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Chrysanthemum ×grandiflorum( a very unusual colour)
Chrysanthemum morifolium, known as “Ju Hua,” in China is a bitter herb used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Health benefits of chrysanthemum flowers have been reported as antiinflammatory, antipyretic, sedative, antiarthritic, and antihypertensive (Bensky et al., 2004).
native to Europe, wall fumitory grows in disturbed ground and has many traditional medicine uses...as an ingredient in soap, it helps to clear up skin conditions such a psoriasis and rashes. The flowers can be used to make a tea which works to sooth some gastrointestinal complaints. It´s name is derived from the old Franch meaning smoke of the earth.
#MacroMondays #SingleUse
the cure for many a pain! good luck swallowing it a second time! 😮
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Misai Kuching (Orthosiphon Stamineus) is a medicinal herb found mainly throughout South East Asia and tropical Australia. It is believed to have antiallergic, antihypertensive, antiinflammatory and diuretic properties. It is used as a remedy for arteriosclerosis (capillary and circulatory disorders), kidney stones, diabetes and nephritis.
It is trusted for many centuries for treating ailments of the kidney, bladder stone, urinary tract infection, liver and bladder problems, diabetes, rheumatism and gout. It is also used to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure.
Found these at Kope Hollow Nature Preserve in Levanna, Ohio. The hiking trail at the preserve is 1.2 miles long and passes several waterfalls. The Bears Head Tooth were at the end of the trail, on the side of a standing tree and visible for some distance. The mushroom is choice edible and claims to be antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and have immune boosting ability. These are bigger than softballs. They can grow to 12" and often reestablish themselves at the same site.
Many flowering chamomile plants in a meadow seen from above on a sunny day in the Dutch summer.
Volop bloeiende kamille planten in grasland. De foto is van bovenaf gemaakt op een zonnige zomerdag.
Broadleaf Woodsorrel, Oxalis latifolia (Family Oxalidaceae) captured in RT Nagar, Bengaluru.
Studied for its medicinal properties, indicates the plant contains active phytochemicals—such as phenolic acids, alkaloids, and flavonoids—which demonstrate antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities.
Pitaya plants also known as Dragon fruit are rich in naturally-occurring flavonoids, which are primarily found in dragon fruit peel. Flavonoids have a wide range of biological activities, such as cell proliferation-inhibiting, apoptosis-inducing, enzyme-inhibiting, antibacterial, and antioxidant effects (Cook and Samman, 1996; Havsteen, 2002; Middleton and Kandaswami, 1993). Moreover, some findings indicate that flavonoids\ has various clinical properties, such as antiatherosclerotic, antiinflammatory, antitumour, antithrombogenic, antiosteoporotic, and antiviral effects (Cook and Samman, 1996; Havsteen, 2002). Numerous epidemiological studies confirm significant relationship between the high dietary intake of flavonoids and the reduction of cardiovascular risk (Cook and Samman, 1996). The formulation of preventive and healthy nutrition requires information about phenolic and flavonoid composition in the dragon fruit waste.
source: medical health guide
Thunbergia laurifolia, commonly known as laurel clockvine or blue trumpet vine, is a tropical flowering plant valued for both its ornamental and medicinal properties. Native to Southeast Asia, it features clusters of vibrant blue, trumpet-shaped flowers against glossy, laurel-like leaves. Besides its aesthetic appeal, this vine is utilized in traditional medicine for its purported anti-inflammatory and detoxifying properties. Easy to cultivate, Thunbergia laurifolia is a popular choice in gardens, where its twining vines create a visually striking display.
ODC-Many Pieces!
I love chocolate and Turmeric Gummies. I eat them every day! Neither have any funky ingredients or refined sugars.
IMPERATIVE ... JOY, BUY A ROSEMARY PLANT!
INFORMATION:
"Rosemary is a rich source of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, which are thought to help boost the immune system and improve blood circulation. Rosemary is considered a cognitive stimulant and can help improve memory performance and quality. It is also known to boost alertness, intelligence, and focus."
Poor Rilly isn't well.
At lunchtime she came in from the garden and I noticed that she wasn't opening her right eye. She was walking quite gingerly, probably because her depth perception was messed up. I had a look and, without pulling too hard and hurting her, I found that her eye would not open at all. I couldn't see any gunk and she didn't seem to be screwing it up. I tried washing it but it made no difference. The vet around the corner is only open on Wednesday evenings and Thursday afternoons so I made an appointment at the second closest branch and a friend drove us there that evening.
