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...stituent=leaf: tannic acid, potassium nitrate, a green resin; frit: butter-like fatty oil,

|constituent=coronillin (especially in the seed), indigo-like colouring matter, |action=digitalis-like, diuretic, purgative, toxic

|constituent=dictamnolacton (santonin-like), trigonelline, fraxinellon, pentosan, essential oil, resin, sugar, dictamn

...led by the Russians Kaporie tea; it is also used to flavour ale, and eaten like Asparagus; root: astringent

...oiled roots are highly aphrodisiac and promoter of semen, and can be eaten like potatoes (recommended for diabetic sufferers)

...th is in use as cathartic and laxative. Black Turpeth is drastic in action like Black Hellebore and therefore not in common use

|constituent=resin, wax, saponin-like matter, mucilage, dextrine,

...atter, emulsin, gum, tannic acid, resin. - The seeds yield a poisonous oil like oil of almonds, which is employed in medicinal preparations and is remarkab

...uretic, deobstruent, febrifuge. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten like Asparagus

... it has a taste and smell not unlike Celery; the young shoots can be eaten like Asparagus

..., anti-ecchymotic, rubefacient, purgative, vulnerary; the shoots are eaten like Asparagus

...es; oil: aromatic. P. S. The variety Thymus citriodorus (which has a lemon-like smell) occurs mainly in Southern France

...The roots can be cooked like Parsnip and are an excellent vegetable rather like Salsify

|action=white squil: Digitalis-like, diuretic, expectorant. restorative, stimulant, cathartic, emetic, toxic; r

...insect bites. Roots are thoroughly dried, powdered and made into bean seed-like pills. To be taken two pills twice daily for 2 months for sexual stimulatio

|partUsed= Root (rhizome-like)

...ndigestion, stomach pain, bloating, acidity. 1. Juice from the root (tuber like part) is squeezed; alternately roots are powdered, mixed with half tablespo

...till the volume is reduced to 1 glass. The water is to be taken while warm like tea till cure. |ailments=Stomach pain, feeling of stone like substance within stomach, reduction of delivery pain in women, stop bleedin

...ly on an empty stomach for gastrointestinal problems, respiratory problems like cough, asthma, and swellings in any portion of the body. Equal amounts of j