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* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.

A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. * 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.

* The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides. It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic.

Requires a lime-free soil. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June and July; needs acid soil in cultivation;...

* Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North...

The adult leaves , produced on branches of mature trees, are nearly round, slightly wider than long, 2–8 cm diameter, with a coarsely toothed margin and a laterally flattened petiole 4–8 cm long.

* trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m * The tip of the leaf is variable, usually pointed, but sometimes slightly notched at the tip * It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 40–50 m (exceptionally 60 m) tall.

* Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North...

* Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes.

Its range extends from southern Alabama , through Florida and Georgia , to the coastal plains of southern Virginia and South Carolina . * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss.

* Clump-forming tree or shrub, stems extremely prickly, lacy white flower panicles; leaves to 2-6' (that's feet, not inches)!! * The leaves usually have a number of slender prickles, they must be gathered before the prickles harden and are then chopped...

* Cold-fX is a product derived from the roots of North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). Like Panax ginseng, American ginseng contains dammarane-type ginsenosides as the major biologically active constituents.

It is native to the southeastern United States , ranging from Florida north to eastern North Carolina , and west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas . Tall, occasionally reaching tree size in Texas.

* The plants can be used as a source of biomass. * Native to most of Europe, including all of the British Isles and Fennoscandia and locally in Southwest Asia. * They have dark green leaves and are recommended for wet soils.

Maximum is an evergreen shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft), rarely 10 m (33 ft), tall. Leaves are sclerophyllous, simple, alternate, and oblong (10 to 30 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide). * Flowers to 2" across, white, pink, or purplish; likes cool, moist, acid soil...

The perfect wind-pollinated apetalous flowers are produced before the leaves in early spring, usually in clusters of 10–20. The inner bark contains large quantities of a sticky slime that can be dried to a powder or made into a liquid.

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.

* The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides. It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

* Tolerant of regular trimming, though not into the old wood, it can be grown as a hedge. The leaves and stems have been used as an incense. This essential oil also has insect repellent properties.

Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August. * An erect, clump-forming perennial which features pale pink to white flowers enclosed in spiny, reddish-purple...

Any trimming should be done in the summer. * Plants can be grown as a tall hedge They are very tolerant of clipping so long as this does not extend into the brown barked wood since trees cannot regenerate from this.

It is in flower from Aug to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. * Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies.

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . * Rhododendron occidentale ( Western Azalea ) is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North...

In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir). * The wood is light, fragrant, easily worked, resists insects damage.