Rilly spent the afternoon snoozing on my bed. About half an hour before we were due to leave I startled her and she woke and opened her eye. She immediately closed it again and kept it closed.
The vet had a good look, ascertained that the eye was not scratched or ulcerated but that she did have an infection in it and that the pupil was slightly smaller than her 'good' eye. He gave her a painkiller/antiinflammatory injection which he said would last for a couple of days. She has an antibiotic paste to rub into her gums twice a day and eye drops three times a day for ten days.
She was very quiet on the drive home, I think she might have been a bit stoned. She's bright and perky now but sticking close to mummy.
Tuesday, 5th January 2021.
Random fact for today - it is eleven years today since I arrived in New Zealand with a residence visa.
Update on 8th January. She's had a check up and the vet is very pleased with her progress.
Candied olives: A Taiwanese Speciality Candied olives are a Taiwanese delicacy. This specialty dates back to their Chinese culinary history. The Chinese love their olives. Chinese olive varieties are primarily cultivated for their quality in making jams and candy. They also make dried fruits and nuts. Unlike the Mediterranean, they are not known for making […]
This is a member of the Calendula family. And used by some as an anti-Inflammatory, antiviral natural remedy herb - I'll ask my Rheumatologist about it as it's sure a lot cheaper then what I'm taking now ;-)
Fresh Turmeric (Curcuma longa) contains curcumin, a substance with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Dear flickr friends;
I have some terribly sad news for you all; Beefy has a large mass in his groin that has grown from a tiny patch of skin to a rounded lump about the size of a softball in just over a week.
Last weekend we took him in to the vet hospital (a day after we discovered it, it had already grown quite large by then) and they took some blood from the mass with the needle and proscribed him so antibiotics and antiinflammatories in the hope that it would shrink.
Now, a week later, it has not shrunk, and we have Beefy back in at the vets awaiting a biopsy on the mass to see if it is benign or malignant and what the possible removal options for it.
Sadly, it is in a very sensitive and complicated area of the groin and from what they have told us, removing it would be difficult at best.
We are picking him up from the vet in a couple of hours and we will have the results of the biopsy back in a few days, so we are hoping for the best, but, from all the reading we have been doing and talking with people about it, things do not sound very hopeful.
From what we have seen so far, it seems to be a mass cell tumour (please follow THIS LINK for more information on what we suspect it to be.
So, I must go, getting very emotional once again as I type this, but please, everyone, let your thoughts, prayers, and best wishes be with sweet Beefy, whom I know you have all grown to love, and let us all hope for the best!
If anyone has any experience with this kind of thing, any thoughts, experiences, anything, please share them here...I sure am hoping it will be less serious than what we think it is!
This is really going to be a difficult and sad next little while!
Please help me in my time of sadness, my friends, and please excuse me if I am not on flickr much for the next while, as I want to spend as much time with Beefy as humanly possible!
Passiflora at Hillside Gardens, D.C.
Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as maypop or purple passion flower is a common wildflower in the southern United States. It is the Tennessee state wildflower.
Historically, the plant has been used as an herbal medicine to treat nervous anxiety and insomnia. In India, it has been used to treat morphine dependence. Cherokees use the root of the plant as topical antiinflammatory medicine.
Candied olives: A Taiwanese Speciality Candied olives are a Taiwanese delicacy. This specialty dates back to their Chinese culinary history. The Chinese love their olives. Chinese olive varieties are primarily cultivated for their quality in making jams and candy. They also make dried fruits and nuts. Unlike the Mediterranean, they are not known for making […]
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Or...as, Eric Hunt so kindly stated....Angelonia angustifolia. It smells like apples and is a perennial that is found in the subtropics; is part of the Angel Mist family, of which there are 30 species
....now I'll look for some common names in English and Spanish, as well.... and I found....which are as follows.... Summer Snapdragon and La Boca de la vieja.
Some links to cogitate upon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelonia
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelonia_angustifolia
Angelonia angustifolia Benth. is a small herbaceous plant with documented use as an anti-inflammatory remedy by indigenous cultures in Latin America... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25111011
In Joy!
Did you know that red onions are rich in anti-oxidant phytoNutrients?
