrake Mandrake, American Manna Manzanillo Maples Mare's Tail Marigold Marigold, Bur Marigold, Marsh Marjoram, Sweet Marjoram, Wild Marijuana (Hemp, Indian) Marshmallow Masterwort Mastic Matico Matte Tea Mayweed Mayweed, Scentless Meadowsweet Melilot Melons Mercury, Dog's ...
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ALKALOIDS OF THE NIGHTSHADES Belladonna, enchanter's nightshade, apples of Sodom (Atropa belladonna) Jimson's weed (Datura spp.) Mandrake (Mandagora officinarum) SOLANACEAE, Nightshade Family There are many interesting alkaloids in the Solanaceae, the nightshade family, which have played important roles in history and medicine. Because some European species were infamous poisons and drugs, there ...
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Wisconsin Vascular Plants: Search Results
... ) Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers. * + rheumatism root, twinleaf Podophyllum diphyllum L. Podophyllum (Genus Information, Photo Gallery and Map Gallery) Podophyllum peltatum L. * + May-apple, wild mandrake Podophyllum peltatum L. f. aphyllum Plitt Podophyllum peltatum L. f. biltmoreanum Steyerm. Podophyllum peltatum L. f. deamii Raymond Podophyllum peltatum L. f. polycarpum (Clute) Plitt Menu: ...
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THE DOCTRING OF SIGNATURES
... ; induce vomiting; laxative toothwort = relieve toothache gravelwort = dissolve stones in the urinary tract wormwood = expel intestinal parasites pilewort = cure hemorrhoids ginseng = "man essense," used as a general human panacea mandrake = promote sexual passion in females black-eye root = remove bruise discoloration maidenhair fern = cure for baldness The m [Return to Economic Botany Menu]
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CRFG Book Service
... Read a review Fabulous Fruit Cooking: A Gourmet Guide to Great Fruit Dishes from Soup to Sorbet by Andreas Miessmer, Deborah Morgenthal Read a review The Fascinating World of the Nightshades : Tobacco, Mandrake, Potato, Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant, Etc. by Charles B. Heiser Read a review The Food Lover's Guide to Canning : Contemporary Recipes & Techniques (paper) by Chris Rich, Lucy Clark Crawford ...
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