Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Sunnyvale

It should be used with extreme caution and only under the supervision of a qualified practitioner since all parts of the plant are very poisonous and the difference between a medicinal dose and a toxic dose is very small.

* The plant is also used as a topical ointment against jaundice, toothache, ulcers and to treat muscular-skeletal problems. * Entada rheedii, commonly known as the African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large...

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. * Rheum palmatum , known as Turkey rhubarb , Chinese rhubarb , ornamental rhubarb , and East Indian rhubarb , is a plant in the family Polygonaceae...

Nutlet ovate, ca. Flora of China explains: Trees grow to 35 m tall; bark black or black-brown, fissured. Petiole 5-10 mm, villous; leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, or elliptic, 4-8 × 2.5-4.5 cm, subleathery, shiny, abaxially densely resinous punctate...

Officinalis differs very little from Magnolia obovata; the only difference that is consistently observed between the two being that the fruit aggregate of M. * It is a deciduous tree growing to 20m in height.

The root or the fruit is decocted as a contraceptive. * The greatest reported cold tolerance is ?27.5 °C (?17.5 °F), survived by four specimens planted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria during a severe cold spell on 6 January 1993 and placing it hardy to USDA Zone...

They make an excellent flavouring in salads. The leaves are used as a flavouring in vinegar. * Tarragon or dragon's-wort ( Artemisia dracunculus ) is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood .

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds.

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as...

* Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers.

* It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions. * A small ash native to China with 1 1/2" leaflets on compound leaves and 1" seeds.

It can be boiled and made into a jelly or dried and ground into a powder then used with cereals when making bread etc. Hardy to at least -20°c. Leaves are notably gray-glaucous to whitish beneath.

* In Europe growth is most successful in the Mediterranean region with notable specimens in northern Italy; further north in the United Kingdom it will grow, but only very slowly due to the cooler summers.

The tree is up to 14 m (46 ft) tall and wide and bushy when cultivated. * Taxus chinensis is a species of yew. (Taxus celebica), a large, ornamental evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), widespread in China at elevations up to 900 meters...

* Crataegus vulsa , the "Alabama hawthorn" is a rare species of hawthorn from northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia .

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine . * Lian Qiao has been used in Chinese herbalism for over 4,000 years and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* Rose-purple 2"-3 1/2" daisylike flowers; native to central North America. The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections...

* Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to a variant of Sorrel ), and ambiguously as " garden patience " , is a perennial flowering plant...

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache.

* Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent. * Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. * The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km.

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the gelatinous, moisture-retaining...

Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. * A refreshing tea can be made from the young shoot tips.

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long...

Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches. * Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming, Missouri native perennial which most frequently occurs in dryish, rocky soils in prairies, fields and...