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Red Clover Blossoms is a perennial, 1-2 feet tall, with several steins, arising from one root, and slightly hairy. The leaves are ternate. Leaflets are ovate, entire, nearly smooth, ending in a long point, often a lighter color in the center. The fragrant flowers are red to purple, in dense, terminal ovoid or globular heads. It is a native of Europe and common in cultivation across the U.S. Found wild in mountain meadows, disturbed areas and along stream banks, in light sandy soil. The...

Red Raspberry Leaf is a biennial upright shrub with creeping perennial roots. The stems are smooth, bristly, with or without hooked prickles. Leaves are alternate, pinnate with 3-7 oval leaflets. The white flowers are cup-shaped. The fruit is red, made up of cohering drupelets. Found throughout North America in thickets, untended fields & is widely cultivated. The berries make a delicious food, high in Vit. C & minerals . They are used as a flavoring, and a red dye. It is a anti-nausea,...

Red Raspberry Leaf is a biennial upright shrub with creeping perennial roots. The stems are smooth, bristly, with or without hooked prickles. Leaves are alternate, pinnate with 3-7 oval leaflets. The white flowers are cup-shaped. The fruit is red, made up of cohering drupelets. Found throughout North America in thickets, untended fields & is widely cultivated. The berries make a delicious food, high in Vit. C & minerals . They are used as a flavoring, and a red dye. It is a...

Rosehips is a perennial, that may form thickets, 2-3 feet tall, or clusters of large bushes, depending on species and growing conditions. All wild species have a single row of petals, usually 5, with many typical yellow stamens, and will be smaller than cultivated hybrids. The color is basically pink. Stems are thorny, slightly waxy and sticky. Flowers mature into hips (fruit) which turns from green, yellow, orange, and after a frost, to dark red. Found at all altitudes, mostly in mountainous...

Rosemary Leaf is an ash-colored evergreen shrub, with numerous branches, and a scaly bark. The needlelike leaves are opposite, leathery, thick, dark green above, downy white underneath with a prominent vein in the middle and margins which are rolled down. The flowers are pale blue or white and grow in short axillary racemes. It originated in the Mediterranean, now widely cultivated. Historically used for its aromatic leaves and kitchen seasoning. The flowers are used fresh, as a garnish,...

Sage Leaf is a shrubby perennial. The strongly branched root, produces square, finely hairy sterns,and is woody at the base. Leaves are gray-green, textured, opposite, downy, entire or finely crenate. The floral leaves are ovate, ovate-lanceolate. Purple, blue or white two lipped flowers grow in whorls that form terminal racemes. It is commercially cultivated for a kitchen spice. Grows wild in southern Europe. Fresh and dried leaves are used to flavor foods The flowers are tossed in...

Scullcap Herb is a perennial, with a fibrous, yellow rootstock producing a branching stem, 1-3 feet high, Leaves are opposite, ovate to lance-shaped and toothed. The axillary, pale purple or blue, 2-lipped, hooded flowers are in I-sided racemes from the leaf axils. Found in eastern and central U.S. in rich woods, and moist thickets. It is a antispasmodic, diuretic, sedative & tonic. Scutellarin, a flavonoid compound in the plant, as been confirmed to have sedative and antispasmodic...

Scullcap Herb is a perennial, with a fibrous, yellow rootstock producing a branching stem, 1-3 feet high, Leaves are opposite, ovate to lance-shaped and toothed. The axillary, pale purple or blue, 2-lipped, hooded flowers are in I-sided racemes from the leaf axils. Found in eastern and central U.S. in rich woods, and moist thickets. It is a antispasmodic, diuretic, sedative & tonic. Scutellarin, a flavonoid compound in the plant, as been confirmed to have sedative and antispasmodic...

Senna Leaf is a somewhat prompt cathartic that acts on nearly the entire intestinal tract, and especially the lower bowel (colon, large intestine), so it is very suitable in cases of habitual costiveness & constipation. It acts locally on the intestinal wall, increasing peristaltic movements & intestinal secretions. Origin(s): Africa, India, Mexico. Latin Name(s): Senna alexandrina, Cassia angustifolia. Also known as: American senna, locust plant, wild senna. Plant Part(s) Used: Leaf....

Senna Leaf is a somewhat prompt cathartic that acts on nearly the entire intestinal tract, and especially the lower bowel (colon, large intestine), so it is very suitable in cases of habitual costiveness & constipation. It acts locally on the intestinal wall, increasing peristaltic movements & intestinal secretions. Origin(s): Africa, India, Mexico. Latin Name(s): Senna alexandrina, Cassia angustifolia. Also known as: American senna, locust plant, wild senna. Plant Part(s) Used: Leaf....

Sheep Sorrel is a perennial herb has leaf-stems 5-15cm long and lance-shaped leaves 5-10cm long. The plant spreads readily from a shallow, underground root system. Spikes of insignificant tiny, red flowers turn into small red/brown seeds. Leaves and stems can also have a brown tinge. Origin(s): Bulgaria, Croatia, United States. Latin Name(s): Rumex acetosella. Also known as: Sour Grass, Common Field Sorrel, Common Sorrel, Red Top Sorrel. Plant Part(s) Used: Herb. Appearance: Brownish...

Uva Ursi Leaf has a specific healing action upon the genito-urinary organs, especially in the kidneys or bladder. It traditionally has great value in these kidney and bladder problems, where it soothes, strengthens and tones the mucous membranes of the urinary passages. Origin(s): Albania, Croatia, Germany, Mexico. Latin Name(s): Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Also known as: Bearberry, Hog cranberry, Kinnikinnick, Mountain Cranberry, Red bearberry, upland cranberry, wild cranberry, bear's...