I will catch up soon... Thanks for looking... :-)
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Folkloric
- In the Philippines, decoction of leaves and fruit pulp used as purgative.
- Fruit pulp used as cathartic.
- Extract of fruit pulp used for habitual constipation.
- Leaves, grounded to a paste, are rubbed on ringworm and other fungal skin affections.
- Fruit pulp eaten as laxative, 4-10 segments. In children, used as a convenient purgative because of its pleasant taste. Pulp considered a safe aperient for children and pregnant women.
- External pod provokes abortion and expulsion of placenta.
- Seeds prescribed as emetic and laxative.
- Powdered leaves are also laxative.
- Young leaves used as mild purgative.
- Roots are given as a tonic and febrifuge; also, a strong purgative. Also used in heart disease, retained excretions and biliousness.
- Roots sometimes used as laxative.
- Flowers are demulcent, laxative, and purgative. Also used for stomach affections.
- In Rhodesia, used for malaria, blackwater fever, blood poisoning, anthrax and dysentery.
- In Hindu medicine, pulp is used as cathartic.
- Arabs known to used the fruit pulp, in small doses as a mild laxative, in large doses as purgative.
- Fruit pulp also used for febrile and inflammatory affections.
- Folk remedy for burns, cancer, constipation, convulsion, delirium.
- Ayurvedic medicine considers the seed antibilious and carminative; the root used for adenopathy, leprosy, syphilis, skin diseases; the fruit for abdominal pain, constipation, fever, heart disease, and leprosy.
- Yunani use the leaves for inflammation; the flowers as purgative, fruit as antiinflammatory, antipyretic, abortifacient.
- In India used for snake bites.
- In Nepal fruit is used as antipyretic and to treat constipation; leaves used to treat jaundice, hemorrhoids, rheumatism, ulcers, insect bites.
- In Rhodesia, pulp used for anthrax, blood poisoning, blackwater fever, dysentery and malaria.
- Externally, pulp is applied to gout and rheumatism.
- In Hindu medicine, pulp used as cathartic and aperient.
- Decoction of pulp used for hoarseness.
- In the Gold Coast, pulp used as purgative.
- In the Far East, uncooked pulp of pods used for constipation.
- In Concan, young leaves used for ringworm.
- In Thai traditional medicine, long used as a laxative drug.
source: stuart xchange
Blackthorn or Sloe, Value to Wildlife, and Other Uses (Prunus spinosa; sliwa tarnina, ciernie, tarn, tarka, ciarki, cierniak, zarnosliwa, korcipka, wilzyla). Blackthorn is indigenous to Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prunus indicates the tree is a member of the plum family, and spinosa means thorny. The trees can grow to a height of around 6-7m and live for up to 100 years. The sloes are still used to make wine, preserves, and sloe gin. Traditionally, the blackthorn aided digestive complaints and eased rheumatism.
Pitaya plants also known as Dragon fruit are rich in naturally-occurring flavonoids, which are primarily found in dragon fruit peel. Flavonoids have a wide range of biological activities, such as cell proliferation-inhibiting, apoptosis-inducing, enzyme-inhibiting, antibacterial, and antioxidant effects (Cook and Samman, 1996; Havsteen, 2002; Middleton and Kandaswami, 1993). Moreover, some findings indicate that flavonoids\ has various clinical properties, such as antiatherosclerotic, antiinflammatory, antitumour, antithrombogenic, antiosteoporotic, and antiviral effects (Cook and Samman, 1996; Havsteen, 2002). Numerous epidemiological studies confirm significant relationship between the high dietary intake of flavonoids and the reduction of cardiovascular risk (Cook and Samman, 1996). The formulation of preventive and healthy nutrition requires information about phenolic and flavonoid composition in the dragon fruit waste.
source: medical health guide
# 381 EXPLORE (best position till now)
The medications in the photo:
- The Pink one : Ibuprofen
Non steroidal Antiinflammatory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibuprofen
- The Green one : Bisacodyl
A laxative used in cases of constipation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisacodyl
- The Blue one : Chitocal (Chitosan)
Used for obesity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitosan
- The yellow one: Ketoprofen
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic effects
Kogon is an annual, erect, tufted grass, 30 to 80 centimeters high with a prominent underground stem. Rhizomes are much extended, equally noded and white. Stems are solid, rather slender; nodes glabrous or bearded. Leaves are flat, linear-lanceolate, 20 to 50 centimeters long, and 5 to 9 millimeters wide, stiff with scabrous margins. Flowers are in panicles, exserted, dense, subcylindric, white, 10 to 20 centimeters long, 5 to 15 centimeters in diameter, silvery-silky. Callus hairs copious, about twice as long as the glumes. Spikelets 1- to 2-flowered, 2 to 4 millimeters long, in pairs, its axis continuous. Stamens 1 or 2, anthers large.
