Page 3: Herbs "C"

Key:
P used for a deadly plant. Used as a painkiller 
mp used for mild poison 
M used for a magical plant 
W used for a herb that was used as a remedy for wounds 
F used for a herb that was used as a remedy for fractures 
B used for a herb that was used as a remedy for burns 
A used for a herb that was an "all-heal"

CABBAGE

          Medicinal use: diarrhea, eye diseases, kidney problems, stomach ailment

CAPER 

          Medicinal use: parasites, paralysis

CARAWAY - M

          Medicinal use: scorpion stings, snake bites, fever, respiratory diseases,           digestive problems, stomach troubles

CENTAURY - W

          Medicinal use: wounds, sprains       

CHAMOMILE

          Medicinal use: fatigue, fever, snake bites. Women used it to ease the pains of labor

CHERRY TREE

          Medicinal use: cough, eye diseases, fever, stomach problems

CHERVIL

          Medicinal use: burns, bad dreams, stomach ailments

CHICKWEED

          Medicinal use: skin diseases

CHIVES

          Medicinal use: cough, respiratory diseases

CLOVES - M

          Medicinal use: plague

COLTSFOOT - W

          Medicinal use: Inhaling the smoke of the burning leaves was believed to      be an effective remedy for cough and other respiratory diseases. It was     also used to cure wounds.

COMMON COMFREY - B, F, W

          Medicinal use: burns, fractures, wounds, pain killer

COMMON RUE - A, W, M

          Medicinal use: all-heal 

CORIANDER - M

          Medicinal use: cramps, paralysation, sleeplessness, cough, plague

COWBANE - P , M        

          Medicinal use: Cowbane is a very poisonous plant and internal use will           quite often lead to a painful death. The symptoms are cramps, hallucinations and eventually paralysis of the respiratory organs. Despite  the dangers, this herb was used as a pain killer and also as a remedy for epilepsy and cramps.

COWSLIP

          Medicinal use: paralysation, strokes

CRESS

          Medicinal use: Remedy for cough, eye diseases, parasites, respiratory diseases, restlessness, scorpion stings

CUCUMBER

          Medicinal use: Remedy for fever, infections.

CYPRESS - W

          Medicinal use: Remedy for the poison of spiders, scorpion stings, snake           bites, wounds,