Category: T
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
Tobacco of commerce. Has been used to relax spasms, relieve local pain and constipation. A good insect-repelling spray is made by steeping leaves in water for 24 hours, then adding a little soap as a wettening agent.
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Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Pretty yellow and orange flowers are like miniature snapdragons. Juice or tea is recommended for sore eyes, skin irritations, and hemorrhoids.
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Blessed Thistle (Cnicus benidictus)
Main medicinal value is as a tonic, particularly for the digestive system. Said to improve blood purification and circulation, thereby helping to strengthen the brain and memory.
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Turpentine
A strong-smelling substance that comes from the resin of pine trees, used primarily as a solvent. Available at hardware stores. Oleoresin obtained from various species of pine trees. It is a mixture of terpenes and other hydrocarbons obtained from pine trees. It was once used in liniments and counterirritants.
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Tree paint
A mixture of chopped horsetail, water, and clay applied to the bark of trees to protect them.
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Thalassotherapy
Therapeutic bathing in seawater. Treatment of disease by living at the seaside, bathing in the sea, taking sea voyages, or consuming or being wrapped in seaweed. Treatment involving sea bathing, sea trips, sea air, and beach vacations.
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Tree Ear
An Asian black mushroom. Tree Ear also known as Reishi.
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Tea Leaves
The leaves from a shrub in the tea family, native to Asia.
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Tansy
A strong, scented bitter tasting herb known for its yellow flowers and leaves. Tansy also known as Common Tansy, Hindheel, Arbor Vitae, and Yellow Cedar. Pretty yellow button flowers were once used by North American Indians to induce abortion. Now used in various cosmetic preparations. Repels ants from counters or around baseboards. Tansy was formerly…
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Transporter
A membrane protein that catalyses the transport of a molecule from one side of a biomembrane to the other side.