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It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, [a] foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Commercially cultivated in the United States Pacific Northwest [ 4 ] and the Netherlands , [ 5 ] the edible berries are also picked in the wild and used ...
Mitchella repens (commonly partridge berry or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family ( Rubiaceae ).
The name partridgeberry is commonly applied to a number of plant species including: Mitchella repens; Gaultheria procumbens; Vaccinium vitis-idaea (in Newfoundland and Labrador), better known as lingonberry
Apple cider, white, balsamic, rice -- there are so many kinds and hybrids. And yes, each type possesses its own slew of magical powers. Because it's so acidic, vinegar can be hailed as a miracle ...
(Arabic: baʻthrān; buʻaythrān; shīḥ) A tea is made by way of steeping the dried leaves of this desert shrub, and is thought to have medicinal properties. [22] The same use is had with Artemisia herba-alba (white wormwood), [23] [24] although its aerial parts and roots are prepared as a decoction, and known locally by the name shīḥ. [25]
Medicinal plants are widely used as folk medicine in non-industrialized societies, mainly because they are readily available and cheaper than modern medicines. The annual global export value of the thousands of types of plants with medicinal properties was estimated to be US$60 billion per year and growing at the rate of 6% per annum.
Three varieties of kōji mold are used for making shōchū, each with distinct characteristics. [16] [17] [18]Genichirō Kawachi (1883 -1948), who is said to be the father of modern shōchū and Tamaki Inui (1873 -1946), a lecturer at University of Tokyo succeeded in the first isolation and culturing of aspergillus species such as A. kawachii, A. awamori, and a variety of subtaxa of A. oryzae ...
The Okanagan-Colville, when hunting, use a branch tied in a knot and placed over the bear's tracks while hunting to stop the wounded bear. [3] The Thompson people use a decoction of wood and bark taken for nausea caused by smelling a corpse. [4] [5] Acer negundo (box elder), used as food, lumber, and medicine. Please see article for full ...