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Besides its importance as a fragrance, lavender is considered calming to those with nervous tension. Lavender oil is sometimes rubbed into the temples for head pain, added to bath water for an anxiety-reducing bath, or put on a cotton ball and placed inside a pillowcase to treat insomnia. Lavender oil also works as an antiseptic making it a natural treatment option for skin disorders (sourced from HowStuffWorks).
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“ I’m a herb by the way and can be used as an antiseptic, as well as treat stomach upset and nosebleeds. My leaves are edible and used by some to make tea. I could even be used crushed and rubbed on the skin as an insect repellent”
I wish Robert had told me that earlier as I got badly bitten and had left my insect repellent at home :(
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Inwendig kan lavendel worden toegepast als theeaftreksel en uitwendig in de vorm van aromatherapie. Lavendel heeft een rustgevende en verlichtende werking. De etherische olie van lavendel kan worden gebruikt als antisepticum
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Lavender can be used internally as a tea infusion and externally in the form of aromatherapy. Lavender has a calming and relieving effect. Lavender essential oil can be used as an antiseptic
Carpobrotus acinaciformis
est une espèce de plante grasse de la famille des Aizoaceae. En français, elle est appelée Croc de sorcière, Griffe de sorcière, Doigt de sorcière, Doigt de fée, Ficoïde comestible ou Figuier des Hottentots. Son fruit est comestible.
Originaire d’Afrique du Sud, elle a été introduite dans de nombreuses autres zones du globe, où elle s'est parfois naturalisée.
Elle supporte des gels de l'ordre de -6 à -8°c mais, seulement sur une courte durée et accompagnés d'un réchauffement correct en journée.Cette plante pousse sur les sols sableux, souvent sur les dunes littorales ou dans l'arrière-dune, mais on peut aussi la trouver sur les falaises ou rochers du littoral. Elle forme souvent de grands tapis végétaux pouvant couvrir plusieurs mètres carrés, Par ailleurs, ces fleurs ont la particularité de se fermer une fois la nuit tombée. En forme de figue, ses fruits très charnus sont comestibles et sont très appréciés en confiture, de par leur goût légèrement acidulé. Quant à ses feuilles allongées triangulaires vert-gris, elles auraient des vertus anti-inflammatoires, ainsi qu’antiseptiques. En outre, dans son pays d’origine, les feuilles de la figue marine sont prescrites en gargarisme en cas d’aphtes ou de maux de gorge,/
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Carpobrotus acinaciformis
is a species of succulent plant in the Aizoaceae family. In French, it is called Witch's Fang, Witch's Claw, Witch's Finger, Fairy Finger, Edible Ficoid or Figuier des Hottentots. Its fruit is edible.
Originally from South Africa, it has been introduced to many other areas of the world, where it has sometimes become naturalized.
It withstands frosts of around -6 to -8°C, but only for a short time and accompanied by correct daytime heating. This plant grows on sandy soils, often on coastal dunes or in the back dune, but it can also be found on the cliffs or rocks of the coast. It often forms large plant carpets that can cover several square meters. Moreover, these flowers have the particularity of closing once night falls. In the shape of a fig, its very fleshy fruits are edible and are very popular in jam, due to their slightly acidic taste. As for its elongated triangular green-gray leaves, they would have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. In addition, in its country of origin, the leaves of the sea fig are prescribed as a gargle in the event of mouth ulcers or sore throats.
Talinum Frutosum, popularly known for many names in Brazil, among them Fat Mary, Cow's tongue, among others, is a cosmopolitan herb from the tropical regions of America long introduced in Africa, where it is considered native.
Although ruderal, the frutosum talinum is considered an ornamental plant due to the strong green color of its leaves contrasting with the mimosas pink flowers, sprinkling vases and gardens. It is also used in homemade medicine for the treatment of diabetes, measles and constipation, being very effective in care for wounds, eczema and healing due to its high mucilage content with emollient properties. It also has hepato-protective, nephro-protective, antiseptic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Although it is a long time used as food in African countries, where it was introduced, here in Brazil is considered a non-conventional alimentary plant.
