Common Names: Sweet Flag, Sweet Root, Sweet Rush, Sweet Cane, Claddon, Sweet Myrtle, Myrtle Grass, Myrtle Sedge, Cinnamon Sedge.

Formerly much esteemed as an aromatic stimulant and mild tonic, it also acts as a carminative, removing the discomfort caused by flatulence and checking the growth of bacteria which gives rise to flatulence.   The dried root has been chewed to relieve dyspepsia, and clear the voice.   It has also been used in times past in all nervous complaints, vertigoes, headaches, dysentery,  chronic catarrhs, as a vermifuge and insecticide for fleas and white ants which plague trees.   It is also used as a fixative in potpourri which also lends it aroma and texture to mixes.

Common Names: Garden Marigold, Holigold, Marigold, Mary Bud, Pot Marigold.

Properties and Uses: Antispasmodic, aperient, cholagogue, diaphoretic, vulnerary.   Use the infusion for gastro-intestinal conditions such as, ulcers, cramps, colitis, and diarrhea.   The infusion is also good internally for fever, boils, abscesses, and to stop recurrent vomiting.   The fresh juice from the herb and flowers is a substitute for an infusion.   Use externally, made into a salve for wounds, bruises, sprains, pulled muscles, sores, varicose veins, and boils.   The fresh juice is used to get rid of warts.   The tincture is used internally for gastritis and menstrual problems.

Properties and Uses: Antispasmodic, appetizer, carminative, emmenagogue, expectorant, galactagogue, stomachic.   Benefits the appetite and digestion, promotes the onset of menstruation, eases uterine cramping, promotes the secretion of milk in lactating mothers, is a mild expectorant.   Eases flatulent colic in infants, and settles the stomach after taking nauseous medicines.   This is an excellent herb for a nursing mother to use when baby is colicky because just the right amount of herb is passed on to baby through mother's milk to mildly medicate baby, giving both relief! 

Properties and Uses: Appetizer, carminative, stimulant, stomachic.   Used for flatulence with other herbs in a formula, or used to flavor other medicines. 

Common Names: Beesnest Plant, Bird's-nest Root, Queen Anne's Lace.

Properties and Uses: Anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, stimulant.   The soup is effective for diarrhea and is easily digested when suffering from stomach and intestinal problems.   It prevents putrefaction in the intestines.   Eating 2-3 raw, ground carrots a day for 5 days will eliminate roundworms.   The juice is good for stomach acidity and heartburn, and the eyes.   The infusion or decoction of the seeds of the wild carrot is used for flatulence, water retention, and to promote the onset of the menses. 

This is an anti-inflammatory which has been used for Crohn's disease, leukemia, cancers, herpes, and AIDS to support the body's natural defense system.   It has the ability to build the immune system and boost the white blood cell count and to encourage them to engulf and digest foreign microorganisms invading the body.

Properties and Uses: Anodyne, antiphlogistic, antispasmodic, calmative, carminative, diaphoretic, tonic.   Good for a wide variety of nervous conditions, insomnia,  rheumatism, rashes, reduces inflammation and facilitates bowel movement without being a purgative.   Use as a wash or compress for skin ailments and inflammations, safe to use for inflammations of the mucous tissues.   Relieves toothache when held in the mouth for awhile.   Use in vaporizer or bath for asthma and to relieve the symptoms of the flu or cold.   In the bath is will also relax, soothe tired aching muscles and prevent cramping.   Use as a sitz bath for hemorrhoids, hands, or aching feet.   The salve is used for hemorrhoids also.

Properties and Uses: Anodyne, antispasmodic, aromatic, bitter tonic, stimulant stomachic.   The tea is good for flatulent colic, dyspepsia, fever, restlessness in children, a wash for open sores and wounds.   The oil can be used internally for colic, spasms, and stomach cramps.   The oil is also used for swellings, calluses, and painful joints.

In some places the leaves are used as a remedy for fever and ague, and for their tonic and astringent properties.   Used in paroxysmal and convulsive coughs such as whooping cough, and other irritable and excitable conditions of the respiratory system.

