Stachys Byzantina
wound salve and nutritious but malodorous root.The toad is alleged to enjoy its shade,
I am searching my books for a reason behind the "byzantina " appellation. This is a very large family , this plant is cousin to Wood Betony an excellent nerve medicine ( I would suggest a half and half mix with Scutelleriia for trigeminal neuralgia-and also for shingles (herpes virus-horribly painful) and urticaria ( nettle rash).
"Sell your coat and buy Betony "is a spanish proverb so highly regarded is this family.The Celts considered it a sovereign remedy for all remedies of the head , including " visions and dreams" and as a ward against evil.
This is actually my desktop picture -I took this at Clapham only two weeks ago , and although its a dark image I like it enormously.
Oh yes , I forgot to say "it cureth the bitte of mad dogs" best not to experiment
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