In Chinese medicine, used as a diuretic and antiinflammatory. Also, runners used to make restorative, haemostatic and antifebrile medications
source: stuart xchange
Kozmo Kirby has hip arthritis and it flared up pretty bad last week. The vet gave us a fellow veterinarian's recipe for tea that is supposed to be a natural anti-inflammatory. Kozmo is also taking glucosamine supplements and flax seed oil.
Note: I didn't find whole turmeric, so I improvised that part.
A mouthwatering, close-up shot of a gourmet salmon salad that is as vibrant as it is healthy. This visually rich dish features perfectly seared pieces of flaky, orange Atlantic salmon, resting atop a generous bed of fresh leafy greens and nutrient-dense forbidden (black) rice. Large slices of creamy green avocado are carefully nestled throughout the bowl, providing essential healthy fats.
The entire dish is complemented by generous dollops of a cool, creamy dressing—likely a fresh dill yogurt or tzatziki-style sauce—and garnished with fragrant sprigs of dill. A bright, plump lemon half sits on the rim, ready to be squeezed for a final, refreshing acidic punch. This salad is a fantastic example of modern, high-quality café cuisine, emphasizing fresh ingredients, texture, and brilliant color, making it an ideal choice for a satisfying and delightful meal.
wearandcheer.com/8-kinds-of-teas-can-change-your-life/
Health benefits
The health benefits of tea are a lot off according to scientists studies and researches , it is very good for our health , psycho and metabolism, according to and integrative physicians, the more we learn about tea, the more we are impressed by its benefits. Studies have revealed...
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Veronica Persica Wildflowers in Lawns, Maria and Lech Kaczynski Square in Poznan (common names: birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, bird's-eye speedwell, winter speedwell, or Veronica persica poir; przetacznik perski). It is an annual, vascular plant in the family Plantaginaceae that reproduces from seed. The plant has kitchen and medicinal uses and is safe for children. The leaves, the stems, and the flowers can be consumed (speedwell tea, syrups, and elixirs). It has diastolic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and antibacterial properties. Recommended reading: foragingguru.com/veronica-persica/.nofollow.
Folkloric
• In India, used as a pectoral, the poultice of pulp is applied to the chest.
• In the West Indies, syrup prepared from the pulp used for dysentery and skin diseases; also used as pectoral.
• In Rio de Janeiro, the alcoholic extract of the not-quite ripe fruit used to relieve constipation
• For erysipelas, the fresh pulp is boiled in water to form a black paste, mixed and boiled with vinegar, spread on linen for dermatologic application.
• The bark is used for mucoid diarrhea.
• Fruit pulp used as laxative and expectorant.
• In the Antilles and Western Africa, fruit pulp macerated in water is considered depurative, cooling and febrifuge, and applied to burns and headaches.
• In West Africa, fruit roasted in ashes is purgative and diuretic.
• In Sumatra, bark decoction used to clean wounds and pounded leaves used as poultice for headaches.
• Internally, leaves used as diuretic.
• Throughout the Caribbean, used as analgesic and anti-inflammatory
• In the Antilles, fresh tops and leaves are ground and used as topical for wounds and as cicatrizant.
• In Venezuela, decoction of bark used for diarrhea. Also, used to treat hematomas and tumors.
• In Costa Rica, used as purgative.
• In Cote-d'Ivoire, used for hypertension because of its diuretic effect.
• In Columbia, used for respiratory afflictions.
• In Vietnam, used as expectorant, antitussive, laxative and stomachic. Fruit decoction used to treat diarrhea, stomachaches, cold, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.
• In Haiti, the fruit of Crescentia cujete is part of the herbal mixtures reported in its traditional medicine. In the province of Camaguey in Cuba, is considered a panacea.
