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The plant has been used for centuries in the South Pacific to make a ceremonial drink with sedative and anesthetic properties, with potential for causing liver injury. [117] Piscidia erythrina / Piscidia piscipula: Jamaica dogwood: The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety ...
Medicinal plants are widely used as folk medicine in non-industrialized societies, mainly because they are readily available and cheaper than modern medicines. The annual global export value of the thousands of types of plants with medicinal properties was estimated to be US$60 billion per year and growing at the rate of 6% per annum.
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.
Voatsiperifery – Piper borbonense is a species of plant in the genus Piper. [44] Wasabi – Wasabia japonica or Eutrema japonica, [45] is a member of the family Brassicaceae, which includes cabbages, horseradish, and mustard. It is also called Japanese horseradish, [46] although it is not actually from the horseradish species of plants.
Woad plants Fruits of Isatis tinctoria. Isatis tinctoria, also called woad (/ ˈ w oʊ d /), dyer's woad, dyer's-weed, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae (the mustard family) with a documented history of use as a blue dye and medicinal plant. Its genus name, Isatis, derives from the ancient Greek word for the plant ...
Its medicinal properties have been used to treat swelling in the body. [2] Cherokee and Chocktaw Native Americans mashed up S. cernuus roots as a poultice, and applied the plant to soothe inflammation of the breasts and back. [5] [6] The Seminoles used the plant as an antirheumatic, as well as a way to soothe fevers and body aches. [7]
A long-lost tree species has new life after scientists planted a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean ... Lost biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old ...
This is a widely cultivated Epiphyllum species. It is known to have medicinal properties in many Asian cultures, including India, Vietnam, and Malaysia. The plant is widely used in traditional medicine to treat respiratory ailments, bleeding conditions, and is also believed to have the property of reducing pain and inflammation. [citation needed]