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EVENING
PRIMROSE
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(Oenothera biennis)
Top
Pick
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Other
Names
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Fever
Plant, Field Primrose, King’s Cureall, Night
Willow Herb, Scabish, Scurvish, Tree
Primrose.
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Description
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Evening
Primrose is a biennial plant native to Canada
and some areas of the United
States.
This hardy plant thrives in dry meadows,
mountains and
wastelands.
The yellow, lemon
scented flowers are 1 - 3” across, and bloom
from June through October, then producing an
oblong, fuzzy fruit..
The flowers open at
dusk.
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Classification
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Taste
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Balance
Yin/Yang
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Humor
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Uses/Applications
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Evening
Primrose is a soothing remedy for coughs
associated with colds.
It is also used for depression and as an
ointment for rashes and other skin
irritations.
The entire plant can be eaten,
stimulating the action of the
stomach.
Evening Primrose stops thrombosis and low
blood pressure, opens blood vessels and
relieves pain of angina, slows down and
prevents arthritis inflammation, and lowers
cholesterol.
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Combinations
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Constituents
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Unknown.
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Action
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Astringent,
Mucilaginous.
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Food
Values
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Essential Fatty Acids,
Minerals.
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Part
Used
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The
entire plant is used.
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Collection
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Collect
the leaves in the second year of growth, once
the flowers have
bloomed.
Peel the bark from the stems and dry
thoroughly.
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Preparation
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Capsule
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Take as
directed.
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Infusion
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Pour a
cup of boiling water onto 1 Tsp.
herb.
Infuse 10
minutes.
Take one cup per day a mouthful at a
time.
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Tincture
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Take 5
- 40 drops as needed.
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Growing
Directions
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Evening
Primrose is easy to grow from seed or root
divisions.
Once it has taken it is self
propagating.
It is tolerant of most soil types but
requires some shade.
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History
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The
generic name, Evening Primrose, is derived from
oinos, meaning wine, and thera, meaning hunt,
an old Greek name given by Theophrastus to the
plant.
For centuries its value as a food has
been recognized.
The French used it in salads and others
simply ate it fresh in the
spring.
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Additional
Information
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1.
It has proved useful in treating female
complaints.
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Cautions
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Unknown.
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Magick
Information
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No
magical value.
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