• In Panama, where it is called totumo, the fruit is used for diarrhea and stomachaches. Also for respiratory ailments, bronchitis, cough, colds, toothaches. headaches, menstrual irregularities; as laxative, antiinflammatory, febrifuge. The leaves are used for hypertension.
source: stuart xchange
The first week at home consisted of a daytime routine of nap, drink, a lap of the hallway, toilet, painkillers, drink, nap - and repeat, roughly hourly, punctuated by trying to stay awake for meals. On the Sunday night, I had trouble sitting up for long enough to get my bowl of soup down before I got too woozy. On the Monday night, I had a migraine as well, which necessitated two naps during dinner. Nighttime routine consisted of waking up in pain every 2-3 hours and getting freaked out because I couldn't remember where I was.
The new diet, plus nausea, makes snack options really limited, and nuts are one of the few things that fit the bill. The little white specks are salt - having cut out most processed food from my diet, I'm now in the weird position of making sure I get sufficient salt in my diet.
Wild Bilberries or European Blueberries near the Little Inn/Gospodka Forester Lodge, Marianowo Administrative Country District/Solectwo Marianowo (Vaccinium myrtillus L., many common, regional names: blaeberry in Scotland, blue whortleberry, common bilberry, fraughan, hurtleberry, myrtleberry, urts or hurts in Cornwall and Devon, whinberry, whortleberry, wimberry, or winberry; jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica in Poland). It is a holarctic, primarily Eurasian species of shrub with edible fruit of dark blue color and is widely used as a medicinal plant (or for other purposes). The plant lower blood sugar level. Dried blueberry fruits have been used in traditional medicine because of their high concentrations of anthocyanins (antibacterial effect), as a medicine for diarrhea and bloody dysentery, in folk medicine against pinworms, and in relation to colorectal cancer inhibition and prevention, inducing apoptosis and regulating angiogenesis.
biogo.pl/blog/wlasciwosci-dzialanie-i-zastosowanie-czarne...
www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-benefits-of-bluebe...
Taken when laid low with a very bad back (my other half had to put my shoes and socks on for a few days) - these are the tablets that partly controlled my pain and inflammation: Dicloflex. Now one of my submissions for the Bristol Flickr Group's exhibition on the theme of 'multiplicity'
ʻŌlena or Turmeric (Curcuma longa), a member of Zingiberaceae or Ginger family, has been widely used throughout Polynesia and around the world for thousands of years as food, dye, medicinal, religious and other purposes.
In Hawaiian, pua ʻōlena literally means "flower or blossom of the turmeric (ʻōlena)." The flower or pua is yellow (lena), orange (ʻalani) and green (ʻōmaʻo), while the stem bracts, held higher on the plant, are greenish (ʻanoʻōmaʻomaʻo) or white (kea) and can be tinged with pink (ʻākala).
Closeup of flower:
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The early Polynesians brought ʻōlena to the Hawaiian Islands.
Early Hawaiians used ʻōlena for its medicinal properties to help with earaches and sinus conditions. It was also used for a fragrant tea and to dye tapa (kapa) and other cloth.
It is rarely seen in the wild nowadays, but it is once again gaining popularity in Traditional and Western in food and as an anti-inflammatory and grown commercially in Hawaiʻi, though apparently somewhat localized.
ʻŌlena is rather easy to grow in home gardens in warm locations with some shade, rich soil and modest amounts of water. It tolerates high heat well.
The yellow to bright orange thick roots or rhizomes goes dormant after it blooms, leaves completely die back, and it is then harvested for use.
(And yeah, it's growing in a toilet tank. They are heavy and solid, making for great planters for semi-deep rooting plants with a hole already in the bottom. Recycle, my friends.)
The words of a popular and beautiful Hawaiian mele (song) about pua ʻōlena begins:
Pua ʻōlena, pua moe wale
I ka nahele e moe nei
Ka ua noe makaliʻi
E ala mai, hōʻike mai
I kou nani
Pua ʻōlena, pua ʻōlena
English translation:
ʻŌlena blossom, blossom sleeping
In the forest, sleeping here
The misty summer rain
Awake and show now
Your beauty
ʻŌlena blossom, ʻōlena blossom
The rest of the words and cords can be found at islandmusicnetwork.com/sheet/pua-olena/
A Marigold with early morning dew.
Marigold has exceptional healing powers and is used in many therapeutic disciplines, as its unique anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties promote rapid healing.
