. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). HERBS 49. grayish-light-green leaves, all with a sweet, anise smell; tiny yellow flowers -in compound, flat umbels on long stems. Parkinson, in 16 40, writes: "Oil from seed sweetens breath, helps sleep, good for head and stomach consumption. Decoction with figs and licorice for coughs; boiled in wine, will help ob- structions of liver; oil taken in broth helps dizziness. Plant, either green or dry, beaten and laid on eyes, will draw out bits and likewise take away hu
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). HERBS 49. grayish-light-green leaves, all with a sweet, anise smell; tiny yellow flowers -in compound, flat umbels on long stems. Parkinson, in 16 40, writes: "Oil from seed sweetens breath, helps sleep, good for head and stomach consumption. Decoction with figs and licorice for coughs; boiled in wine, will help ob- structions of liver; oil taken in broth helps dizziness. Plant, either green or dry, beaten and laid on eyes, will draw out bits and likewise take away hurt from (bites of) venomous crea- tures. Having infused bruised seed in wine 24 hours, then pressed and distilled, the residue in bottom will be like honey and can be kept for future ; Curtin, in his Healing Herbs of the Rio Grande, says: "The cavaliers of 16th Century England believed that the seed, bound in a little bag or handkerchief and kept to the nose to smell, helps men from dreaming and starting in their sleep, and causes them to rest well. " The Mission Fathers would sprinkle the floors with water in which the leaves were crushed to make the floors smell sweet. Indians used seeds for digestive troubles and gathered the young shoots to use as a pot herb. Tea from the roots were used for colds and the leaves were chewed for a physic. H-36, COW PARSNIP, WHITE" Heracleum lanatum. 3-10' )l Grass Cult. Calif. high herb; stout and coarse, with large leaves (up to 12" across), divided into 3 parts, hairy underneath, .^ n sawtooth edged; white flow-LEAF / ) ers in umbrella-shaped, SHEATH compound umbels. Tender leaves and flow- er stalks are sweet, used by Indians for green food before flowers appear. The lower part of the plant was a salt substitute. Indians. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly
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