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Hedge woundwort — a forest weed that calms and heals?
Flowering hedge woundwort is used for digestive and respiratory complaints and fever.
Read the answer →Sanicle — a wound-healing herb that almost no one knows today?
Sanicle is used for respiratory complaints, including cough, hoarseness, and bronchitis.
Read the answer →Smoke tree — a garden shrub stronger than wound ointment?
Henryk Różański describes smoke tree as a remedy for diarrhea, food poisoning, skin problems, and wounds.
Read the answer →Safflower—the false saffron that lowers cholesterol?
Oral uses include scanty or irregular menstruation, rheumatism, atherosclerosis, and circulatory disorders.
Read the answer →Periwinkle — an evergreen plant used to make a cancer drug?
Henryk Różański describes the use of periwinkle for disorders of brain and eye circulation and in the treatment of some cancers.
Read the answer →Gentian root—the worst-tasting herb for the weakest stomach?
It stimulates the secretion of saliva, digestive juices and bile, and increases bowel movements.
Read the answer →Figwort — the herb once thought to treat scrofula and skin problems?
Figwort is used for inflammation, pain, and problems affecting the skin, joints, and mucous membranes.
Read the answer →Lyme disease — can nature offer hope where antibiotics fail?
It mentions cat’s claw, prepared as an infusion by boiling 5–6 g of the herb in water.
Read the answer →Bad breath—is it really caused by the teeth, or by the stomach and liver?
Henryk Różański lists many possible causes of bad breath: sinus and nasal problems, fungal infections, intestinal and metabolic disorders, and constipation.
Read the answer →Black mustard — grandmother’s home remedy for cough and pain?
Ground seeds can be mixed with water, oil, or alcohol and applied as a paste that warms the skin and stimulates local circulation.
Read the answer →Tarragon — a kitchen herb for appetite and sluggish digestion?
Henryk Różański also attributes expectorant, antifungal, antiparasitic, and menstrual pain-relieving effects to it.
Read the answer →Andrographis — the bitter herb that shortens a cold?
Henryk Różański lists andrographis as a remedy used for colds, flu, and fever.
Read the answer →Nutmeg — a spice that can intoxicate you in larger doses?
It also describes its use for coughs and colds, and the warming and pain-relieving effects of oil rubbed into the skin.
Read the answer →Strychnine — the deadly poison that was once prescribed as medicine?
Yes — nux-vomica seeds and strychnine were once used medicinally, and their use was once widespread.
Read the answer →Eggs as medicine — what did doctors of the past know about the yolk and the shell?
In the past, egg white and yolk were used both by mouth and on the skin.
Read the answer →Sea squill — a forgotten heart medicine or rat poison?
Sea squill was used for circulatory failure, especially when it caused swelling or ascites.
Read the answer →Spotted hemlock — Socrates’ poison as a medicine?
Spotted hemlock was once an important, officially recognized medicine, but the information provided does not identify specific diseases it was used to treat.
Read the answer →Mountain Tea — The Greek Infusion That May Protect the Brain?
Henryk Różański lists ironwort as a herb traditionally used for colds, coughs, and digestive complaints.
Read the answer →Witch hazel — bark and leaves for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and irritated skin?
Henryk Różański describes witch hazel as a remedy used both externally and orally.
Read the answer →Peony — the garden flower that calmed epilepsy?
The roots were used, among other things, for digestive cramps, neuralgia, migraine, nervousness, rheumatism, and epilepsy.
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