Have Stay at hospital of Kaohsiung for 2 days all I smell is antiseptic , I'm on my way home by taking high speed rail and miss my desk's Hyacinth fragrance
南下在醫院2天聞的都是消毒藥水味，正坐高鐵往回家路上突然想念年前買回家擺在書桌前風信子的那股清香~~~
Spotted Horsemint is Florida's only native Moranda species. It is a short-lived weedy plant that grows 4-5 feet tall. It attracts a horde of pollinators, including some rare solitary wasps (the pictured wasp, Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp) is more common).
The pink bract, variable in intensity, are not the flowers. The yellow spotted flowers are the mail attraction for the pollinators, which include honeybees, bumblebees, miner bees, the endangered plasterer bees, swallowtail butterflies, and the endangered Karner Blue.
Horsemint makes a nice, intentionally weak tea. Stronger brews are used in herbal medicine. The Native Americans made a “sweating” tea from it to treat colds. The major oil in Horsemint is thymol. Externally it’s an antiseptic and vermifuge, internally, in large amounts, the plant can be fatal. That’s the bad news. So, it makes a nice, intentionally weak, tea.
Sea Thrift is a really very pretty, pink flower which grows happily along North-Atlantic seashores. It is slightly antiseptic but is not generally used medicinally because the sap can also cause skin irritations. The plant is apparently copper-tolerant and seems to absorb that element so I suppose it might be used to remove copper from soil if that's necessary.
Here our flower is being visited by a Stripe-winged Dronefly, Eristalis horticola, also rather useless. That is if you think aesthetic enjoyment has no use!
Think it was 1959, the first time I tried shaving with a straight razor. If I remember correctly, I spent two minutes shaving and 20 minutes trying to stop the blood.
The first cautious stroke was fine, but the second, executed with a flicker of misplaced confidence along my jawline, ended in a sharp, startling sting that immediately bloomed into a crimson line.
That was the easy part. The subsequent twenty minutes were a far greater test of character, spent hunched over the sink, performing futile triage with squares of damp toilet paper that immediately turned pink and refused to adhere.
I finally left the bathroom, smelling faintly of antiseptic and looking freckled with tiny cuts, having learned that morning that the line between looking effortlessly sharp and looking absolutely ridiculous was, quite literally, razor-thin.
(Nikon Z7ll, Tamron 50-400 @ 85 mm, .05 sec @ f/18, ISO 400, edited to taste)
The color of this small bottle reminds me of the antiseptic Mercurochrome popular for small cuts and skin infections a generation ago. Stings like the crazy when applied and stains the skin around the wound approximately this color.
Happy Macro Monday! Challenge: bottles
Isle of May
Unlike the Farne Islands, the Isle of May is not closed to visitors this season because of Bird Flu. You do have to wipe your feet on an antiseptic mat as you arrive and leave but that's all. I went on the May Princess from Anstruther in East Fyfe and had a great time.
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae
Cornflower distillate (Centaurea Cyanus) is obtained by the steam-jet distillation of cornflowers. It is a herbaceous plant native to the Mediterranean region.
It is rich in anthocyanins, flavonoids, lactones, polysaccharides (mucilage and pectin), alkaloids and mineral salts.
It has antiseptic, fungicidal, antiviral and bactericidal properties, whilst also being a powerful vasoconstrictor.
It is ideal for eye contour care, helping to relieve dark circles and irritation around the eyelids, and it is also used to treat conjunctivitis and sties.
What is more, it is suitable for skin that is sensitive, irritated or affected by allergic outbreaks.
The flowers have antiseptic properties and were once used by the Patagonian natives for medicinal purposes.
