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Medicinal

Culpeper: Makes no comment about it.
Culpeper, Nicholas. (1650). A Physical Directory . London, Peter Cole.

Nomenclature

OTHER COMMON NAMES: BEE NETTLE;BLIND NETTLE;DAY NETTLE;DEAF NETTLE;DOG NETTLE;SNAKE FLOWER;WHITE ARCHANGEL

Lamii alba in the College’s Pharmacopoeia.
(1618). Pharmacopeia Londinensis (1618). The Royal College of Physicians, London

Other use

Modern herbalism appears to use it for almost everything and it is cooked as a vegetable or drunk as a tea.
Plants for a Future (2010) (http://www.pfaf.org/)

Lamium album L.

Family: LAMIACEAE
Genus: Lamium
Species: album L.
Common names: White Dead Nettle
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Lamii alba
Distribution summary: Eurasia
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Grassland, scrub, meadows, open woodland, roadsides
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Flowers' (HSE 1)
Reason for growing: Medicinal


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