Tansy
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Save your Tansy flowers when fully and freshly opened, for a
pretty dried flower arrangement. Use extra leaves and dried flowers in Pomanders
for the wardrobe. A traditional insect repellant, Tansy may be dried and poked
into a clove-studded orange, then hung in the closet, or sewn into sachets with
other insect-repelling herbs, like cedar shavings.
L.
compositae
Contra-Indications
Large doses are an irritant.
Do not use during pregnancy. Risk of miscarriage.
Tansy Properties
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Names
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History
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Constituents
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Uses
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Chrysanthemum
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An old name for Tansy is
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Essential oil
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Use the fresh or dried
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vulgare (L) Bernh.
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arthemisia domestica,
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comprising
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flowering stems.
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arthemisia
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since it was rubbed into
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thujone (to 70%)
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insecticide
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domestica
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meat to repel flies in the
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and borneol;
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emmenagogue.
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Middle Ages.
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vitamin C
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Antihelmintic
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Traditional use is as
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tannins
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Treatment (small doses)
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an insecticide.
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resin
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for roundworms.
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A former use for extracted oil of
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citric acid
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Digestive aid.
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Tansy was an external rub for
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butyric acid
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repellantsachets
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rheumatic pain.
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oxalic acid
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scented articles.
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lipids
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in infusion as a gargle in gingivitis.
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