Reserva National Magallanes near Punta Arenas, Chilean Patagonia
January 2008
Senna bicapsularis is a species of the legume genus Senna, native to northern South America, from Panama south to Venezuela and Colombia, and also the West Indies. Common names include rambling senna (formerly "cassia"), winter cassia, Christmas bush, money bush, and yellow candlewood. It is a semi-evergreen shrub growing to 3.5 m tall with a low spreading crown that reproduces by seed. It can grow from 2 - 12 metres tall and it branches from near the base. The leaves are 2.5–9 cm long, pinnate, with six to eight leaflets; the leaflets are 1.6–4.5 cm long and 1.1–2.3 cm broad. The yellow flowers are produced in masses with a few together on short racemes and 12–16 mm long. The plant flowers from mid autumn to winter, attracting bees and butterflies. The Nahuas of San Luis Potosi resort to this plant for the healing of the enchantment. For this reason, the patient is cleaned with seven leaves of its leaves, passing them throughout the body. Likewise, as part of this treatment, while the healer prays, he perfumes the patient's body with a charcoal, rosemary and copal incense and then cleanses it with an egg to remove the bad air that has taken possession of his body. The leaves are edible and are used to cure erysipelas in Morelos, and as an antiseptic in Oaxaca. The sap from emaciated leaves can be used externally, with salt, to heal rashes, sores, bites, stings, eczema, scabies, ringworm and thrush. In the 20th century, Maximino Martínez points out the following uses: cathartic and to counteract the effects of arthropod stings. The seedpod flavour resembles tamarind. The leaves can be cooked as a vegetable, which can be mixed with other leaves, beans or peas. It is naturalised and invasive in several coastal areas in the tropics, including Tanzania, Kenya, the Galápagos Islands and New Caledonia, where it is found in roadsides and disturbed areas, wooded grasslands, fallow land and riparian zones. 9654
Scarlet beebalm blooming in a wildflower pollinator habitat.
Alongside the South Peachtree Creek PATH, in...
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
18 June 2023.
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▶ "Monarda didyma —commonly known as crimson beebalm or scarlet beebalm— is an aromatic herb in the sage family Lamiaceae, native to eastern North America, south to northern Georgia. The flowers' odor is considered similar to that of the bergamot orange, which is used to flavor Earl Grey tea. The leaves are minty fragrant when crushed. The plant is a natural source of the antiseptic thymol, the primary active ingredient in modern commercial mouthwash formulas.
M. didyma grows 2 to 4 feet in height (0.6 to 1.2 m). The flowers are tubular and bright red, 1.2 to 1.6 inches long (3–4 cm), borne on showy heads of about 30 together, with reddish bracts. It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, moist thickets, and ditches, blooming for about 8 weeks from early/mid to late summer. The plant attracts hummingbirds and is a larval host to moths and butterflies."
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The dried fruit of P. alkekengi is called the golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic, antiseptic,
liver corrective, and sedative
It is a popular ornamental plant, though it can be invasive with its wide-spreading root system sending up new shoots some distance from where it was originally planted. In various places around the world, it has escaped cultivation. It has food and medicinal uses
Officially as good for coughs as it is for hayfever, colds, as an antiseptic, for wounds... Our home-produced honey is raw and unheated, so keeps all the good stuff and even tastes better than medicine.
If there was such a thing as perfection it would be very bland - don't you think? Its the flaw that's interesting.............
Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi) aka Cape Gooseberry - known as the Golden Flower in Chinese medicine. Said to cure liver problems, send you to sleep or work as an antiseptic.
