3/26/2023 0 Comments Symphytum in tcm materia medica![]() ![]() ![]() The reason it was called Winter aconite and linked to Aconitum napellus as being just as poisonous is because plants were classified according to leaf shape in the 16th century. ![]() Ranunculaceae Winter Aconite Distribution: Europe. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.Įranthis hyemalis Salisb. Myrtle wine is still made in Tuscany and now even in China. The myrtle tree is also an ancient Jewish symbol for peace and justice. Slain by a disgruntled competitor, the goddess Minerva brought her back as the myrtle tree in perpetual memory. According to Lyte, it is named after Merlyne, a fair maiden of Athens in ancient Greece, who judged the athletic games. He notes that it only flowered in hot summers in England, but it is reliable in flower now, either due to global warming or selection of suitable clones. Lyte (1576) adds that the juice of the berries kept the hair black and stopped it falling out, and prevented intoxication. Our plant has white berries, but he regarded those with black berries (they become black later in the season) as being more effective. In various forms it was used as a hair dye, for sore eyes, anal and uterine prolapse, dandruff and shingles, all sorts of inflammations, scorpion bites and even sweaty armpits. Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) recommends the fruit for treating haemoptysis (‘spitting blood’) and cystitis, and, if boiled, he said it made a fine wine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London. It was introduced, as a greenhouse plant, to Europe in the mid-17th century, where the long lasting flowers are popular in flower arranging and for weddings and funerals – a curious combination (Oakeley, 2012). ![]() It has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia. The leaves are used as a warm poultice for headaches in ‘muthi’ medicine. The botanic museum in Molina is dedicated to his memory. He had broad interests, including the effect of different parts of the spectrum of light on plant growth, reporting in 1843, that red, orange and yellow light are heliotropically inactive. aethiopica, it had been previously described by Linnaeus. He corresponded with the German botanist, Kurt Sprengel, who named the genus Zantedeschia in his honour in 1826, separating it from Calla, where, as C. Born in Molina he studied medicine in Verona and Padua. The genus name commemorates Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) an Italian physician and botanist. The Cherokee and the Iroquois used it to treat intestinal worms Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London. The Seminoles used it for headaches and fever and the Miccosukee for sunstroke and headache. It was used externally by the Cherokee to bathe sores and snakebites and made into a tea for treating diarrhoea. It is a plant which is poisonous to cattle, sheep and pigs with no medicinal uses. His son succeeded his father as professor of medicine, and one of his students was Carl Linnaeus (1707–88) who named the genus Rudbeckia after him and his father. He was the discoverer of the human lymphatic system. Olof Rudbeck the Elder was professor of medicine at Uppsala University, and established a botanic garden there. ![]()
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