| 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.
Artemisia vulgaris,the common mugwort,is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort,although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort. It is also occasionally known as riverside wormwood,felon herb,chrysanthemum weed,wild wormwood,old Uncle Henry,sailor's tobacco,naughty man,old man,or St. John's plant. Mugworts have been used medicinally and as culinary herbs.
Stachys is a genus of plants,one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species vary from about 300,to about 450. Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae and its type species is Stachys sylvatica. The precise extent of the genus and its relationship to other genera in the subfamily are poorly known.
Dysphania ambrosioides,formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides,known as Jesuit's tea,Mexican-tea,payqu(paico),epazote,mastruz,or herba sanctæMariæ,is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America,South America,and southern Mexico.
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.
Euphrasia,or eyebright,is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae,with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are hemiparasitic on grasses and other plants. The common name refers to the plant's use in treating eye infections.
Aquilegia vulgaris is a species of columbine native to Europe with common names that include:European columbine,common columbine,granny's nightcap,and granny's bonnet. It is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.2 m tall,with branched,thinly hairy stems. The leaves are biternate;each leaf has three groups of three leaflets. The flowers,in various shades of purple,blue,pink and white,are pendent or horizontal with strongly hooked spurs,and appear in early summer.
Sideritis,also known as ironwort,mountain 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.
Berberis vulgaris,also known as common barberry,European barberry or simply barberry,is a shrub in the genus Berberis native to the Old World. It produces edible but sharply acidic berries,which people in many countries eat as a tart and refreshing fruit.
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:
Sambucus canadensis,the American black elderberry,Canada elderberry,or common elderberry,is a species of elderberry native to a large area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains,south to Bolivia. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry soils,primarily in sunny locations.
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 an herbaceous plant in the mint family Lamiaceae.
Sidalcea malviflora is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family,known by the common names dwarf checkerbloom,Greek mallow,prairie mallow and dwarf checkermallow.
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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