This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Plants We Used to Use 3. Figwort
Figworts have about 200 species world-wide. The scientific name of their genus Scrophularia gives a clue to a former use. Scrofula was a disfiguring TB infection of the lymph glands in the neck. Herbalists, in the days before antibiotics, used extracts of figwort as a treatment for the condition.
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