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Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6] A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but ...
Potentiates CNS sedatives, [3] chronic use might cause a reversible dry skin condition. [18] Khat: qat Catha edulis: Chronic liver dysfunction [3] [19] Kratom: Mitragyna speciosa: Hepatotoxicity [20] [19] Liquorice root Glycyrrhiza glabra: Hypokalemia, hypertension, arrhythmias, edema [5] Lobelia: asthma weed, pukeweed, vomit wort Lobelia inflata
It can first be seen on the plant as light-green circles, on the stem or underside of its leaves, that eventually turn brown and form pustules. [1] Rust may cause A. majus to bloom prematurely, sprout smaller flowers, and begin decomposition earlier. [12] Stem rot: A fungal infection, it can be seen as a cottony growth on the stem, low, near ...
The toxicity of young leaves can be reduced with repeated boiling and draining. Ingestion of poisonous parts of the plant may cause severe stomach cramping, persistent diarrhea, nausea, vomiting (sometimes bloody), slow and difficult breathing, weakness, spasms, hypertension, severe convulsions, and death. The poisonous principles are found in ...
An annual plant, yellow rattle grows up to 10–50 centimetres (3.9–19.7 in) tall, with upright stems and opposite, simple leaves. The fruit is a dry capsule , with loose, rattling seeds. The preferred habitat of Rhinanthus minor is dry fields or meadows; it tolerates a wide range of soil types.
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2]
Melilotus officinalis can be an annual or biennial plant, and is 120–180 centimetres (4–6 ft) high at maturity. [3] Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. Yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer and produce fruit in pods typically containing one seed. Seeds can be viable for up to 30 years.
The plant yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] When chewed, the plant produces a numbing, tingling effect in the mouth, comparable to that of Sichuan pepper . For this reason, it is sometimes used in herbal medicine to relieve toothache or ulcers, and as a culinary herb.