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The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. Indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is related to geophagy. The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia. A wide variety of clays are used for medicinal purposes—primarily for external applications, such as the ...
Equisetum hyemale strobilus, at Darłówko on the Baltic Sea coast of Poland. Equisetum hyemale is native to central and northern Eurasia, including Iceland, Greenland, Kamchatka and Japan, where it forms clonal colonies in mesic (reliably moist) habitats, often in heavy clay or sandy soils in riparian zones of rivers and streams where it can withstand occasional flooding, but also in lime ...
Family of African Bush Elephants taking a mud bath in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Peloid is defined [1] as a mature clay, mud or mud suspension or dispersion with curative or cosmetic properties, consisting of a complex mixture of fine-grained materials of geological and/or biological origin, mineral or sea water, and organic compounds commonly arising from some biological metabolic ...
culinary, medicinal, fragrance leaves, flowers also called curry plant: Hibiscus, sorrel Hibiscus sabdariffa: Malvaceae: annual or perennial herb or woody subshrub: culinary, tea, medicinal, dye: flowers, roots (medicinal only) leaves used as a vegetable: Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides and related species Elaeagnaceae: shrub medicinal, dye ...
Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates back to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. Written evidence of herbal remedies dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who compiled lists of plants. Some ancient cultures wrote about plants and their medical uses in books called herbals.
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defense and protection against insects , fungi , diseases , against parasites [ 2 ] and herbivorous mammals .
Calendula officinalis is a short-lived aromatic herbaceous perennial, growing to 80 cm (31 in) tall, with sparsely branched lax or upright stems.The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 5–17 cm (2–7 in) long, hairy on both sides, and with margins entire or occasionally waved or weakly toothed.
The plant was commonly grown by monks and apothecaries for medicinal purposes, hence the specific epithet officinalis which indicates use for medicinal or culinary purposes. [10] Betony was an ingredient of Pistoia powder, an old remedy for arthritis and gout. [20] Betony is among the herbs possibly used by the Druids to make wine and holy ...