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unusual facts about Herbs



A. chinensis

Anemone chinensis, one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine

Adaptogen

Adaptogenic effect of some herbs may hold certain merit on account of the ability of the substances to increase the bodies own response to oxidative stress, such as gynostemma pentaphyllum or poor-man's ginseng, which has been shown to increase the body's innate response by increased production of superoxide dismutase (SOD).

Aglaophotis

References to Aglaophotis and to Olieribos (both of which are said to be magical herbs) are made in the Simon Necronomicon.

Aotea Square

Aotea Square was site of a major civil disturbance on 7 December 1984, during a free end-of-academic year rock concert given by bands including Herbs and DD Smash.

Bak kut teh

Additional Chinese herbs may include yu zhu (玉竹, rhizome of Solomon's Seal) and ju zhi

Bandipur National Park

Lantana bush introduced by British in 19th century in tea gardens has spread rapidly at the cost of other valuable herbs and saplings.

Benmore Peak

Flora includes slim snow tussock (Chionochloa macra) and narrow-leaved snow tussock (Chionochloa rigida) as well as an array of alpine herbs, while fauna include the New Zealand falcon/kārearea, sky lark, chukar, California quail and the New Zealand pipit/pihoihoi, as well as the common skink and common gecko.

Bhaji

Amaranth, or Bhaji in Trinidad and Tobago, a cosmopolitan genus of herbs

Briarcroft Pasture

The subcommunity also has many broad-leaved herbs including Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and Betony (Stachys officinalis).

Carcharodus

The larvae feed on various herbs of several different plant families, including Malvaceae and Lamiaceae.

Chiffon

Chiffonade, a French term for the cutting of herbs or leafy green vegetables into long, thin strips

Costa Rican páramo

The páramo proper lies above the subpáramo, and is dominated by grasses, rushes, herbs, and low shrubs of the families Gramineae, Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, Rosaceae and Ericaceae.

Country wine

Country wine or Fruit wine, wine made from something other than grapes such as fruit, flowers or herbs

Diplomorpha

nom. illeg., a taxonomic synonym of Sauropus, a genus of herbs, shrubs and subshrubs in the Phyllanthaceae, and a later homonym of Diplomorpha Meisn.

Duponchelia fovealis

Hosts include a wide range of mostly herbaceous ornamental plants and field crops, such as Anemone, Anthurium, Begonia, Cyclamen, Euphorbia, Gerbera, Kalanchoe, Limonium, Rosa, certain aquatic plants, corn, cucumbers, peppers, pomegranate, tomatoes, and certain herbs.

Eduardo Sousa

Sousa's farm affords the geese an abundance of foods that grow on the property, from figs to acorns, and various naturally occurring herbs such as the seeds from the yellow bush lupine which gives his foie gras the characteristically yellow color of foie gras that is usually produced through the force-feeding process using corn.

Ethyl caffeate

It is also found in Huáng bǎi, one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, also known also as Cortex Phellodendri, the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: Phellodendron amurense or Phellodendron chinense.

Gallabat

The Scottish explorer James Bruce (who calls the town Hor-Cacamoot) spent two months in the town in 1772, disabled with dysentery which was cured only by the herbs of a local medicine-man and the attentions of his companion Yasin.

Gentius

Gentiana lutea, and by extension the Gentiana genus, was named after Gentius, as a tribute as it was thought that he had found out that the herbs had tonic properties.

Ham Hill, Wiltshire

The main species in the plant communities here are Upright brome (Bromus erectus), Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Quaking-grass (Briza media), and downland herbs such as Burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga), Salad-burnet (Sanguisorba minor), Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) and Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule).

History of beer

The popularity of hops was at first mixed—the Brewers Company of London went so far as to state "no hops, herbs, or other like thing be put into any ale or liquore wherof ale shall be made—but only liquor (water), malt, and yeast." However, by the 16th century, "ale" had come to refer to any strong beer, and all ales and beers were hopped, giving rise to the verse noted by the curious antiquary John Aubrey

Illa Conillera

The land is rocky and arid which supports very little vegetation apart from such shrubs and herbs as Rosemary, Thyme and Rue, which grow in abundance here.

Illa de s'Espartar

Other vegetation includes such shrubs and herbs as Rosemary, Thyme and Rue, which grow in abundance here.

International Herb Association

Many famous people in the world of herbs have been members, among them Adelma Simmons and Ron Zimmerman, now of The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington.

