SOWBREAD  CYCLAMEN HEDERTFOLIUM The juice is good against cutaneous eruptions. This is a hardy Cyclamen, a perennial plant growing from a corm with reddish stems, dark-green leaves and pale purple or white flowers. Where to find it: An alpine plant, occasionally found in hedgerows, but grown in gardens and as a pot plant. Flowering time: Autumn. Astrology: This is a martial plant. Medicinal virtues: The root is very forcing, used to bring away the birth and the secundines. It also provokes the menses. The juice is commanded against vertigo. Modern uses: Cyclamen is used by homoeopathic physicians who make a tincture from the fresh corm. It is prescribed for uterine disease, rheumatism and migraine. The plant is not used by herbalists because it contains cyclamine, which is a drastic purgative. An ointment made from the corms and applied to the abdomen can cause vomiting; and applied over the bladder, it stimulates the flow of urine.