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RE: Betony

Well here goes and I think I'm off home after this one
sorry its so LONG...

I got these from Deni Brown's Encyclopedia of Herbs....

Stachys officinalis
Properties. A bitter astringent, sedative herb that improves diegstion
and cerebral circulation

Medicinal Uses. Internally for headaches associated with with debility
and nervous tension and for anxiety, neuralgia, sinusitis, excess upper
respiratory tract mucus, gastritis, porr digestion, hypertension and
menopausal problems. 

Excess causes, diarrhoea and vomiting.  Not to be given to pregnant
women. 
Externally for wounds (especially if infected), bruises, ulcers, sore
throat, and gum inflammation.
Combines well with Scutellaria laterifolia, Verbena officinalis,
Lavandula angustifolia or Hypericum perforatum for tension headaches
(although I suspect to much of any of these combinations may be TOO
MUCH)
Dried leaves are also included in herbal tobacco and snuff

And on Stachys officinalis again, From The HERBAGE 4 Text. from the
internet.

"action: astringent, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, nervine, tonic,
vulnerary"
"body: bladder, kidney, spleen, stomach"
"common name: betony, lousewort, purple betony, wood betony"
family: lamiaceae
"native habitat: along forest paths, damp or dry meadows, gardens, sunny
slopes"
"range: belgium, denmark, eurasia, europe, spain, uk, wales"
"used to treat: asthma, bladder ailments, bronchitis, cancer, cough,
cuts, excessive sweating, external ulcers, heartburn, kidney ailments,
neurasthenia, sore, spitting blood, sprains, varicose veins, wen, worms"
use: tea
"The infusion is used for neurasthenia, bladder and kidney ailments,
spitting blood, and excessive sweating; regular use is recommended for
varicose veins. A strong decoction is used against worms. The juice of
the plant can be used to heal cuts, external "


Also some more data from Herbage4 on Acacias
ACACIA	ACINACEA		common name: gold dust wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	ACUMINATA		common name: raspberry jam	range:
australia

ACACIA	ADUNCA		common name: wallangarra wattle	range: australia

ACACIA	ANEURA		common name: mulga	range: australia

ACACIA	ANGUSTISSIMA		common name: prairie acacia	family:
fabaceae	range: chiricahua national monument

ACACIA	ANGUSTISSIMA		common name: prairie wattle	family:
fabaceae	"range: carlsbad caverns national park, guadalupe
mountains national park"

ACACIA	ANGUSTISSIMA		common name: prairie acacia	family:
fabaceae	"range: carlsbad caverns national park, chickasaw
national recreation area, coronado national memorial, guadalupe
mountains national park, national river, organ pipe cactus national
monument"								
ACACIA	ARABICA		action: astringent	"common name: acacia,
wattlebark"	family: fabaceae	"range: north africa, sudan"
used to treat: dysentery						
ACACIA	AROMA		"action: antiseptic, venereal"	family: fabaceae
range: argentina

ACACIA	BAILEYANA		common name: cootamundra wattle	family:
fabaceae	"range: australia, fort point national historic site"

ACACIA	BERLANDIERI		common name: guajillo	family: fabaceae
"range: amistead nat. rec. area, big bend national park"

ACACIA	BINERVA		common name: coastal myall	range: australia

ACACIA	BOORMANII		common name: snowy river wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	CAESIA		family: fabaceae	indigenous use: santal
"range: india, sikkim"	"used to treat: bronchitis, consumption, cough,
evil-eye, fistula, measles, pleurisy, smallpox"	use: shampoo

ACACIA	CARDIOPHYLLA		common name: west wyalong wattle
range: australia

ACACIA	CATECHU		"action: anodyne, astringent, bactericide,
detergent, expectorant, stimulant"	body: mouth	family: fabaceae
"indigenous use: dutch, french, german, italian, santal"	"range:
east africa, india, malaysia, turkey"	"used to treat: asthma,
bronchitis, cancer, colic, consumption, cough, dysentery, gravel,
malaria, phthisis, sore"	use: masticatory

ACACIA	CHORIOPHYLLA		common name: cinnecord	family: fabaceae
range: everglades national park

ACACIA	COCHLIACANTHA		body: bladder	family: fabaceae
range: mexico								
ACACIA	CONCINNA		action: piscicide	family: fabaceae
indigenous use: bengali	range: india

ACACIA	CONFUSA		common name: small philippine acacia
"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"	family: fabaceae	"range:
hawaii volcanoes national park, kalaupapa national historic park"

ACACIA	CONSTRICTA		body: stomach	common name: whitethorn
acacia	family: fabaceae	indigenous use: seri	"range: big bend
national park, carlsbad caverns national park, coronado national
memorial, fort davis national historic site, guadalupe mountains
national park, mexico, organ pipe cactus national monument"	used to
treat: diarrhea					
ACACIA	CORNIGERA		family: fabaceae	range: mexico
used to treat: bug bite