Uva Ursi Leaf has a specific healing action upon the genito-urinary organs, especially in the kidneys or bladder. It traditionally has great value in these kidney and bladder problems, where it soothes, strengthens and tones the mucous membranes of the urinary passages. Origin(s): Albania, Croatia, Germany, Mexico. Latin Name(s): Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Also known as: Bearberry, Hog cranberry, Kinnikinnick, Mountain Cranberry, Red bearberry, upland cranberry, wild cranberry, bear's...

White Pine Bark is in the Eastern, White Pine is the tallest evergreen tree that is native to eastern North America and one of many Pine varieties that have been used medicinally in various countries from the earliest times. The White Pine is a hardy conifer that grows to a height of 150 feet, or more, thriving in well-drained, neutral soil in sun and a cool climate and covered with a deeply fissured, gray-brown bark. Its branches grow in regular whorls of soft, bluish-green, needle-like leaf...

Wild Lettuce is an annual or biennial, 2-4 foot scruffy weed, with a milky sap. The leaves, are alternate, pointed,and deeply divided. They clasp the stem and twist sideways to become perpendicular with the ground. The central vein of the leaves is thick, riblike, prickly on one side and lighter green than the plant. A single stem starts with small, yellow dandelion-like flowers and seeds, then divides into many small, thin floral stems. Found throughout the world, along roadsides and...

Wild Lettuce is an annual or biennial, 2-4 foot scruffy weed, with a milky sap. The leaves, are alternate, pointed,and deeply divided. They clasp the stem and twist sideways to become perpendicular with the ground. The central vein of the leaves is thick, riblike, prickly on one side and lighter green than the plant. A single stem starts with small, yellow dandelion-like flowers and seeds, then divides into many small, thin floral stems. Found throughout the world, along roadsides and...

Wild Yam Root is considered one of the best anti-catarrhal agents. It has been historically proven as very valuable in pulmonary and catarrhal conditions. A perennial, twining plant, with long, knotty, crooked root-stocks and thin, smooth stems. The leaves are alternate. The lower leaves are in whorls of 3-8 heart-shaped, hairy beneath and veins conspicuous. The small flowers are greenish-yellow and not showy. The male flowers are in drooping panicles, the female in drooping spicate...

Wild Yam Root is considered one of the best anti-catarrhal agents. It has been historically proven as very valuable in pulmonary and catarrhal conditions. A perennial, twining plant, with long, knotty, crooked root-stocks and thin, smooth stems. The leaves are alternate. The lower leaves are in whorls of 3-8 heart-shaped, hairy beneath and veins conspicuous. The small flowers are greenish-yellow and not showy. The male flowers are in drooping panicles, the female in drooping spicate...

Wormwood Herb is an extremely bitter remedy--next to rue the bitterest herb known, but it is a valuable stimulative tonic to the digestive system. The leaves possess antiseptic properties and are very resistive to putrefaction, and counteract the effects of poisonous plants such as hemlock, toadstool, etc. The leaves and flowers expel and they are excellent for correcting, toning the liver & clearing a bilious condition in the body. The oil is valuable for external use as a very...

Wormwood Herb is an extremely bitter remedy--next to rue the bitterest herb known, but it is a valuable stimulative tonic to the digestive system. The leaves possess antiseptic properties and are very resistive to putrefaction, and counteract the effects of poisonous plants such as hemlock, toadstool, etc. The leaves and flowers expel and they are excellent for correcting, toning the liver & clearing a bilious condition in the body. The oil is valuable for external use as a very...

Yarrow Flower is a 1-3 foot perennial which forms mats of interconnected roots and feathery basal leaves. The tall, flowering stalks are topped with flat umbels of snow-white, tiny daisy-like flowers, tinged with pink at times. The soft, pungent leaves which clasp the stem at the base are alternate, bipinnatifid with finely cut segments. Found throughout the world, in waste places, field, pastures, meadows and roadsides. It is a diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, hemostatic & mild aromatic....

Yarrow Flower is a 1-3 foot perennial which forms mats of interconnected roots and feathery basal leaves. The tall, flowering stalks are topped with flat umbels of snow-white, tiny daisy-like flowers, tinged with pink at times. The soft, pungent leaves which clasp the stem at the base are alternate, bipinnatifid with finely cut segments. Found throughout the world, in waste places, field, pastures, meadows and roadsides. It is a diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, hemostatic & mild aromatic....

Yellow Dock is very valuable for all skin issues and has therapeutic characteristics that are similar to sarsaparillas (Smilax officinalis) and turkey rhubarb (Rheum palmatum). A 1-5 foot perennial, growing from a deep, yellow root. The alternate basal leaves are wavy edged & blue-green. Leaves on the flower stalk, are similar to those at the base but half the size. The tall flower spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers are followed by 3-winged fruits which turn dark brown in the fall. A...

Yellow Dock is very valuable for all skin issues and has therapeutic characteristics that are similar to sarsaparillas (Smilax officinalis) and turkey rhubarb (Rheum palmatum). A 1-5 foot perennial, growing from a deep, yellow root. The alternate basal leaves are wavy edged & blue-green. Leaves on the flower stalk, are similar to those at the base but half the size. The tall flower spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers are followed by 3-winged fruits which turn dark brown in the fall. A...