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Rhexia virginica, the handsome Harry [2] or Virginia meadow-beauty, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to much of eastern North America, and is often found in moist, often acidic soils in open areas. [3] This species is a perennial herb that is easily identified by its distinctly angled stems.
Hazebrouck (French pronunciation:, Dutch: Hazebroek, pronounced [ˈɦaːzəbruk], West Flemish: Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. [3] It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s.
The facility in Texas. By 1975, the two narcotic farm establishments had been abrogated as a national anti-narcotic treatment program in the rural United States.The narcotic farm concept was abandoned due to advancement in medication treatment along with United States legislative policies regarding narcotic sedative dependence.
Aphrodisiac. An aphrodisiac is a substance alleged to increase libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior. [1] [2] [3] These substances range from a variety of plants, spices, and foods to synthetic chemicals.
Natural skin care uses topical creams and lotions made of ingredients available in nature. [1] Much of the recent literature reviews plant-derived ingredients, which may include herbs, roots, flowers and essential oils, [2] [3] [4] but natural substances in skin care products include animal-derived products such as beeswax, and minerals.
Ibogaine is a psychoactive indole alkaloid obtained either by extraction from plants in the family Apocynaceae such as Tabernanthe iboga, Voacanga africana, and Tabernaemontana undulata or by semi-synthesis from the precursor compound voacangine, another plant alkaloid. [1] [2] The total synthesis of ibogaine was described in 1956. [5]
In the early 1990s, the rise of the grunge alternative rock music and subculture in Seattle brought media attention to the use of heroin by prominent grunge artists. In the 1990s, the media focused on the use of heroin by musicians in the Seattle grunge scene, with a 1992 New York Times article listing the city's "three principal drugs" as "espresso, beer and heroin" [6] and a 1996 article ...
Callicarpa bodinieri flowers. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is native to the southeastern United States. [9] It can typically reach 1 to 2 meters in height. A jelly can be made from its ripe berries.