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  2. List of plants in The English Physitian - Wikipedia

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    The title page of The English Physitian.. Below is the list of plants, listed under the section "Catalogue of the Herbs and Plants, in this Treatise, appropriated to their several PLANETS" in the 1652 medical text The English Physitian: or an Astrologo-physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation by Nicholas Culpeper.

  3. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    The plant extract showed antibacterial and anticandidal activities and moderate antifungal activity. [141] Silybum marianum: Milk thistle: It has been used for thousands of years for a variety of medicinal purposes, in particular liver problems. [142] Stachytarpheta cayennensis: Blue snakeweed Extracts of the plant are used to ease the symptoms ...

  4. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office. Reynolds, S.C.P. (2002). A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland. pp. [4], 1 ...

  5. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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    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 , and herbivorous mammals .

  6. Lists of useful plants - Wikipedia

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    This article contains a list of useful plants, meaning a plant that has been or can be co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need. Rather than listing all plants on one page, this page instead collects the lists and categories for the different ways in which a plant can be used; some plants may fall into several of the categories or lists ...

  7. Category:Medicinal herbs and fungi - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 8 December 2023, at 22:35 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. County Herb Committee - Wikipedia

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    A pamphlet that the Vegetable Drugs Committee published in 1941 stated that the most essential medicinal plants needed were belladonna, colchicum, digitalis, hyoscyamus, stramonium and valerian, and that the countries of origin for these plants had previously been Hungary, Italy, Germany, and Yugoslavia. [7]

  9. List of beneficial weeds - Wikipedia

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    Improves environment for nearby plants Borage: Borago officinalis: legumes, brassicas, tomatoes: Its flowers attract predatory wasps: crunchy leaves and flowers can be consumed in salads: Borage is one of the most widely-touted traditional medicinal herbs in Europe. Dandelion: Taraxacum: Any garden plant: Its flowers attract pollinators