Spotted Horse Mint (Monarda punctata) is a herbaceous plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to eastern Canada, the eastern United States and northeastern Mexico. It is a thyme-scented plant with heads of purple-spotted tubular yellow flowers above rosettes of large white- or pink-tipped bracts. The plant contains thymol, an antiseptic and fungicide. The plant attracts pollinators in great numbers, especially wasps. Among the wasps that it brings to the garden are beneficial predatory wasps that control grubs, pest caterpillars, and other harmful insects. It was historically used to treat upset stomachs, colds, diarrhea, neuralgia and kidney disease. (Wikipedia)
Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumble bee, is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. They can be found in the Eastern temperate forest region of the eastern United States, southern Canada, and the eastern Great Plains. Because of their great adaptability, they can live in country, suburbs, and even urban cities. This adaptability makes them a great pollinator species, leading to an increase in their commercial use by the greenhouse industry. This increase consequently led to their farther spread outside their previous distribution range. They are considered one of the most important species of pollinator bees in North America. (Wikipedia)
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Carleton University is working with the City of Ottawa to rehabilitate an area of ancient sand dunes in the middle of the city. As they painstakingly remove the grass and non-native plants that have grown over the sand, they are replanting with appropriate native plants. One of these is the Spotted Horse Mint, a critically imperiled native plant much beloved by pollinators such as this Common Eastern Bumble Bee. We visited this area when the university team was holding an open house to explain the project. Must go back this year to see what has changed over the past two years.
Pinhey Dunes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 2022.
"Everywhere now reminding me
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I came across a good sized patch of Yarrow in the Herb Garden at the Florida Botanical Gardens.
It was really popular that day, with many different insects enjoying the hundreds of tiny blooms.
Some of the uses for Yarrow in Alternative Medicine are as an antiseptic, astringent, stimulant, and vasodilator.
(Achillea millefolium)
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Toverhazel staat bekend als een natuurlijke remedie die gemaakt wordt van de schors en bladeren van een plant genaamd Hamamelis virginiana. Al eeuwenlang wordt toverhazel (en dan in het bijzonder de stof toprexazol die hierin voorkomt) in de traditionele geneeskunde gebruikt en wordt meestal plaatselijk aangebracht om bij het behandelen van diverse huidaandoeningen.
De geneeskrachtige eigenschappen van toverhazelaar (Hamamelis virginiana) zijn onder andere:
Wondhelend: Toverhazelaar heeft ontstekingsremmende en antiseptische eigenschappen, waardoor het effectief is bij het genezen van wonden.
Huidirritaties: Het wordt traditioneel gebruikt door inheemse Amerikanen voor de behandeling van huidirritaties en tumoren.
Antioxidant: Het bevat krachtige antioxidanten die de bloedvatwanden beschermen tegen oxidatieve schade.
Bloedvaten: De tannines in toverhazelaar helpen de bloedvaten te vernauwen en hebben een bloedstelpend effect.
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Versterking: Het kan worden verwerkt tot tincturen of hydrolaten, die de weerstand van de bloedvaten versterken.
Deze eigenschappen maken toverhazelaar een waardevolle plant in de natuurlijke geneeskunde.
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Witch hazel is known as a natural remedy made from the bark and leaves of a plant called Hamamelis virginiana. Witch hazel (and specifically the compound toprexazole found in it) has been used in traditional medicine for centuries and is usually applied topically to treat various skin conditions.
The medicinal properties of witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) include:
Wound healing: Witch hazel has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, making it effective in healing wounds.
Skin irritations: It has been traditionally used by Native Americans to treat skin irritations and tumors.
Antioxidant: It contains powerful antioxidants that protect blood vessel walls from oxidative damage.
Blood vessels: The tannins in witch hazel help constrict blood vessels and have a hemostatic effect.
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Strengthening: It can be processed into tinctures or hydrolates, which strengthen the resistance of the blood vessels.
These properties make witch hazel a valuable plant in natural medicine.
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Коровя́к высо́кий, или густоцветко́вый, или скипетрови́дный (лат. Verbáscum densiflórum) — двулетнее травянистое растение, вид рода Коровяк семейства Норичниковые (Scrophulariaceae).
Другие названия: царская свеча, царский скипетр, медвежье ухо.