ACACIA	CYMBISPINA		body: bladder	family: fabaceae
range: mexico								
ACACIA	DEALBATA		common name: silver wattle	family:
fabaceae	range: hawaii volcanoes national park

ACACIA	DECURRENS		common name: green wattle	family:
fabaceae	"range: golden gate natl. rec. area, hawaii volcanoes
national park"								
ACACIA	DORATOXYLON		common name: lance wood	range: australia

ACACIA	ELATA		common name: cedar wattle	range: australia

ACACIA	ELONGATA		common name: swamp wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	FARNESIANA		"action: alterative, aphrodisiac,
astringent, demulcent, emetic, stimulant, stomachic"	common name:
sweet acacia	family: fabaceae	"indigenous use: santal,
spanish, warihio"	"range: big bend national park, brazil, fort
pulaski national monument, india, java, kalaupapa national historic
park, kaloko-honokohau national historic park, malaya, mexico,
pu'uohonua o honaunau nat. hist. site, san antonio missions national
monument, v"	"used to treat: cancer (stomach), carbuncles, cholera,
conjunctivitis, convulsions, delirium, dysentery, dyspepsia, epilepsy,
headache, inflammation, insanity, insecticide, nausea, ophthalmia,
parturition, rabies, rinderpest, snake bite, sore, spasms, tumo"
use: perfume				
ACACIA	FERRUGINEA		family: fabaceae	range: india
used to treat: cancer

ACACIA	GEORGINAE		family: fabaceae	range: australia
use: poison								
ACACIA	GREGGII		common name: catclaw acacia	"family:
fabaceae, leguminosae"	"range: big bend national park, carlsbad caverns
national park, coronado national memorial, guadalupe mountains national
park, joshua tree national monument, organ pipe cactus national
monument"								
ACACIA	HINDSII		family: fabaceae

ACACIA	HOWITTII		common name: sticky wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	IMPLEXA		common name: hickory wattle	range: australia

ACACIA	JUREMA		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	KAMERUNENSIS		"action: dentrifice, piscicide"	body:
stomach	family: fabaceae	"range: burkina faso, ghana"	"used to
treat: dermatitis, fever, orchitis"	use: enema

ACACIA	KOA		common name: koa	family: fabaceae

ACACIA	KOAIA		body: skin	family: fabaceae	range:
hawaii								
ACACIA	KOA		"range: haleakala national park, hawaii"

ACACIA	LONGIFOLIA		common name: sydney golden wattle
family: fabaceae	"range: australia, golden gate natl. rec. area,
john muir national historic site"

ACACIA	LUTEA		"action: antiseptic, astringent, cicatrizant,
deodorant, diaphoretic"	body: gum	family: fabaceae	range:
haiti	"used to treat: atony, debility, diarrhea, dysentery, fever,
gangrene, senescence, sore"						
ACACIA	MACRACANTHA		family: fabaceae	range: venezuela
"used to treat: cancer (stomach), leprosy"

ACACIA	MACRADANIA		common name: zigzag wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	MAIDENII		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	MEARNSII		common name: black wattle	family:
fabaceae	"range: australia, haleakala national park"

ACACIA	MELANOXYLON		common name: blackwood	contains:
protein	family: fabaceae	indigenous use: tasmanian	"range:
australia, channel island national park, haleakala national park, hawaii
volcanoes national park, john muir national historic site, tasmania"

ACACIA	MODESTA		family: fabaceae

ACACIA	NEOVERNICOSA		common name: viscid acacia	family:
fabaceae	"range: big bend national park, carlsbad caverns
national park, guadalupe mountains national park"

ACACIA	NILOTICA		action: decongestant	body: gall
bladder	family: fabaceae	indigenous use: arab	"range: arabia,
egypt, pakistan"	"used to treat: cancer, sclerosis (spleen)"

ACACIA	NIOPO		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	NUBICA		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	PAPYROCARPA		common name: western myall	range:
australia

ACACIA	PARADOXA		common name: kangaroo thorn	range:
australia

ACACIA	PENDULA		common name: weeping myall	range: australia

ACACIA	PENNATA		family: fabaceae	"range: batavia,
kelantan, malacca, rembete"	"used to treat: cough, fever, headache,
rheumatism, smallpox"

ACACIA	PENNATULA		family: fabaceae	range: mexico
used to treat: dyspepsia

ACACIA	PENTADENIA		common name: karri wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	PENTAGONA		action: dentrifice	family: fabaceae
range: ghana								
ACACIA	PHLEBOPHYLLA		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	PINETORUM		common name: pineland wattle	family:
fabaceae	range: everglades national park

ACACIA	PINNATA		family: fabaceae

ACACIA	PLEURIPETALA		family: fabaceae	range: sumatra
used to treat: diarrhea

ACACIA	PODALYRIIFOLIA		common name: queensland silver wattle
range: australia

ACACIA	POLYCANTHA		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	POLYPHYLLA		action: antidote (philodendron)	family:
fabaceae	range: brazil