Common Names: Adder's Mouth, Indian Chickweed, Satin Flower, Starwort, Stitchwort, Tongue-grass, Winterweed.

Properties and Uses: Carminative, demulcent, expectorant, laxative.   The decoction is used for serious constipation, coughs,  hoarseness, and heat in the liver.   The fresh crushed leaves, or an ointment made with all-vegetable shortening is good for bruises, irritations, carbuncles, external abscesses, swellings, hemorrhoids, and itching.   It is also used for obesity.

Common Names: Cayenne, Africa Pepper, American Pepper, Bird Pepper, Capsicum, Chili Pepper, cockspur Pepper, Goat's Pepper, Pod Pepper, Red Pepper, Spanish Pepper, Zanzibar Pepper.

Properties and Uses: Appetizer, digestive, irritant, sialagogue, stimulant, tonic.   Uses as a general stimulant and to build up resistance in the immune system.   The infusion is used for stomach and bowel pains and cramps. It stimulates the appetite.   Externally it is used for plasters, liniment or tincture to increase blood flow where rheumatism, or arthritis.     Cayenne is an excellent anti-depressant. 

 A carminative, astringent, stimulant, and antiseptic used to stop vomiting, relieve flatulence, and when given with chalk and astringents it has been used for diarrhea and hemorrhage of the womb.

Antispasmodic, balsamic, carminative, tonic, aromatic, aperitive, astringent, and pectoral.   Used for disorders of the digestion, as a stomachic, and in kidney diseases.   Has been used as a salve for inflammation and boils before they rupture.   The powdered leaves have been snuffed to relieve headache.   The infusion has been used to cleanse and cool ulcers, inflammation of the eyes, and the stings of scorpions.   This also makes an excellent addition to bath herbs.

Common Names: British Tobacco, Bullsfoot, Butterbur, Coughwort, Flower Velure, Foal's-foot, Horsefoot, Horsehoof.

Properties and Uses: Astringent, demulcent, emollient, expectorant.   Used for coughs, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pleurisy, and throat catarrh.   The decoction made from the crushed leaves are good for insect bites, inflammations, general swellings, burns,  leg ulcers, and phlebitis.

Common Names: Blackwort, Bruisewort, Gum Plant, Healing Herb, Knitback, Salsify, Slippery Root, Wallwort.

Properties and Uses: Anodyne, astringent, demulcent, emollient, expectorant, homeostatic, refrigerant, vulnerary.   The decoction of the rootstock is used for a gargle and mouthwash for throat inflammations, hoarseness, and bleeding gums, digestive and stomach problems, intestinal difficulties, excessive menstrual flow, and to stop spitting blood.   The powdered rootstock is use internally for bloody urine (hematuria), leucorrhea, diarrhea, gastro-intestinal ulcers, dysentery, and irritating coughs.   Externally, the powder is used for a poultice for wounds, bruises, sores, and insect bites.   A poultice made from the hot pulp of the rootstock is great for pulled tendons.   The powdered rootstock revitalizes the skin when added to the bath or made into lotions.

Properties and Uses: Antispasmodic, appetizer, aromatic, carminative, stomachic.   Used for windy colic internally, and externally for rheumatism and painful joints.   It improves the flavor of other medicinal preparations and corrects the gripping of purgatives.

Properties and Uses: mild stimulant, diuretic, demulcent used in acute and chronic cystitis and bladder irritation of uric acid and phospatic gravel.   It has also been used in gonorrhea as its action is akin to Holy Thistle.

Common Names: Java Pepper, Tailed Cubebs, Tailed Pepper.

Properties and Uses: Antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic.   Used for indigestion, catarrh, bronchitis, coughs, and lung problems.   The oil is used for urinary ailments and gonorrhea.

Properties and Uses: Stimulant, antispasmodic, carminative used mostly in herbal animal alternatives for flatulency of languid digestion, colic, and dyspeptic headache.   Applied externally in the form of a plaster for muscle spasms, and soreness, and as a liniment for the same purpose.