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Caraway (Carum carvi)
Planted biennial in the
spring yearly for harvesting in the next year. It may planted near peas and
beans, but not fennel.
Caraway normally seed is
used. It is spicy and warm, used in breads, cakes and candies, as well as
cabbage, soup, salads, sauerkraut, goulash and baked apples.
The main constituent of
caraway is a hydrocarbon oil with carvens and limonene a fatty oil. Seeds
contain approximately four to seven per cent of the oil, depending upon the
variety and distillation process. It helps in digestion, counter acts gases,
acts as a mild expectorant.
It is a carminative,
antispasmodic, appetizer, expectorant, emmenagogue and stomachic. It also
relieves uterine cramps and promotes mother’s milk. It is used for flatulent
colic in infants and to settle the stomach of a person who has taken
distasteful medicines and feels nauseous.
Catnip
(Nepetea cataria)
Planted in the spring, it
should not be transplanted. It germinates in twelve days. It can give three
harvests a year.
It has oil comprised of
cavracol, thymol, and nepetalactone.
Catnip is an aromatic,
carminative, anodyne, antispasmodic and diaphoretic. This is effective for
cold, fever. Stomach problems, hysteria, insomnia.
As part of a formula for
children (1/2 teaspoon catnip to 1 cup water), it is good for convulsions. It
is also good for gas, wind colic and stomach acidity.
Chamomile
(Anthemis nobilis, Matricaria chamomilla)
The plant is two to three
feet tall and planted annually in the spring, anywhere in the garden, since it
is helps keep all plants healthy. Its germination period is maximum fourteen
days.
The upper part of the
plant and flowers are used. It is a powerful alkali. Usually cultivated and
sold commercially, but wild chamomile is also found. It contains a pale blue
volatile oil that turns yellow with age as well as some anthemic acid and
tannic acid. It is a glucosidal, antispasmodic, calmative, anodyne,
carminative, antiphlogistic and tonic. It is used for every thing from reducing
depression to sleep disorders, neuralgia, rheumatic condition and rashes. It
reduces inflammation and gastrointestinal problems.
As oil it relieves
toothache.
It gives the individual a
serene disposition.
Chives
(Alliam Schoenoprasum)
The plant is one to one
half feet tall, perennial in the spring. It may be grown from seed. It may be
planted near celery or carrots but do not plant next to peas or beans. The
germination period is from two to three weeks.
It give flavor to
vegetable soups and soft cheese and may use the herb in salads and egg dishes
as well as jacket potatoes.
It contain a volatile oil,
rich in sulphur and vitamin C. (Dried chives are not as potent in nutrients as
fresh chives).
Chives promote digestive
processes and stimulate appetite. It helps in lowering blood pressure.
Comfrey
(Symphytum officinale)
The plant is three feet
tall, this is perennial planted from root cuttings, in the early spring in soil
rich in lime. Its leaves and roots are used for different remedies. Wash made
from the leaves is very good to heal cuts wounds and insect bites in humans and
animals. It destroys harmful bacteria.
The leaves are a great
poultice for cuts and wounds as it has some pain reliving properties and
antibiotic action. Cook the leaves once then throw out the water and cook
again. Its tea is good for internal and external uses and healing throughout
the body, when it has been afflicted by disease or traumatic injuries. It is
similar to spinach in taste and contains vitamin B-12, useful for vegetarians.
Comfrey contains a large
amount of mucilage, 0.6 to 0.8 per cent allantoin and a small amount of tannin.
Starch is also present in miniscule amounts.
Comfrey is an astringent,
demulcent, anodyne, emollient, haemostatic, expectorant, refrigerant and
vulnerary. Comfrey is helpful for diarrhea. It can be used for a decoction of
rootstock, which makes a good gargle and mouthwash for throat inflammation,
hoarseness and bleeding gums. It also helps digestive and stomach problems as
well as excessive menstrual flow. A rootstock may be used in baths for better
skin tone. One of the best bone-knitting herbs, called bone knit by native
Americans.
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