Trifolium pratense

Allium sativum                   Common Name: Garlic  Family: Liliaceae Part used:  Bulb Constituents: Volatile oil (sulfur containing compounds): sulfoxides (ajoene, alliin, allicin) & thiocyanates Enzymes (allinase) Nutrients: Carbohydrates, lipids & amino acids Lectins (lectin-allinase complexes) Medical actions:   Anti-microbial Antispasmodic & Carminative Anti-thrombotic (Anti-platelet aggregant) Cardioprotective Diaphoretic Expectorant Hepatoprotective Hypoglycemic…

Valeriana officinalis                                  Common name: Valerian Family: Valerianaceae Parts used: Root Constituents: Volatile oil (camp hene, borneol), sesquiterpene alkaloids (valerenic acid), Iridoid esters (valepotriates), alkaloids (actinidine, valerine, valerianine, chatinine) Medicinal actions:  Nervous system relaxant, hypnotic, hypotensive, anxiolytic, analgesic, antibiotic, expectorant, bitter, carminative, sedative (paradoxical stimulant), antispasmodic,…

Hypericum perforatum                Common name:  St. John’s wort Family: Hypericaceae Parts used: Flowering tops Constituents: Volatile oils (pinene & cineole) Flavonoids & proanthocyanidins (hyperoside, hyperiforin, quercetin, rutin) Naphthodianthrones (hypericin, pseudohypericin, isohypericin, protohypericin) Carotenoids Phloroglucins (hyperforin) Tannins Medicinal actions: Anti-depressant Anti-inflammatory Antimicrobial Astringent Nervine tonic Vulnerary Medicinal uses:   Most useful in mild to moderate depression, seasonal affective disorder, anxiety and various somatoform disorders (neuralgia…

Atropa belladonna                       Common name: Deadly nightshade Family: Solanaceae Parts used: Herb & root Constituents: Tropane alkaloids (up to 0.5% in leaves and roots):  hyoscyamine, atropine, scopolamine, hyoscine, belladonnine; Volatile pyridine and pyrrolidine bases; Flavonoids: scopoletin, scopolin, kaempferol and quercetin derivatives. Medicinal actions: Narcotic, spasmolytic, anodyne, secretolytic Pharmacology: Primarily block…

Latin Name: Vinca minor       Common name: Periwinkle Family: Apocynaceae Parts used: Aerial (leaf) Constituents: Indole alkaloids (Vincristine & Vinblastine), tannins, volatile oils (terpenoids), flavonoids, saponins, phytosterols. Medicinal actions: Atringent, cerebral circulatory stimulant, cytotoxic (anti-cancer). Medicinal use: Has a long tradition in herbal medicine, particularly in the treatment of diabetes. Increases cerebral uptake…

Lavendula officinalis                            Common name: Lavender Family: Lamiaceae Part used: Flowers Constituents:  Volatile oil (linalyl acetate, linalol, geraniol, cineole, limonene), tannins, flavonoids (luteolin), coumarins, phytosterols, triterpenes (ursolic acid) Lavendula officinalis  Actions: Carminative, nervous system relaxant, sedative, antispasmodic, anti-depressant, rubefacient, anti-septic (essential oil), aromatic, uterine stimulant, emmenagogue, diuretic, hypotensive, anti-rheumatic…