Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
1,034 Eddoe Whole Medicinal The corms are used to treat stomach-ache, diarrhoea, and as a poultice on sores and skin diseases. Chopped, tied in a cloth and heated the corms are used to treat rheumatism. The corm juice is used in cases of baldness, piles, as a laxative, and as an antidote to insect stings. 2,376
1,035 Eddoe Leaves and petioles Medicinal Leaves are applied to burns, and are eaten to treat sore throat, dysentery and stomach-ache. The juice from the petioles is considered styptic and used to arrest arterial haemorrhage, and also to treat earache, inflamed glands, boils and as an external stimulant and rubefacient. The leaves are used for wrapping up a bolus of mustard-seed and garlic to be used as a prophylactic after childbirth. 2,376
1,036 Hemlock Whole Medicinal The whole plant is analgesic, antispasmodic, emetic, galactofuge and sedative. 2,213
1,037 Rock Samphire Whole Medicinal Rock samphire is little used in herbal medicine, though it is a good diuretic and holds out potential as a treatment for obesity. 2,188
1,038 Mitsuba Whole Medicinal Used in the treatment of haemorrhages, colds, fevers. 2,187
1,039 Cumin Seed Medicinal It has been used in the treatment of minor digestive complaints, chest conditions and coughs, as a pain killer and to treat rotten teeth. 2,206
1,040 Asafoetida Whole Medicinal Asafoetida is a very effective medicinal herb that acts mainly on the digestive system, cleansing and strengthening the gastro-intestinal tract. 2,202
1,041 Asafoetida Root Medicinal The pungently flavoured gum-resin that is obtained from the root is alterative, anthelmintic, antiperiodic, antispasmodic, carminative, deobstruent, deodorant, expectorant, laxative, sedative and stomachic. 2,202
1,042 Cow Parsnip Root Medicinal The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative 2,209
1,043 Ilex Leaf Medicinal They are used in the treatment of intermittent fevers, rheumatism, catarrh, pleurisy 2,375
1,044 Erva-mate Leaf Medicinal The mineral rich leaves contain xanthine derivatives, including about 1.5% caffeine plus theobromine and theophylline, and up to 16% tannins.They are stimulant, diuretic, antirheumatic.They are said to have the power to increase intellectual lucidity and vigour. The leaves are used internally in the treatment of headaches, migraine, neuralgic and rheumatic pain, fatigue and mild depression.They have also been used in the treatment of diabetes.The leaves are harvested when the berries are ripe, they are heated over a wood fire, ground into a powder then stored in sacks for 12 months before being used. 2,374
1,045 Lesser Duckweed Whole Medicinal The whole plant is alterative, antipruritic, antiscorbutic, astringent, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge and soporific 2,381
1,046 Lovage Root Medicinal Externally, the root is used in the treatment of sore throats and aphthous ulcers 2,215
1,047 Lovage Leaf Medicinal The leaves, either eaten in salads or dried and infused as a tea, have been used as an emmenagogue. 2,215
1,048 Lovage Seed Medicinal The essential oil from the seeds is used by aromatherapists to remove freckles and spots from the face 2,215
1,049 Buriti Palm Seed Medicinal The oil from the seed is high in vitamin A and is frequently used to treat burns, because of its soothing qualities and its ability to promote the formation of scar tissue 2,427
1,050 Buriti Palm Leaf Medicinal The leaves are used in baths as an emollient. 2,427
1,051 Anise Seed Medicinal The oil from the seed used for aromatherapy mainly to release pain from the body. 1,975
1,052 Burnet Saxifrage Root Medicinal The root is anti-inflammatory, mildly astringent and expectorant. 2,203
1,053 Mastic Tree Whole Medicinal It is little used in modern herbalism though it could be employed as an expectorant for bronchial troubles and coughs and as a treatment for diarrhoea. 2,102