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It was also explained to the volunteers that in some species such as coltsfoot, flowers may close at night or in cloudy weather.
If you like spring flowers then there are primroses, coltsfoot, dogs mercury, wood sorrel and many other species.
Other antitussives in these parts include coltsfoot, mullein, sundew, and plantain.
In fact, a replica of the coltsfoot flower used to be placed above the doorway of Pharmacies in Paris, as an emblem of effective medicine.
Besides picking the more familiar lemon balm, coltsfoot and mullein, I found myself picking honeysuckle flowers for their antibacterial and antiviral properties.
But there was some coltsfoot pushing through the rubble, and I saw it as a symbol of the potential here.
Even on a late February afternoon, spring flowers were already well in evidence, especially butterbur, coltsfoot, dog's mercury, barren strawberry and even the odd primrose.
Dandelion, plantain, coltsfoot, stinging nettle, greater celandine and dozens of other plants were used medicinally.
Try elder flowers and a cough syrup of elder berries, or try an equal parts blend of mullein flower, coltsfoot, comfrey leaf and horehound.
As is generally known nettle activates the horse's metabolism, Icelandic Moss and coltsfoot contain valuable fibrils which can protect the respiratory tracts.
The yellow coltsfoot was a little later in appearing than usual, but it is now plentiful enough: many open daily on the cinder-strewn railway bank at Cornbrook, though they droop their heads when it is gloomy.
During a hike into the Richardson Mountains, Ruth Blake Welsh shows John Goose the plant coltsfoot used traditionally for treating asthma and other breathing related problems.
Other legal, non-prescription remedies that can sicken or kill are aconite, chaparral, colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, germanium, greater celandine, kava and lobelia.
Coltsfoot combines an expectorant action with a soothing, healing quality thought to be due to its high mucilage content.
Coltsfoot leaves and flowers proved disappointing, as did hawthorn haws and partridgeberries.
Friends planted the native Sweet Coltsfoot in front of P. japonicus at the bottom of their moist ravine, and the combination makes quite a statement.
Examples from Classical Literature
The leaves of coltsfoot and of other plants have often been used as a substitute for tobacco in modern days.
Upon these banks the first coltsfoot flowers in March, the first convolvulus in summer, and almost the last hawkweed in autumn.
The caterpillar feeds on the flower stalks of the coltsfoot during March and April.
One of the most interesting of the early spring flowers is the coltsfoot.
Hannibal disappeared under the leaves of the coltsfoot on the ground.
At first sight, the coltsfoot might be mistaken for a small dandelion.
Some of the worst weeds to get out are Goutweed and coltsfoot.
At Eccleston Mere, coltsfoot, red dead nettle and yellow charlock are flowering away, and Jim found good patches of flowering lesser celandine in Rufford.
Coltsfoot rock was what I munched And even a mint cracknel crunch But one of my favourites too Were lots and lots of black jack chews.
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