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AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA

thymeAGRIMONIA EUPATORIA, Information about Agrimonia eupatoria is presently being collected and will be presented soon.

AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO

laurus nobilisLAURUS NOBILIS, a perennial tree original from Asia that has been used for centuries as a spice to flavour different meal preparations.

BORAGE (Borago officinalis)

BORAGE (Borago officinalis)

borageBorage (Borago officinalis). Borage is a common, enduring, annual herb of the Boraginaceæ family. Its seems that its name, derived from a mix of cor, the heart, and ago, to affect, because of its former use as a cordial or heart-fortifying medicine. Courage is from the same source. The Standard Dictionary, however, points to burrago, rough, and relates it indirectly by cross references to birrus, a thick, coarse woolen cloth worn by the poor during the thirteenth century.

BORAGO OFFICINALIS (Borage)

BORAGO OFFICINALIS (Borage)

borageBORAGO OFFICINALIS (Borage). Borage is a common, enduring, annual herb of the Boraginaceæ family. Its seems that its name, derived from a mix of cor, the heart, and ago, to affect, because of its former use as a cordial or heart-fortifying medicine. Courage is from the same source. The Standard Dictionary, however, points to burrago, rough, and relates it indirectly by cross references to birrus, a thick, coarse woolen cloth worn by the poor during the thirteenth century.

MALVA SYLVESTRIS (Common mallow)

MALVA SYLVESTRIS (Common mallow)

malva sylvestrisMalva sylvestris, also known as Common mallow, is a plant native to Europe, mainly the Mediterranean countries and also found in North Africa and Asia that is know for its antioxidant, wound healing, diuretic, expectorant, against edema, bum, wound, for their carminative, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, however and in spite several sources mentioned anti-cancer properties of Malva sylvestris, the only scientific study on this respect didn't show very positive anti-proliferative effects. Malva sylvestries has been also commonly consumed in salads or as an ingredient in some recipes [12].

Let's see some of the properties exerted by this plant and the scientific evidence supporting those claims.


MALVA SYLVESTRIS

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Common name: Common mallow, cheeses, high mallow, tall mallow [1], Arabic: فؤائد الخباز البري.


OENOTHERA BIENNIS (Evening primrose)

OENOTHERA BIENNIS (Evening primrose)

Evening primroseAENOTHERA BIENNIS(Evening primrose). Its English name Primrose comes from Latin and means first flower[1]. Evening primrose is native to North America and blooms in early summer, between June and September.

 

PETROSELINUM CRISPUM (Parsley)

PETROSELINUM CRISPUM (Parsley)

PETROSELINUM CRISPUM (Parsley). Information about PETROSELINUM CRISPUM (Parsley) is being processed and will be available soon.

 

SAMPHIRE (Crithmum maritimum)

SAMPHIRE (Crithmum maritimum)

samphireSamphire (Crithmum maritimum), this perennial herb original from Europe and from the Umbelliferæ family, is usually found along rocks near sea cost and cliffs where the tide can't reach them. The stems of Crithmum maritimum arise from the rootstocks, short turdy.

SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS (Skullcap)

SkullcapSCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS (Baikal skullcap). Blue skullcap is a perennial herb indigenous from North America. The flowers are very small and have a very distinctive pale blue color. Blue skullcap has been known in Europe and America for many of its herbal properties but certainly the most common use of Blue skullcap is for its nervous sedative effects.


SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Scutellaria
Common name: Baikal skullcap


 

SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA (Blue skullcap)

Blue skullcapSCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA (Blue skullcap). Blue skullcap is a perennial herb indigenous from North America. The flowers are very small and have a very distinctive pale blue colour. Blue skullcap has been known in Europe and America for many of its herbal properties but certainly the most common use of Blue skullcap is for its nervous sedative effects.

TARAXACUM OFFICINALE (Dandelion)

dandelionTARAXACUM OFFICINALE (Dandelion), this flowering plant is native to Eurasia and North America [1]. Dandelion´s name, comes from two french words [3], "dent" (tooth) and "lion" (lion), which formed as dent de lion mean lion´s
tooth. This herb as such prefers certain weather conditions, growing almost everywhere, but mainly in areas with
mild climate..

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