The name bittersweet nightshade is directly linked to the taste of its berries, first sweet, then bitter. The same happens…
Pedanius Dioscorides, the Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author (1st century A.D.), already warned that the flowers and leaves of…
The poisonberry plant belongs to the Solanaceae family, the same family as the potato, and both plants contain the same…
The physicians of ancient Greece and Rome regarded the betony plant as a kind of panacea. It is believed that…
The name of the field scabious plant comes from the Latin word scabies (which means, precisely, scabies). From the Middle…
The Madonna lily is an ornamental plant cultivated since ancient times. A ceramic glass found on the island of Crete…
Every year, a new stem grows from the rhizome of Solomon's seal plant, and when it dries and disappears in…
Ancient Mexican natives used prickly pear leaves as poultices to heal wounds and bruises. Spanish colonists brought it to Europe,…
Pedanius Dioscorides, in the first century A.D., already mentioned the celandine plant and remarked that swallows restore the sense of…
The hounds tongue plant has been used from the 16th century onwards as part of some famous French pills (at…