Folkloric
• In India, used as a pectoral, the poultice of pulp is applied to the chest.
• In the West Indies, syrup prepared from the pulp used for dysentery and skin diseases; also used as pectoral.
• In Rio de Janeiro, the alcoholic extract of the not-quite ripe fruit used to relieve constipation
• For erysipelas, the fresh pulp is boiled in water to form a black paste, mixed and boiled with vinegar, spread on linen for dermatologic application.
• The bark is used for mucoid diarrhea.
• Fruit pulp used as laxative and expectorant.
• In the Antilles and Western Africa, fruit pulp macerated in water is considered depurative, cooling and febrifuge, and applied to burns and headaches.
• In West Africa, fruit roasted in ashes is purgative and diuretic.
• In Sumatra, bark decoction used to clean wounds and pounded leaves used as poultice for headaches.
• Internally, leaves used as diuretic.
• Throughout the Caribbean, used as analgesic and anti-inflammatory
• In the Antilles, fresh tops and leaves are ground and used as topical for wounds and as cicatrizant.
• In Venezuela, decoction of bark used for diarrhea. Also, used to treat hematomas and tumors.
• In Costa Rica, used as purgative.
• In Cote-d'Ivoire, used for hypertension because of its diuretic effect.
• In Columbia, used for respiratory afflictions.
• In Vietnam, used as expectorant, antitussive, laxative and stomachic. Fruit decoction used to treat diarrhea, stomachaches, cold, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.
• In Haiti, the fruit of Crescentia cujete is part of the herbal mixtures reported in its traditional medicine. In the province of Camaguey in Cuba, is considered a panacea.
• In Panama, where it is called totumo, the fruit is used for diarrhea and stomachaches. Also for respiratory ailments, bronchitis, cough, colds, toothaches. headaches, menstrual irregularities; as laxative, antiinflammatory, febrifuge. The leaves are used for hypertension.
source: stuart xchange
A lot of weeds on the railways lands, but they provide a lot of great textures.
From my set entitled
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607213815438/
In my collection entitled “Goldenrod”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.
About 100[1] perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South America, and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe some 250 years ago.
Many species are difficult to distinguish. Probably due to their bright, golden yellow flower heads blooming in late summer, the goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by Ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.
Goldenrods are easily recognized by their golden inflorescence with hundreds of small capitula, but some are spike-like and other have auxiliary racemes.
They have slender stems, usually hairless but S. canadensis shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m.
Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually finely to sharply serrated.
Propagation is by wind-disseminated seed or by underground rhizomes. They form patches that are actually vegetative clones of a single plant.
Goldenrod is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera that feed on goldenrods. The Goldenrod then forms a leathery bulb (called a gall) around the invading insect as a quarantine to keep it confined to a small part of the plant. Parasitoid wasps have learned to find these galls, and lay eggs in the insect after penetrating the bulb. Woodpeckers have learned to blast open the gall and eat the wasp-infested insect holed up in the center.[2]
Goldenrods can be used for decoration and making tea. Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune; but they are considered weeds by some.
Goldenrods are mostly short-day plants and bloom in late summer and early fall and some species produce abundant nectar when moisture is plentiful before bloom, and the bloom period is relatively warm and sunny. Honey from goldenrods often is dark and strong due to admixtures of other nectars. However when there is a strong honey flow, a light (often water white), spicy-tasting honey is produced. While the bees are ripening the honey there is a rank odor and taste, but finished honey is much milder.
British gardeners adopted goldenrod long before Americans. Goldenrod only began to gain some acceptance in American gardening (other than wildflower gardening) during the 1980s. A hybrid with aster, known as x Solidaster is less unruly, with pale yellow flowers, equally suitable for dried arrangements.
Solidago canadensis was introduced as a garden plant in Central Europe, and is now common in the wild. In Germany, it is considered an invasive species that displaces native vegetation from its natural habitat.
Goldenrod is a companion plant, playing host to some beneficial insects, repelling some pests
Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally.[3] Edison created a fertilization and cultivation process to maximize the rubber content in each plant. His experiments produced a 12 foot tall plant that yielded as much as 12 percent rubber. The rubber produced through Edison's process was resilient and long lasting. The tires on the Model T given to him by his friend Henry Ford were made from goldenrod. Examples of the rubber can still be found in his laboratory, elastic and rot free after more than 50 years. However, even though Edison turned his research over to the U.S. government a year before his death, goldenrod rubber never went beyond the experimental stage.
