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Matricaria recutita
Part used:
Flowering tops
Constituents: There is a wealth of information a
Vitex agnus-castus
Verbenaceae
Names: Vitex, Chasteberry.
Habitat:
Collection: The
Valeriana officinalis
Part used: Rhizome, stolons & roots.
Constituents: A range of unique chemical constit
Lactuca virosaCompositae
Names: Lettuce Opium
Habitat: Indigenous to Central and Southern Europe and
North
Piscidia erythrina
Leguminosae
Names: Fish Poison Tree.
Habitat: W. Indies and S. America.
Melissa officinalis
Part Used : Dried aerial parts, or fresh in season.
Constituents :
With its focus on preventive medicine, holistic approaches to health can
be most helpful in many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions
are brought under control during childhood they can often be avoided entirely in adult life.
Humulus lupulus
Part Used: Flower inflorescence.
Constituents:
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