List of Herbs
(please add to this list in alphabetical order using Latin or common names)
Common culinary herbs
Medicinal herbs
- Achillea millefolium Yarrow
- Crataegus[?] spp., Hawthorn
- Echinacea purpurea, Purple coneflower, and other species of Echinacea
- Symphytum officinale Comfrey
- Hypericum perforatum, St. John's Wort
- Marrubium vulgare, Horehound
- Matricaria recutita (Chamomilla recutita), Chamomile
- Nepeta cataria, Catnip
- Passiflora spp., Passion-flower
- Tanacetum parthenium (Chrysanthemum parthenium), Feverfew[?]
- Taraxacum officinale, Dandelion
- Valeriana officinalis, Valerian
- Digitalis purpurea, foxglove[?] (TOXIC!)
- Wormwood
External links for medicinal herbs
Toxic herbs
These "culinary" plants contain livertoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids:
See the comfrey controversy, external links:
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/PAs/PAs
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/faqs/medi-2-15-comfrey
This "culinary" plant is toxic unless picked at the correct time and prepared correctly:
Common herb mixtures
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