The variety Solidago virgaurea is a traditional kidney tonic. It has aquaretic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antiseptic action and seems to increase kidney output.[citation needed] This makes it useful as an agent to counter inflammation and irritation of the kidneys when bacterial infection or stones are present.[4] Such use is in combination with other herbs that create a synergistic therapeutic effect on the urinary system. As in other areas of herbalism, blending creates a therapy greater than the effect of a single herb alone. The aquaretic action is also useful in helping to dissolve kidney stones by diluting their components and preventing them from recurring. See herbal medicine. Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney/bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with Potassium broth and specific juices.[4] 'Solidago odora' is also sold as a medicinal, for these issues: mucus, kidney/bladder cleansing and stones, colds, digestion.
The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16, 1926) and Nebraska (adopted April 4, 1895). It used to be the state flower of Alabama, being adopted as such on September 6, 1927, but was later rejected in favour of the camellia. Goldenrod was recently named the state wildflower for South Carolina.
In Midwestern states in the mid-twentieth century it was said that when the goldenrod bloomed, it would soon be time to go back to school--the blossoms appeared in mid- to late August, shortly before the traditional start of school on the day after Labor Day.[5]
In Sufjan Stevens' song, Casimir Pulaski Day, the narrator brings goldenrod to his girlfriend upon finding out that she has been diagnosed with bone cancer. Carrie Hamby's song, Solidago, tells the story of Thomas Edison's experiments with making goldenrod a domestic source of rubber during the 2nd world war.
The Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is also the state herb of Delaware as of June 24, 1996. [6]
In Poland, the two most common bird cherry species are the European bird cherry (Prunus padus subsp. padus, czeremcha pospolita), and the American Mayday/Hagberry (Prunus serotina). The P. padus has many properties, and uses, is very versatile, and can be consumed in a variety of ways. Bird cherry fruits have a sweet-tart flavor, and an intense aroma. The fruit pulp is safe to consume. The fruit is primarily used for health problems due to its richness in valuable substances, vitamins, and minerals (vitamin C, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, carotenoids, flavonoids, antioxidants, rutin, and fiber). It strengthens the immune system: This is due to its high concentration of vitamin C. Antiseptic, and antibacterial: An infusion of the fruit is effective, for example, for sore throats. Juices, and tinctures made from the fruit are especially recommended in autumn, and winter. Other health, and medicinal properties of bird cherry fruit (without seeds!): anti-inflammatory, antitussive, sedative, diuretic, detoxifying, gastrointestinal ailments, and for the female reproductive system.
Folkloric
• In India, used as a pectoral, the poultice of pulp is applied to the chest.
• In the West Indies, syrup prepared from the pulp used for dysentery and skin diseases; also used as pectoral.
• In Rio de Janeiro, the alcoholic extract of the not-quite ripe fruit used to relieve constipation
• For erysipelas, the fresh pulp is boiled in water to form a black paste, mixed and boiled with vinegar, spread on linen for dermatologic application.
• The bark is used for mucoid diarrhea.
• Fruit pulp used as laxative and expectorant.
• In the Antilles and Western Africa, fruit pulp macerated in water is considered depurative, cooling and febrifuge, and applied to burns and headaches.
• In West Africa, fruit roasted in ashes is purgative and diuretic.
• In Sumatra, bark decoction used to clean wounds and pounded leaves used as poultice for headaches.
• Internally, leaves used as diuretic.
• Throughout the Caribbean, used as analgesic and anti-inflammatory
• In the Antilles, fresh tops and leaves are ground and used as topical for wounds and as cicatrizant.
• In Venezuela, decoction of bark used for diarrhea. Also, used to treat hematomas and tumors.
• In Costa Rica, used as purgative.
• In Cote-d'Ivoire, used for hypertension because of its diuretic effect.
• In Columbia, used for respiratory afflictions.
• In Vietnam, used as expectorant, antitussive, laxative and stomachic. Fruit decoction used to treat diarrhea, stomachaches, cold, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.
• In Haiti, the fruit of Crescentia cujete is part of the herbal mixtures reported in its traditional medicine. In the province of Camaguey in Cuba, is considered a panacea.
