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HONEYSUCKLE
LONICERA PERIGLYMENUMThe oil made by infusion
of the leaves, is healing and warming, and good for the cramp and convulsions of the
nerves.
A climbing shrub, also known as the Woodbine or Perfoliate Honey- suckle, it produces
flowers of a pale red colour, made up of several long slender tubes, with broad lips, and
small red berries.
Where to find it: Grows in hedgerows and is cultivated in gardens.
Flowering time: All summer.
Astrology: A hot martial plant in the sign of Cancer.
Medicinal virtues: The leaves are the only parts used and are put into
gargarisms for sore throats. Some recoinmenda decoction for a cough and the phthisic and
to open obstructions of the liver and spleen.
Modern uses: The Honeysuckle is laxative, expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic and
emetic. It contains natural antibiotics and salicylic acid from which aspirin is produced.
The leaves are used as an infusion, one part to 100 parts of boiling water, as a laxative.
The flowers, used in the same proportions, are taken for coughs, catarrh and asthma, or
may be made into a syrup by adding honey until the mixture thickens. The dose is one
teaspoonful.Taken in large doses, the plant is emetic and toxic. |