Nepeta Cataria

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Catnip

Drug slang Regional street slang for a joint (marijuana cigarette)
Herbal medicine A perennial that contains volatile oils—carvecrol, citronellol, geraniol, nepetalactones, nepetol, thymol—and tannins; it is antidiarrheal, antipyretic, carminative, diaphoretic, sedative, stomachic, and tonic. Catnip has been used as an enema for colicky infants, topically for cuts, and internally for colds, flu, viral infections in children, for ‘nervous stomach’, nervous headache, menstrual cramps
Toxicity It should not be used in pregnancy or in young children
Veterinary medicine It has a stimulant effect on cats

Nepeta cataria,

n See catnip.

Nepeta

a genus of plants in the family Labiatae.

Nepeta hederacea

causes pulmonary edema and enteritis in horses. Called also Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy.

Nepeta cataria

see catnip.

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Catnip Nepeta nepetalactone			Catnip is an herb from the Lamiaceae family group, and it is known as Nepeta cataria in scientific terms. The Health Risk of Giving Your Pet Catnip by James Madisonic / Pets and Animals community flowers, leaves, stalks Burdock ( Arctium lappa ) roots Catnip ( Nepeta cataria ) leaves, stalks Chicory ( Cichorium intybus ) leaves, roots Chives and especially chive blossoms Dandelion ( Taraxacum off. Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 5 by Susun Weed / Food/cooking/nutrition community CATMINT CATMINT (NEPETA X FAASENII) HEDGE Catmint (Nepeta x faasenii, Nepeta cataria and others) gets cats as high as kites and it's not unknown for moggies to eat entire plants. Purple reign; Add a touch of Mediterranean glamour to your garden ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			Neorickettsia Neosar Neoschongastia Neospora Neosporin neosporosis neostigmine neostigmine bromide neostigmine bromide/neostigmine methylsulfate neostigmine methylsulfate neostigmine test neostriatum Neostrongylus neoteny neothalamus Neothylline Neotoma Neotrend Neotrombicula autumnalis neotype Neotyphodium neoureterostomy neourethra neovascularization Nepeta Nepeta Cataria nepetalactone nephelometer nephelometry nephr(o)- nephr- nephralgia nephrectasia nephrectasis nephrectomy nephrelcosis nephric nephridium nephritic nephritic calculus nephritic factor nephritic gingivitis nephritic syndrome nephritis nephritogenic nephro- nephroangiosclerosis nephroblastoma nephroblastomatosis nephrocalcinosis nephrocapsectomy			NEPEF Nepeia, Osip Nepeia, Osip Grigorevich NEPEM Nepenthaceae Nepenthaceae nepenthe nepenthe nepenthe nepenthean nepenthean Nepenthes Nepenthes Nepenthes Neper Neper Neper Neper (mythology) Neper (mythology) Neper's circle Neper's circle Neper's pentagon Neper's pentagon nepers nepers nepers NEPES Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Nepeta Cataria Nepeta glechoma Nepeta hederacea Nepeta hederacea Nepeta hederacea Nepeta hederaceae Nepeta japonica Nepeta tenuifolia Nepetalactone nepetas nepetas nepetas NEPF NEPG NEPGA NEPGE NEPGM NEPGP NEPHAK Nephalem Nephalem Nephalism Nephalism Nephalist nephanalysis NEPHC nephcurve Nephele Nephele Nephelea nepheline

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