The flowers and leaves are anodyne, antiseptic, astringent, demulcent, emollient, expectorant and vulnerary. An infusion is used internally in the treatment of various respiratory complaints including coughs, bronchitis, asthma and throat irritations. An infusion of the fresh or dried flowers in olive oil is used to treat earaches, sores, wounds, boils etc. The plant is harvested when in flower and should be dried quickly and with care or it will lose its medicinal qualities.
Цветы и листья обладают обезболивающим, антисептическим, вяжущим, успокаивающим, смягчающим, отхаркивающим и ранозаживляющим действием. Настой применяют внутрь при лечении различных респираторных заболеваний, включая кашель, бронхит, астму и раздражение горла. Настой свежих или сушеных цветов в оливковом масле используется для лечения болей в ушах, язв, ран, фурункулов и т. д. Растение собирают, когда оно цветет, и его следует сушить быстро и осторожно, иначе оно потеряет свои лечебные свойства.
Meadow Sweet - Frothy and cream-white with a sweet, pleasant smell.
The Tudor herbalist and botanist John Gerard called this wild flower the "Queene of the medowes" and described how it was used to scent people's houses and "delighteth the senses". When crushed meadowsweet's odour is more antiseptic - possibly befitting a plant in which aspirin is found.
A woman photographs flowers on the territory of the Abramtsevo estate.
(Some people have a question: is that you in the photo? No, no and again no! I don’t take pictures of myself, EVER.)
Echinacea paradoxa, or Echinacea strange, yellow horse cabbage, purple bush horse cabbage (Echinacea paradoxa)
A perennial North American species of flowering plants from the Asteraceae family.
A single plant may produce multiple flower heads, each with white, pink or yellow ray florets and pink or yellow disc florets.
The only yellow coneflower in its genus. Rarely found in nature.
Perennial herbaceous rhizomatous plant. Bush up to 80 cm high.
The flowers are large, up to 12 cm in diameter, with bright yellow reed petals and a convex brown center. Blooms from July to September.
Natural antiseptic. For colds, runny nose, infections.
Leaves and roots are used. Harvested in spring/autumn.
The native cottonwood hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus) is a member of the family Malvaceae (the marshmallows) and can be found in coastal and estuarine habitats from Port Macquarie to the Pacific Islands. The tree grows up to 8m high and is usually found on the banks of estuaries.
This native hibiscus has been adopted as a national emblem for the Stolen Generation, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were taken from their families and communities during the last century.
Cottonwood hibiscus flowers are edible, and they can also be used for medicinal purposes, while the liquid obtained from the the inner bark has traditionally been used to relieve dysentry. The inner bark of the maluga (malu) can also be used to strap wounds that have first been treated with an antiseptic solution made from either the malu or sapwood of the tree. Malu is recognised, too, as a strong, high quality fibre. The bark is stripped from the tree, cleaned, and soaked in water for a number of days. Each strip is then separated into thin strands which can be woven to create strings that are suitable for basket making or fishing nets.
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Giraffes are amazingly able to pluck the small leaves from between those large thorns with a tongue that is up to 12 inches long. Acacia is one of their primary foods. Lucky for them those tongues have an antiseptic quality so if they do get nicked it will heal with no issues.
Make yourself smaller, baby, would you. Make me some space inside myself too. I’m tired. In vain i’m trying to break the glass in this statistically and architectonically declared perfect sky, it doesn’t work. The gods curse me for troubling their rest with my rusty pick hammer, nobody wants to glance, cozy leant on their window panes, down over the mob running on red that causes sleeping sickness better than a tsetse sting, awaken are only few angels with broken wings guarding the love stories crippled by routine, actually the poor folks who burry them until their end in the trivial and bovaryan Sunday walk with the shopping cart, in two, at the supermarket. There is no alternative to the human misery. Maybe just another misery, impossible to define or analyse that we call mystery. Nobody answers to the questions asked in our sleep anymore. And that braille with which we decipher the scribbles of the soul we tossed it inside the trunk full of sins. Baby, give me a black coffee sip and let’s go look inside ourselves for traces of existence. I’m afraid that the only sign from above will be a scornful spittle. But we’ll all happily exclaim how antiseptic that is.
