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elecampane (ĕl'əkămpān`), hardy Old World herb, Inula helenium, of the family Asteraceae (aster aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family), naturalized in America and sometimes cultivated in gardens. It has showy yellow-rayed flowers and a thick root which was formerly regarded as a tonic and remedy for coughs and diseases of the chest. It was used in horse medicine, whence its popular name horse-heal. It was formerly classed in the genus Helenium (sneezeweeds), whose name derives from several traditions: one that Helen carried the flower when Paris took her to Troy; another that it sprang from Helen's tears; and a third that it was named for Helenus, a son of Priam. Elecampane is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The most dependable perennial herbs are Echinacea, comfrey, elecampane, wormwood, and thyme, on the hardiest members of the aromatic mint family. These include plants such as elecampane (Inula helenium), white horehound (Marrubium vulgare), thyme (Thymus vulgaris), hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), mullein (Verbascum thapsus), grindelia (Grindelia camporum), and polygala (Polygala tenuifolia). If you can quit smoking then nothing better than that but you do not want to then it is advised that things like milk thistle extract, hawthorne berry, dandelion root, mullein leaf, ginger root, anise, elecampane, vitamin C, ginkgo biloba herbal extracts, astragalus root, cat''s claw concentrate and others be consumed so that you allow the organs and body systems to live and not kill them with the inhaling smoke. |
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