• In Panama, where it is called totumo, the fruit is used for diarrhea and stomachaches. Also for respiratory ailments, bronchitis, cough, colds, toothaches. headaches, menstrual irregularities; as laxative, antiinflammatory, febrifuge. The leaves are used for hypertension.
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A lot of weeds on the railways lands, but they provide a lot of great textures.
From my set entitled
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In my collection entitled “Goldenrod”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.
About 100[1] perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South America, and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe some 250 years ago.
Many species are difficult to distinguish. Probably due to their bright, golden yellow flower heads blooming in late summer, the goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by Ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.
Goldenrods are easily recognized by their golden inflorescence with hundreds of small capitula, but some are spike-like and other have auxiliary racemes.
They have slender stems, usually hairless but S. canadensis shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m.
Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually finely to sharply serrated.
Propagation is by wind-disseminated seed or by underground rhizomes. They form patches that are actually vegetative clones of a single plant.
Goldenrod is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera that feed on goldenrods. The Goldenrod then forms a leathery bulb (called a gall) around the invading insect as a quarantine to keep it confined to a small part of the plant. Parasitoid wasps have learned to find these galls, and lay eggs in the insect after penetrating the bulb. Woodpeckers have learned to blast open the gall and eat the wasp-infested insect holed up in the center.[2]
Goldenrods can be used for decoration and making tea. Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune; but they are considered weeds by some.
Goldenrods are mostly short-day plants and bloom in late summer and early fall and some species produce abundant nectar when moisture is plentiful before bloom, and the bloom period is relatively warm and sunny. Honey from goldenrods often is dark and strong due to admixtures of other nectars. However when there is a strong honey flow, a light (often water white), spicy-tasting honey is produced. While the bees are ripening the honey there is a rank odor and taste, but finished honey is much milder.
British gardeners adopted goldenrod long before Americans. Goldenrod only began to gain some acceptance in American gardening (other than wildflower gardening) during the 1980s. A hybrid with aster, known as x Solidaster is less unruly, with pale yellow flowers, equally suitable for dried arrangements.
Solidago canadensis was introduced as a garden plant in Central Europe, and is now common in the wild. In Germany, it is considered an invasive species that displaces native vegetation from its natural habitat.
Goldenrod is a companion plant, playing host to some beneficial insects, repelling some pests
Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally.[3] Edison created a fertilization and cultivation process to maximize the rubber content in each plant. His experiments produced a 12 foot tall plant that yielded as much as 12 percent rubber. The rubber produced through Edison's process was resilient and long lasting. The tires on the Model T given to him by his friend Henry Ford were made from goldenrod. Examples of the rubber can still be found in his laboratory, elastic and rot free after more than 50 years. However, even though Edison turned his research over to the U.S. government a year before his death, goldenrod rubber never went beyond the experimental stage.
The variety Solidago virgaurea is a traditional kidney tonic. It has aquaretic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antiseptic action and seems to increase kidney output.[citation needed] This makes it useful as an agent to counter inflammation and irritation of the kidneys when bacterial infection or stones are present.[4] Such use is in combination with other herbs that create a synergistic therapeutic effect on the urinary system. As in other areas of herbalism, blending creates a therapy greater than the effect of a single herb alone. The aquaretic action is also useful in helping to dissolve kidney stones by diluting their components and preventing them from recurring. See herbal medicine. Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney/bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with Potassium broth and specific juices.[4] 'Solidago odora' is also sold as a medicinal, for these issues: mucus, kidney/bladder cleansing and stones, colds, digestion.
The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16, 1926) and Nebraska (adopted April 4, 1895). It used to be the state flower of Alabama, being adopted as such on September 6, 1927, but was later rejected in favour of the camellia. Goldenrod was recently named the state wildflower for South Carolina.
In Midwestern states in the mid-twentieth century it was said that when the goldenrod bloomed, it would soon be time to go back to school--the blossoms appeared in mid- to late August, shortly before the traditional start of school on the day after Labor Day.[5]
In Sufjan Stevens' song, Casimir Pulaski Day, the narrator brings goldenrod to his girlfriend upon finding out that she has been diagnosed with bone cancer. Carrie Hamby's song, Solidago, tells the story of Thomas Edison's experiments with making goldenrod a domestic source of rubber during the 2nd world war.
The Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is also the state herb of Delaware as of June 24, 1996. [6]