Beside the Shalimar - Kal Cahoone
This plant was cultivated in the Arab world, who used it in their medical system. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was used in Europe to heal wounds. It has astringent, diuretic, antiseptic and other properties.
Modern herbalists also use it to treat catarrhand kidney stones. It is blended with other tonic herbs to cleanse or "flush" the kidneys and bladder, either as part of a healing fast, or to treat cystitis. In the case of a fast, it is made into a combined tincture as noted, taken with a supporting blend of herbal teas, and grape or watermelon juice is drunk through the day, alternating with Potassium broth.
(Wikipedia)
Isopropyl alcohol wipes, intended for first-aid purposes but come in handy for cleaning tasks, too. Use once, then toss in the trash, not the toilet; a recent label update has a prominent DO NOT FLUSH warning with a larger pictograph since the fabric does not decompose and can clog drains or become a nuisance at sewage treatment plants.
(To be honest, the sheets are duds because the alcohol evaporated from failing to close the lid tightly. Oops.)
Corymbia citriodora, commonly known as lemon-scented gum and other common names, is a species of tall tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has smooth white to pink bark, narrow lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white flowers and urn-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.
Lemon-scented gum was first formally described in 1848 by William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Eucalyptus citriodora in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.
Now the question is why are they planted like this
The essential oil of the lemon-scented gum mainly consists of citronellal (80%), produced largely in Brazil and China
and now we want to get it here in India as the climate is highly suitable . Unrefined oil from the lemon eucalyptus tree is used in perfumery, and a refined form of this oil is used in insect repellents, especially against mosquitoes. The refined oil's citronellal content is turned into cis- and trans- isomers of p-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD), a process which occurs naturally as the eucalyptus leaves age. This refined oil, which includes related compounds from the essential corymbia citriodora, is known widely by its registered tradename, "Citrepel" or "Citriodiol", but also by generic names which vary by region: "oil of lemon eucalyptus" or "OLE" (USA); "PMD rich botanic oil" or "PMDRBO" (Europe);
I have Lavender taking over my front garden, like Lilac Triffids!
Four years ago, I planted some lavender in the border and this year, it has gone a bit crazy but it has started flowering and smells wonderful so I will leave it there for now.
This shot is a bit different for me, I may have overdone the sliders on this but like the result. Also, I'm currently in the middle of baking bread before I start work so many apologies for the 'rush job'.
"Lavender can be used as perfume, tea, in baking and lavender oil is believed to have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, which can help to heal minor burns and bug bites. Research suggests that it may be useful for treating anxiety, insomnia, depression, and restlessness."
Meadowsweet is a member of the rose family that favours wet habitats, such as ditches, damp meadows and riverbanks. Its leaves are sometimes covered with a bright orange rust fungus. It blooms from June to September, with sprays of tiny creamy-white flowers standing atop tall stems.
Its sweet smell encouraged people to display it in their houses in past times; but if crushed, it can smell more like antiseptic!
Source: Wildlife Trusts
Hawkweed has anti-inflammatory, diuretic, astringent, antiseptic and antimicrobial properties. Hawkweed is also used as an anti-bleeding, wound-healing and antiseptic agent in case of bleeding and slow-healing wounds, as an analgesic in case of headache and as a sedative in case of insomnia.
Patchouli is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, commonly called the mint or deadnettle family. The plant grows as a bushy perennial herb, with erect stems reaching up to 75 centimetres in height and bearing small, pale pink-white flowers.
Patchouli is famous for its strong aroma, which makes it ideal for bath and hair care products. Patchouli incense sticks originate from patchouli essential oils, which explains their anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, antidepressant, and antiseptic properties. These sticks have been known to bring aphrodisiac effects when burned, thereby ideal for people with low sex drive and other sexuality complications.
Don forget about the toilets, when you design a museum.
