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Elecampane Inula
Inula helenium
43.7789, 11.2614
Field Notes
Description:
Elecampane, Inula helenium, also called horse-heal , is a perennial composite plant common in many parts of Great Britain, and ranges throughout central and Southern Europe, and in Asia as far eastwards as the Himalayas.
Habitat:
Orto Botanico di Firenze (Botanical Garden of Florence), Italy.
Notes:
The root was employed by the ancients, mentioned in Pliny, Natural History 19.29 both as a medicine and as a condiment, and in England it was formerly in great repute as an aromatic tonic and stimulant of the secretory organs. It is mentioned in an 1817 New-England almanack as a cure for hydrophobia when the root is bruised and used with a strong decoction of milk. It is used in herbal medicine as an expectorant and for water retention.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2016
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