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tanace·tum bal·sami·ta

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamitanoun

    tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

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  1. Tanacetum balsamita

    Tanacetum balsamita is a perennial temperate herb known as costmary, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, or mint geranium.

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  1. tanacetum balsamita

    Tanacetum balsamita, commonly known as costmary, alecost, or balsam herb, is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to Central Asian and Eastern Europe but cultivated in various parts of the world as a medicinal and culinary herb. The plant's leaves have a strong, pleasant aroma and are often used in salads, teas, potpourri, or as a substitute for mint. It also has a history of use in herbal medicine for treating various ailments such as digestive disorders, menstrual pain, fever, and cold.

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  1. Tanacetum balsamita

    Tanacetum balsamita, or Balsamita vulgaris, is a perennial temperate herb known as costmary, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, or mint geranium. It has been grown for many centuries for its pleasant, slightly medicinal or balsamic smell. It was used in medieval times as a place marker in bibles. It is referred to by Culpeper and others as the 'balsam herb'. Leaves of the plant have been found to contain a range of essential oils. A Spanish study found the oil includes carvone as the main component, together with minor amounts of beta-thujone, t-dihydrocarvone, c-dihydrocarvone, dihydrocarveol isomer c-carveol and t-carveol. It is noteworthy that levels of beta-thujone, a toxic ketone, were 9.8%, 12.5% and 12.1% in the respective samples. The plant is known from ancient herbals and was widely grown in Elizabethan knot gardens. Nicholas Culpeper says of costmary: It is under the dominion of Jupiter. The ordinary costmary, as well as maudlin, provokes urine abundantly, and softens the hardness of the mother; it gently purgeth choler and phlegm, extenuating that which is gross, and cutting that which is tough and glutinous, cleanseth that which is foul, and prevents putrefaction ; it openeth obstructions and relieves their bad effects, and it is beneficial in all sorts of dry agues. It is astringent to the stomach, and strengtheneth the livers other viscera : and taken in whey, worketh more effectively. Taken fasting in the morning, it relieves chronic pains in the head, and to stay, dry up, and consume all their rheums or distillations from the head into the stomach, a much to digest raw humours gathered therein, It is profitable for those that are fallen into a continual evil disposition of the body, called cachexy, especially in beginning of the disease. It is good for weak and cold livers. The seed is given to children for worms, and so is the infusion of flowers in white wine, about two ounces at a time. It maketh an excellent salve to heal old ulcers, being boiled with oil of olive, and adder's tongue with it; and after is strained, put in a little wax, rosin, and turpentine to make it as thick as required.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tanacetum balsamita in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tanacetum balsamita in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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