Fondazione Prada Milan, Italy.
Design (2015): OMA, Rem Koolhaas.
one of the host plants for the Eastern Black Swallowtail...
I'm finding many eggs from them!
Crushed rue leaves are placed in the ear canal to relieve ear aches and headaches. Externally, rue is applied as a skin antiseptic and insect repellant, as well as a poultice against rheumatic pain. Due to its toxicity, the use of this plant is now considered obsolete by modern scientific herbalism (phytotherapy).
Fuzzy leaves and small purple flowers create a fantastic plant. The silver colors of the leaves are so appealing. I have this plant in the garden.
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Lamb’s ear plants have been used as an alternative to toilet paper and medicinally to treat wounds and the like, due to their antiseptic and other medicinal properties, and the leaves are also edible and can be made into a tea.
That's my grandson. He attended the geocaching event with me in Ocotillo Wells. It was his first time ever not sleeping in his own bed - 4 nights! He's very tall for a 10 year old!
Anyway, this is the somewhat famous anticline in Fish Creek Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Visiting here was not anticlimactic. In fact, spending time in the desert is an antidote and antiseptic to my antisocial attitude.
What's an anticline, you ask? Well, you can read all about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticline
Meadowsweet is a member of the rose family that favours wet habitats, such as ditches, damp meadows and riverbanks. It blooms from June to September and displays a 'froth' of creamy-white flowers, densely packed together in flower heads that sit on erect stems. Its dark green leaves are divided into pairs of leaflets and have silvery undersides sometimes covered with a bright orange rust fungus.
Its sweet smell encouraged people to display it in their houses in past times; but if crushed, it can smell more like antiseptic!
The flowers of Meadowsweet are sometimes used in wine, beer and vinegar, or to give jams a subtle almond flavour. In fact, the common name of this plant likely arose as a result of it being used to flavour mead.
Source: The Wildlife Trusts
Bright orange when in flower, these seed pods contain a cherry coloured fruit. The dried fruit of P. alkekengi is called the golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic, antiseptic, liver corrective, and sedative. Physalis alkekengi seed fossils are known from Miocene of Siberia, Pliocene of Europe and Pleistocene of Germany. Physalis alkekengi pollen have been found in early Pleistocene sediments in Ludham east of Wroxham, East Anglia.
Yerba Mansa has been used for centuries for poorly healing infections of the mouth, such as gum, mouth and throat sores; intestinal problems such as stomach and duodendal ulcers; urinary tract infections; and is useful for arthritis because it stimulates the excretion of uric acid and has an anti-inflammatory effect. It is anti bacterial and antifungal, so it is useful for skin infections also. The roots are gathered in the fall and winter, when the foliage has died back. Wash them well and allow to dry whole for several weeks, then slice into sections and allow it to finish drying. When totally dry (take care not to allow them to mold), grind to powder to mix with water for tea or antiseptic washes. Available in capsule form. From: www.angelfire.com/art/nativeherb/yerbamansa.html
This plant is a natural astringent, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti -inflammatory, antitoustics, antididium, antidiatico, antidochetic, detox, diuretic, expeater, hemolytic, laxative, mumcilaginoz and secretive. In folk medicine, this is a sought after and used plant for the treatment of lung diseases, by which it is named (Latin pulmonaria, which means lungs, as well as because of white dots on lung leaves that are reminiscent of the lungs).
The plant contains allantoin, resin, flavonoids - quercentrin, mucus, kemperol, silicate (soluble and insoluble), minerals - calcium, iron, calcium carbonate, tannin (7%), essential oil, vitamin C, etc.
"The beautiful, individual flowers of Marsh Woundwort are pale pinkish purple or mauve, and are slightly smaller (12-15mm) than its cousin Hedge Woundwort". It is an elegant, robust and erect plant with oblong, short-stalked or unstalked leaves. It flowers from June to September, attracting bees into its tube shaped corolla. Mainly found in the vicinity of damp arable land, its fruits are nutlets. This is a native plant and belongs to the family Lamiaceae.
