| Prunella | |
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| Prunella vulgaris (Common Self-heal) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: | Prunella L. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Prunella is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae, also known as self-heals, heal-all, or allheal for their use in herbal medicine.
Most are native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal) is Holarctic in distribution, occurring in North America as well, and is a common lawn weed. Prunellas are low-growing plants, and thrive in moist wasteland and grass, spreading rapidly to cover the ground. They are members of the mint family and have the square stem common to mints. [1] [2] [3]
The common name "self-heal" derives from the use of some species to treat a range of minor disorders. Self-heal can be grown from seed, or by dividing clumps in spring or autumn.
Subspecies are [4]
| Dried Prunella | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 夏枯草 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 夏枯草 | ||||||||||||||
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In the Pacific Northwest,its juice was used by the Quinault and the Quileute on boils. [5] They also used the whole plant to treat cuts and inflammations. [6] Ointments can be made by fixing[ clarification needed ] the plant with grease. Dried Prunella (Chinese :夏枯草; pinyin :xiàkūcǎo) is used to make a herbal drink. [7] Prunella is also used for halitosis,especially when combined with other herbs (e.g. perilla,field mint,etc.). Herbal tea for treating ozostomia caused by oral local lesion
The mildly bitter leaves are also good as salad greens. Prunella species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora albitarsella .[ citation needed ]
Prunella vulgaris is used as an ingredient in some bodybuilding supplements.
Senecio vulgaris,often known by the common names groundsel and old-man-in-the-spring,is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb,native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
Elaeagnus angustifolia,commonly called Russian olive,silver berry,oleaster,or wild olive,is a species of Elaeagnus,native to Asia and limited areas of eastern Europe. It is widely established in North America as an introduced species.
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Dysphania ambrosioides,formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides,known as epazote,Jesuit's tea,Mexican tea or wormseed,is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to the Americas.
Lycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family.
Saxifraga oppositifolia,the purple saxifrage or purple mountain saxifrage,is a species of plant that is very common in the high Arctic and also some high mountainous areas further south,including northern Britain,the Alps and the Rocky Mountains.
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Sideritis,also known as ironwort,mountain tea,Greek tea and shepherd's tea,is a genus of flowering plants known for their use as herbal medicine,commonly as a herbal tea. They are abundant in Mediterranean regions,the Balkans,the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia,but can also be found in Central Europe and temperate Asia.
Thymus vulgaris is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae,native to southern Europe from the western Mediterranean to southern Italy. Growing to 15–30 cm (6–12 in) tall by 40 cm (16 in) wide,it is a bushy,woody-based evergreen subshrub with small,highly aromatic,grey-green leaves and clusters of purple or pink flowers in early summer.
All heal,allheal or all-heal may refer to a number of plants used medicinally including:
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Sambucus canadensis,the American black elderberry,Canada elderberry,or common elderberry,is a North American species of elderberry.
Ulmus laciniata(Trautv.) Mayr,known variously as the Manchurian,cut-leaf,or lobed elm,is a deciduous tree native to the humid ravine forests of Japan,Korea,northern China,eastern Siberia and Sakhalin,growing alongside Cercidiphyllum japonicum,Aesculus turbinata,and Pterocarya rhoifolia,at elevations of 700–2200 m,though sometimes lower in more northern latitudes,notably in Hokkaido.
Sphaeralcea incana,with the common names gray globemallow and soft globemallow,is a desert plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae).
Prunella vulgaris,the common self-heal,heal-all,woundwort,heart-of-the-earth,carpenter's herb,brownwort or blue curls,is a herbaceous plant in the mint family Lamiaceae.
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Cyanea hamatiflora is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name wetforest cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii,where it is known from the islands of Maui and Hawaii,and there are probably fewer than 250 plants remaining in total. It is a federally listed endangered species. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.
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