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teasel

Chinese medicine
A perennial plant, the root of which is analgesic, haemostatic and tonic; it is used for breast tumours, fractures, low back pain, menstrual disorders, postpartum bleeding, sports injuries, increased urinary frequency, and Raynaud phenomenon.

Herbal medicine
Teasel was once used in Western herbal medicine as an anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, diuretic and digestive tonic; it is rarely used by modern herbologists.

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These common names begin to hint at why the teasel was once so widely cultivated in the south Midlands, especially along the Severn Valley, and why it still hangs around in little pockets even today.

Humble teasel was crucial to cloth trade; The rarely-seen tall spiky teasel plant was once grown in abundance in the Midlands. Chris Upton looks at how they were used in the wool and cloth trades in the region

Therefore, we hypothesized that aminopyralid would be more effective at killing teasel rosettes than glyphosate.

The effects of the herbicides aminopyralid and glyphosate on growth and survival of Dipsacus laciniatus (Dipsacaceae) rosettes with different taproot diameters

TEASELS were once cultivated for teasing fabrics, mainly wool, but nowadays these impressive seed heads - loved by butterflies, bees and birds such as goldfinches - are planted in wild areas of the garden.

SHONE TO SEED; Add winter spark with grasses & seed heads that glitter with frost

Wild teasel came to North America from Europe early in our colonial history.

Central New York's rings of teasel

These contain the teasel seeds and goldfinches in particular go mad for them.

Homes & Gardening; Plant carefully to give your plot real animal attraction

Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) is an herbaceous mono-carpic perennial found in old fields and disturbed areas in northeastern North America, where it was introduced from Europe in the late 19th century (Werner 1975a).

DEMOGRAPHY AND DISPERSAL: CALCULATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF INVASION SPEED FOR STRUCTURED POPULATIONS

Clarins' Multi-Active Treatment Essence Vitality (pink) has teasel extract to boost skin vitality, and acerola seed extract to enhance skin radiance.

Forget toners, they're now 'treatment essences'

But the women were rewarded with the sight of two bright orange sulfur butterflies and a cluster of Western tiger swallowtail supping on teasel flowers.

Beauty on the wing

I'M SUCH A TEASEL NEW CLARINS MULTI ACTIVE DAY PS42 There isn't a Clarins fan on the planet who hasn't heard about Multi-Active Day Cream.

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Boys Acer, Ash and Hickory and females Teasel and Holly have gone to a new home at The Wild Place Project, Bristol Zoo's sister attraction.

Reindeer paddock gets revamp before winter

H Hammerton, raising of roof height of house |and building of side dormer, 5 Teasel Close, Hightown, Dewsbury.

PLANNING

Last year, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) launched a guide as part of its Perfect for Pollinators initiative, listing more than 200 wildflowers, such as corncockle, teasel and wild parsnip, that provide plentiful pollen and nectar for pollinating insects.