Used in herbal medicine as a antiseptic and antispasmodic since the sixteenth century, the leaves were also used to help staunch bleeding and healing wounds"
Happy Sliders Sunday! Photo 78/100 for the 100 Flowers 2018 Group. This year I'm taking 100 photos of different wild flowers in the Irish countryside.
Venue de l'ouest du bassin méditerranéen, la lavande était déjà utilisée par les Romains pour conserver le linge et parfumer les bains. En Provence, la lavande fut utilisée dès le Moyen Âge, pour la composition de parfums et de médicaments, mais c'est à partir du XIXe siècle que sa culture se développe.
L'essor de la production française d'huile essentielle de lavande fine est lié à l'implantation de parfumeries dans la région de Grasse. La mise en culture organisée systématique du lavandin, dans les années 1950, prendra ensuite le relais.
La culture de la lavande du Quercy apparaît également sur les derniers versants du sud-ouest du Massif central avant 1936 à Roquecor dans le Tarn-et-Garonne[1]. Celle-ci atteint son apogée dans les années 1950 et 1960 et seuls quelques cultivateurs perpétuent encore cette tradition.
Après plusieurs crises qui entraînent la chute de la production et une régression des cultures, les plantations sont relancées par la stabilisation des surfaces à cultiver et le développement des moyens de distillation.
De nos jours, la plus grande fête consacrée à la lavande en France est célébrée depuis près de 70 ans à l'occasion du « Corso de la Lavande » à Digne-les-Bains et s'achève par un défilé de chars décorés de lavande.
Main article: Lavender oil
Commercially the plant is grown mainly for the production of essential oil of lavender. This has antiseptic[12][13] and anti-inflammatory[14] properties. These extracts are also used as fragrances for bath products.
English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) yields an essential oil with sweet overtones, and can be used in balms, salves, perfumes, cosmetics, and topical applications. Lavandin, Lavandula × intermedia (also known as Dutch lavender), yields a similar essential oil, but with higher levels of terpenes including camphor, which add a sharper overtone to the fragrance.
The lavandins Lavandula × intermedia are a class of hybrids of L. angustifolia and L. latifolia.[15] The lavandins are widely cultivated for commercial use, since their flowers tend to be bigger than those of English lavender and the plants tend to be easier to harvest, but lavandin oil is regarded by some to be of a lower quality than that of English lavender, with a perfume less sweet.
Estas plantas se usan desde antiguo como ornamentales y para la obtención de esencias, así como medicinales, aromatizantes y condimentarias. Las más utilizadas son el espliego (L. angustifolia, L. latifolia) y los lavandines de origen híbrido (abrial, super, grosso) y, en menor medida, L. dentata, L. stoechas y L. pedunculata.[3] La cantidad de aceite esencial obtenido difiere según la especie, estación y método de destilación. Esta esencia se utiliza principalmente en industrias de productos de tocador y de perfumería y, ocasionalmente, en pomadas, etc., para enmascarar olores desagradables.source wikipédia
A pretty assortment of bright, summery colours in a Stanley Park flower bed
It is thought that the marigold originated in Egypt and was first introduced to Britain and other countries by the Romans. It was one of the earliest cultivated flowers. The ancient Greeks, who used the petals for decoration, also knew of marigold’s other uses, such as coloring for food, make-up, dying fabrics, and medicinal uses. Marigolds have been grown in the gardens of Europe since the 12th century.
Medicinal Applications
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Only the flower heads of marigolds are used medicinally. They are well known for their wound healing and antiseptic properties, but modern herbalists have found a wide variety of uses for them, including: an alternative analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, astringent, bactericide, carminative, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, stomachic, styptic, and tonic. The petals of the marigold have been made into an infusion that is useful as an eyewash. They are also good as a natural fabric dye and for food coloring.