PLANTAE

MEDICATAE
LECTIO PRIMA
Rosa canina
dog-rose

Familia: Rosaceae (plantae rosaceae)

Genus: Rosa
Species: R. canina

USES:
The fruit is noted for its high vitamin C level and is used to make
syrup, tea and marmalade

In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to

make a sweet wine, as well as tea.
Rosa canina
Rosaecaninae fructus/
Rosae fructus

Rosae flos
Tilia cordata
small-leaved lime Family: Tiliaceae
littleleaf linden Genus: Tilia
small-leaved linden Species: T. cordata

USES:
ornamental trea and flowers are a traditional herbal remedy
made into an herbal tea called Tilleul (linden flower tea)
Tilia cordata
TRANSLATE:
Lime flower
Tiliae (cordatae) flos

Lime leaf
Tiliae (cordatae) folium
Urtica dioica
common nettle
stinging nettle

the herb has been used in the traditional

medicine internally (as tea or fresh leaves) to
treat disorders of the kidneys and urinary tract.
Urtica dioica
nettle leaf

Urtidae (dioicae) folium

nettle plant

Urticae (dioicae) herba

Agrimonia eupatoria
common agrimony Familia: Rosaceae
church steeples Genus: Agrimonia
Species: A. eupatoria
sticklewort

USES:
Agrimony is used for sore throat, upset stomach,
mild diarrhoea, bleeding ; and as a gargle
Agrimonia eupatoria
(dried) agrimony plant

Agrimoniae (eupatoriae) herba

Atropa belladonna
deadly nightshade

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Atropa
Species: A. belladonna

USES: POISONOUS
used as recreational drugs because of the vivid hallucinations and
delirium they produce
Atropa belladonna
Nightshade leaves and roots can be bought with a medical
prescription in pharmacies throughout Germany.

Nightshade leaves
Belladonnae folium (treat gastrointestinal diseases associated with
convulsive pain)

Nightshade roots (it is a powerful antispasmodic)

Belladonnae radix