The Herbalists Encyclopedia

Common Names: Dandelion, common dandelion, lion’s tooth, blowball, puffball, priest’s crown, pissenlit, wet-the-bed, Irish daisy, monk’s head Genus: Taraxacum Parts Used: Leaf, Root, Flower, Whole plant Medicinal Actions:

Common Names: Yarrow, common yarrow, milfoil, thousand-leaf, soldier’s woundwort, nosebleed plant, staunchweed, bloodwort, knight’s milfoil, devil’s nettle Genus: Achillea Parts Used: Aerial parts, Flower, Leaf Medicinal Actions: Styptic

Common Names: Broadleaf plantain, greater plantain, common plantain, waybread, white man’s footprint, soldier’s herb, healing blade, cuckoo’s bread, rat’s tail Genus: Plantago Parts Used: Leaf, Aerial parts, Seed

Common Names: White dead-nettle, white dead nettle, bee nettle, dumb nettle Genus: Lamium Parts Used: Flower, Leaf, Aerial parts Medicinal Actions: Astringent, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Expectorant, Vulnerary (wound healing)