Joachim Camerarius the Younger

His son Ludwig Camerarius (1573–1651) brought out a posthumous edition of this work that added a fourth “century” of symbols and emblems drawn from aquatic animals and reptiles to the three previously published “centuries” taken from herbs and plants, four-legged animals, and birds and insects.

Kahl am Main

Many wild herbs, hogweed, wild carrot and malva grow in the meadows alongside the Main, where there is also a small campsite.

Kiang

When there is little grass available, such as during winter or in the more arid margins of their native habitat, they have been observed eating shrubs, herbs, and even Oxytropis roots, dug from the ground.

Kings in Darkness

Elric is able to collect various sorcerous herbs that grow only there, and they meet the young and beautiful Lady Zarozinia of Kaarlak, sole survivor of a massacre by the physically and mentally twisted Orgians.

Kitchen knife

Shears are essentially kitchen scissors, though they can be used for many of the same jobs as knives, such as chopping herbs.

Minhag Morocco

During Havdalah all sorts of fragrant herbs and spices are used in the Moroccan community, including fresh spearmint leaves, rose water, cloves and myrtle branches.

Mukkadal Dam

The mountain consists of soaring and lofty trees of Mesua ferrea, Bischofia javanica, Vitex Altissima to smaller trees of Dillini a species of festooning climber, shrubs, valuable herbs, variety of orchids, two types of canes and many indigenous palms and cycads.

New Guinea Highlands

The alpine habitat above 4,000 metres consists of compact rosette and cushion herbs, such as Ranunculus, Potentilla, Gentiana, and Epilobium, grasses (Poa and Deschampsia), bryophytes, and lichens.

Parterre

His inspiration in developing the 16th-century patterned compartimens—simple interlaces formed of herbs, either open and infilled with sand or closed and filled with flowers—was the painter Etienne du Pérac, who returned from Italy to the château of Anet, where he and Mollet were working.

Peermade

At a recent show spice growers from Peermade displayed samples of organically grown spices like cardamom, black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg, mace, cloves, turmeric, ginger, vanilla beans, vanilla powder and herbs like oregano, sage, thyme and rosemary.

Pittington Hill

Blue moor-grass, Sesleria albicans, a characteristic plant of such grassland, is present but not abundant in the primary grassland on the hill slopes, where herbs such as rock-rose, Helianthemum nummularium, are more common; blue moor-grass is more plentiful in the secondary grassland on the quarry floor and spoil heaps, where it is associated with species such as quaking grass, Briza media, salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor, and autumn gentian, Gentianella amarella.

Renee Shepherd

Renee Shepherd is a gardening entrepreneur and writer known for heirloom seed advocacy and garden-based cooking using home-grown herbs.

Robert Wight

He helped in the editing of Pharmacopoiea of India by Edward John Waring where he added observations on medicinal properties of herbs and some botanical information.

Salvia officinalis

Despite the common use of traditional and available herbs in French cuisine, sage never found favour there.

Shennong

Tea, which acts as an antidote against the poisonous effects of some seventy herbs, is also said to have been his discovery.

Sutshekhar Ras

Sutshekhar Rasa as per its preparation methods contains "purified" mineral compounds like Swarna Makshik (Chalcopyrite), Shankh (conch shell) and heavy metals like Swarna (Gold), Tamra (Copper), Parad (Mercury) and Gandhak (Sulfur) along with other herbs.

Todd General Store

Customers would trade chickens, roots and herbs and other items of value for merchandise or receive "W.G. Cook" tokens that were only redeemable at this store.

Tortelli

The tortelli from the Apuan area (or "tordelli" in the local dialect), typical of Lucca, Versilia and Garfagnana however, have a semi-circular form and contain a filling of meat and herbs (first of all, thyme, or "peporino").

Vaidyar

Names of many such Ezhava Vaidyans from social renaissance period and on wards are noted by the community and recorded in the books.Itti Achuden was reportedly an Ezhava,who helped Gowda saraswatha Brahmin Vaidyans from south canara to identify local names of herbs seen in the mountain regions of Malabar to prepare a Dutch treatise Hortus Malabaricus on plants of Malabar.Eventually he became a notable person as a Vaidyar.

Whitton Bridge Pasture

The subcommunity also has many broad-leaved herbs including Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and Betony (Stachys officinalis).

Zhang Jue

He had gone into the mountains to gather some medicinal herbs, when he came across an old man; the old man had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a fat-hen walking stick.

Zhang Yuansu

Zhang Jiegu integrated medicinal materials into the five element framework (Wuxing) with both the five shen herbs (spirit herbs) framework and qi meridians.


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