Hippocrates, Dioscorides, and Theophrastus mention the use of vitex for a wide variety of conditions, including hemorrhage following childbirth and assisting with the "passing of afterbirth." Decoctions of the fruit and plant were also used in sitz baths for diseases of theS Foster...
Characteristics of vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) Common English name: Chaste tree, Monk’s pepper, Lilac chastetree, vitex It is thought that its name comes from the fact that people in the past considered this tree to posses anaphrodisiac properties since it inhibited the desire. In fact its ...
Pimento officinalisAllspice (Pimento / Jamaica pepper / Clove pepper) Pimpinella anisumAnise(Aniseed) Pinus sylvestrisScots pine Piper methysticumKava kava Plantago lanceolataPlantain Potentilla anserinaSilverweed Primula officinalisCowslip Prunus armeniacaApricot (Apricock /Armeniaca vulgaris) ...
Pepper, cinnamon and cloves were used to flavor meat and hide his usual rotting odor. Other spices widely used and cultivated by religious were the sage, the mint, garlic and fennel. A very special spices momentum took place in the XV and XVI centuries following the discovery of America by...
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of the leading importers of spices and herbs in the European market. Evolving consumer taste preferences, healthy living habits, and convenience are the primary factors boosting the botanical extract market in the region. Extracts such as laurel, rosemary, oregano, cayenne pepper, and nori are ...
Last summer I grew pepper plants in pots instead of in the main garden. Of course, being who I am, I couldn’t just grow pepper plants, I had to turn it into an experiment. I had space for 6 pots along my fence and I had 12 pepper plants that I had started from seed. Plant ...
(Sapindales: Meliaceae); chili pepper,Capsicumspp. (Solanales: Solanaceae); Siam weed,Chromolaena odorata(L.) R. M. King & H. Rob (Asterales: Asteraceae); mother of cocoa,Gliricidia sepium(Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. (Fabales: Fabaceae); chinaberry,Melia azedarachL. (Sapindales: Meliaceae); ...
Kava plants, a type of pepper plant also known as Piper methysticum, are generally found in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. The kava plant contains high concentrations of kavalactones (sometimes referred to as kavapyrones), including kavain, methysticin, yangonin, dihydromethysticin, des...
The botanical identity of the commercial drug sold under the name jungle pepper in the madras crude drug market has been determined as Vitex pubescens Vahl. A detailed phytochemical investigation of this drug gave five compounds, viz., n-octacosanol, ursolic acetate, stigmasterol, Beta-sitosterol ...