ACACIA	PRAVISSIMA		common name: ovens wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	PROMINENS		common name: gosford wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	PSEUDOINTSIA		family: fabaceae	"range: java,
malacca"	"used to treat: headache, itch, smallpox"

ACACIA	PYCNANTHA		"common name: australian golden wattle,
golden wattle"	range: australia

ACACIA	RIGIDULA		common name: blackbrush acacia	family:
fabaceae	"range: amistead nat. rec. area, big bend national park"

ACACIA	ROEMERIANA		common name: round-flower catclaw
family: fabaceae	range: big bend national park

ACACIA	RUBIDA		common name: red-stemmed wattle	range: australia

ACACIA	SCHOTTII		common name: schott's wattle	family:
fabaceae	range: big bend national park

ACACIA	SENEGAL		"action: demulcent, emollient, expectorant"
"common name: acacia, cape gum, egyptian thora, gum arabic, senega"
"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"	"family: fabaceae, leguminosae"
indigenous use: french	"range: iran, turkey"	"used to treat: cancer,
catarrh, chest ailments, cough, diarrhea, dysentery, early stages of
typhoid fever, inflammation, respiratory ailments, sore throat, urinary
ailments"	"Forms a protective, soothing coating over inflammations
in the respiratory, alimentary, and urinary tracts. Gum arabic is
usually dissolved in water to make a mucilage. The sweetened mucilage
has been used to treat the early stages of typhoid fever, and m"

ACACIA	SEYAL		body: intestine	family: fabaceae	range:
ivory coast								
ACACIA	SHIRLEYII		common name: lance wood	range: australia

ACACIA	SIEBERANA		"action: astringent, emollient,
taenifuge, urogenital, vermifuge"	"body: intestine, kidney,
stomach"	family: fabaceae	"range: africa, burkina faso,
guinea, ivory coast, nigeria, west africa, zaire"	"used to treat:
acne, caries, common cold, diarrhea, enteritis, gastritis, hemorrhage,
inflammation, ophthalmia, orchitis, urethritis"

ACACIA	SIMPLICIFOLIA		"contains: dmt, n-methyltryptamine"

ACACIA	SMALLEI		family: fabaceae	indigenous use: kickapoo
range: mexico	"used to treat: flu, pink eye"

ACACIA	SMALLII		family: fabaceae	"range: jean lafitte
national historic park, padre island national seashore"

ACACIA	SP.		common name: wattle

ACACIA	SPECTABILIS		common name: mudgee wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	SP		family: fabaceae	"range: australia,
bolivia"	"used to treat: cancer, sore"

ACACIA	SUAVEOLENS		common name: sweet-scented wattle
range: australia

ACACIA	TERMINALIS		common name: sunshine wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	TEXENSIS		family: fabaceae	"range: big bend
national park, fort davis national historic site"

ACACIA	TORTUOSA		"action: antiseptic, astringent,
cicatrizant, deodorant, diaphoretic"	body: gum	family: fabaceae
"range: dominican republic, haiti"	"used to treat: atony, debility,
diarrhea, dysentery, fever, gangrene, senescence, sore"

ACACIA	TRIPTERA		common name: spur-wing wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	ULICIFOLIA		common name: prickly moses	range:
australia

ACACIA	VERA		family: fabaceae	range: europe	used to
treat: cancer								
ACACIA	VERNICIFLUA		common name: varnish wattle	range:
australia

ACACIA	VERTICILLATA		common name: prickly moses	range:
australia

ACACIA	VILLOSA		action: expectorant	body: throat	family:
fabaceae	range: curacao	"used to treat: cancer, sore (throat),
tumor"	"use: gargle, tea"					
Hope its not to big a chunk

Cheers, Rod
Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
Home Page  http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/Weedsci.htm

             "I weed..."

> ----------
> From: 	Michael Bailes
> Sent: 	Tuesday, November 25, 1997 6:28 PM
> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	Betony
> 
> I am writing an aricle in the Friend's Newsletter on Betony anyone
> know
> anything about it?
> Betony (Wood?)	Stachys officinalis
> or
> Betonica officinalis	bentonic (ben,=head, ton,= good)
> Welsh: cribau S. Frraid, = St Bridget¹s Comb. (?!)	Powerful much
> venerated magic/medical herb used in Egyptian medicine/magic? Little
> used
> in modern herbal medicine. Prevents bad dreams. Used in herbal smoking
> mixtures Green tea substitute
> 
> Michael Bailes,  The Fragrant Garden
> Portsmouth Road Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia.
> Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
> EMail: frgntgar@fastlink.com.au
>  or
> frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
> Almost with a web page at:
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~frgntgar/
> "This of course may become a disease state in years to come - web
> page, club
> foot, hang nail - they all sound a bit the same."
> Michael Schubert 1997
> 
> 
>
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