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Item Number: H253
VERVAIN (Verbena officinalis) P
Description
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Slender flower spikes with many tiny mauve flowers up the stem.Associated with magic and sorcery. Habitat: waysides and waste ground. Ht 1 mtr 75 plants
GROWS
In waste places or sparsely grassy places on dry soil
SOW OUTSIDE
in spring or late summer in well prepared soil. Lightly cover the seed.
GROW
in most garden soils
SITE
in full sun
MEDICNAL
The herb is used just before flowering. Was used as a nervine to treat depression. It was used as a fever herb to treat ulcers and pleuristy. As a poultice it is effective for headache and rheumatism. Applied externally to wounds. Used in homoepathy.
FOLKLORE
Vervain has a long association with witch-craft and as a holy herb. It was employed by the Romans in sacrifices and in the Middle Ages to ward off the Devil. The plant was said to have been found at Calvary and to have been used to treat Christ on the cross. In the eighteenth century it was used to treat over thirty ailments, hence the name Simples Joy.
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