(with traditional medicinal properties)


Angelica - Angelica archangelica - Nervous headache
Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa - Lifts depression
Borage - Borago officinalis - Calming
Catnip - Nepeta cataria - Dreams (hallucinogenic)
Evening primrose - Oenothera biennis - Calming, lifts depression
Fennel - Foeniculum vulgaris
Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium - Headache
French tarragon - Artemesia dracunculus - Induces sleep
Greater mullein - Verbascum thapsus - Analgesic and sedative
Heartsease - Viola tricolor - Lifts the spirits 'Mends a broken heart'
Henbane - Hyocyamus niger - Induces drowsiness, analgesic, sedative
Hyssop - Hyssopus officinalis - Tonic for the nervous system
Indian basil - Ocimum basilicum 'Horapha nanum' - Stress relief
Jacob's ladder - Polemonium caeruleum - Headache, calming
Lavender - Lavendula dentata - Calming, induces sleep
Lemon balm - Melissa officinalis - Lifts depression, calming
Lemon verbena - Aloysia triphylla - Lifts the spirits
Wild marjoram - Oreganum vulgare - Lifts the spirits, calms the nerves
Sweet marjoram - Oreganum majorana - Lifts the spirits
Melilot - Melilotus alba - Induces sleep
Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris - Mild anaesthesia, induces sleep
Opium poppy - Papaver somniferum - Induces sleep and dreams (hallucinogenic)
Rue - Ruta graveolens - Calming
Sweet cicely - Myrrhis odorata - Lifts the spirits
Vervain - Verbena officinalis - Induces sleep
Viper's bugloss - Echium vulgare - Headache

Grasses
Wild oats - Avena fatua - Calming


Angelica - Angelica sylvestris
Aquilegia - Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia - Aquilegia 'Songbird'
Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara - Calming
Black horehound - Ballota nigra - Calming
Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scriptus
Cow parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris
Foxgloves - Digitalis purpurea 'alba' - Heart disease
Gladwin iris - Iris foetidissima - Calming
Greater stitchwort - Stellaria holostea
Ground ivy - Glechoma hederacea - Headache
Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum - Calming
Honesty - Lunaria annua 'alba'
Ivy - Hedera helix - Headache
Lily of the valley - Convallaria majalis - Lifts the spirits
Mugwort - Artemesia vulgaris - Mild anaesthesia, induces sleep
Periwinkle - Vinca major - Calming
Periwinkle - Vinca minor 'alba' - Calming
Primrose - Primula vulgaris - Induces sleep
Solomon's seal - Polygonatum multiflorum
Sweet violet - Viola odorata 'alba' - Analgesic
Sweet woodruff - Galium odoratum - Induces sleep
Vervain - Verbena officinalis - Nervous exhaustion, headache
Wake Robin - Trillium grandiflorum
White campion - Silene 'alba'
White dead nettle - Lamium album - Lifts depression
Wild garlic - Allium ursinum - Calming
Wood anemone - Anemone nemorosa - Headache
Wood sage - Teucrium scorodonia
Wood spurge - Euphorbia amygdaloides

Ferns
Bracken - Pteridium aquilinum - Dreams
Lady fern - Dryopteris filix-femina
Male fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

Grasses
Snowy woodrush - Luzula nivea
Tufted hair grass - Deschampsia cespitosa
Pendulous sedge - Carex pendula
Wood false brome - Brachypodium sylvaticum
Wood millet - Milium effusum
Wood rush - Luzula sylvatica
Wood small reed - Calamagrostis epigeios


Alder - Alnus glutinosa - General tonic
Ash - Fraxinus excelsior - Dreams
Dog rose - Rosa canina - Rose oil used as base in many preparations
Dogwood - Cornus sanguinea
Elderberry - Sambucus nigra - Headache
Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna - Reduces blood pressure
Hazel - Corylus avalana
Lime - Tilia cordata - Induces sleep, calming, headache
Guelder rose - Viburnum opulus - Muscle relaxant
Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum - Analgesic
Mistletoe - Viscum album - Reduces blood pressure
Oak - Quercus robur
Privet - Ligustrum vulgare - Headache
Pussy willow - Salix caprea - Analgesic


Angelica - Angelica archangelica - Headache, relaxing
Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa - Lifts depression
Black peppermint - Mentha piperita - Headache, calming
Bugle - Ajuga reptans - Mildly narcotic
Butterburr - Petasites hybridus - Headache, calming
Deadly nightshade - Atropa bella-donna - Sedative, narcotic
Gipsywort - Lycopus europaeus - Sedative, calming
Iris - Iris laevigata 'Snowdrift'
Meadowsweet - Filipenula ulmaria - Pain relief
Monkshood - Aconitum napellus 'Ivorine' - Induces sleep
Valerian - Valeriana officinalis - Induces sleep
Water avens - Geum rivale
Water mint - Mentha aquatica - Lifts depression
Water soldiers - Stratiotes aloides - Calming

Grasses
Greater pond sedge - Carex riparia
Hop sedge - Carex pseudocyperus
Pendulous sedge - Carex pendula
Reed sweet-grass - Glyceria maxima
Soft rush - Juncus effusus


Chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile - Headache, calming, induces sleep
Cowslip - Primula veris - Sedative
Daisy - Bellis perennis
Heartsease - Viola tricolor
Lady's slipper - Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens - Relieves stress and tension
Marjoram - Origanum vulgare - Headache
Pasque flower - Pulsatilla vulgaris - Calming and stress relief
Red clover - Trifolium pretense - Sedative
Salad burnet - Sanguisorba minor - Lifts depression
Self-heal - Prunella vulgaris - General tonic
Skullcap - Scutellaria galericulata - Sedative
St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum - Sedative, analgesic
White clover - Trifolium repens - Sedative
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium - Lowers blood pressure


Chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague' - Headache, calming, induces sleep
Daisy - Bellis perennis
Pennyroyal - Mentha pulegium - Calming
Fescue (fine grass) - Festuca rubra


Fern - Dryopteris filix-femina
Hops - Humulus lupulus - Induces sleep
Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum - Pain relief
Ivy - Hedera helix - Headache
Jasmine - Jasminium grandiflorum
Passionflower - Passiflora caerulea - Sedative