Garlic
Botanical Name:
Allium sativum L.
Edible Uses:
Widely used in savoury dishes [KP].
Usage:
1
Wounds
Madonna Lily
Botanical Name:
Lilium candidum L.
Usage:
2
[105] NGP: Chapter 1
, “[105] NGP: Chapter 1”, in New Green Pharmacy: The Story of Western Herbal Medicine, 1 vol., Vermilion, 1997.
Megalium
In Theophrastus' treatise on odours, from around 300 BCE, he mentions a sweet-smelling mixture known as Megalium that was capable of relieving the inflammation caused by any wound [102].
Megalium contained [102]:
Resin and oil of Balanos (Balanites aegyptiaca)
Cassia (probably Cinnamomum aromaticum)
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
