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Stachys Byzantina


Pertinax

wound salve and nutritious but malodorous root.The toad is alleged to enjoy its shade, :blink:

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" :blink: best not to experiment

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Hmm...is that a relative of "lambs ear"? (common in america, large, fuzzy leaves, the "male" or "rooster" plant grows tall and skinny and it gets...purple flowers I believe)

 

yes exactly right- very beautiful when in flower.There was a male plant from the previous year next to this , probably about 4 feet tall.

and-for Lost Warrior-this the point from where I photographed the waterfalls you liked so much-these were at my feet.

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:D We have lambs ears all over the place here. My mom is allergic to them somehow...

:( well -if shes wounded in a phalanx attack use the leaf to bind her wounds-just dont let her sniff the pollen ;)

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(Lost_Warrior @ Jan 10 2006, 09:49 PM)

 

biggrin.gif We have lambs ears all over the place here. My mom is allergic to them somehow...

 

blink.gif well -if shes wounded in a phalanx attack use the leaf to bind her wounds-just dont let her sniff the pollen wink.gif

 

no, its a skin reaction. But I'm not terribly worried about phalanx attacks :(

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