Myrtle: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Myrtle in English is the name of a plant defined with Vinca minor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pervinca minor (L.) Garsault.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1989)
· Linzer Biologische Beiträge (1997)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica (1978)
· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1974)
· Taxon (1978)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Myrtle, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Myrtle box-leaf, Myrtle flag, Myrtle grass, Myrtle lime, Myrtle sedge, Myrtle spurge, Myrtle-of-the-river.
Ends with: Boxleaf myrtle, Common crepe myrtle, Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle, Downy myrtle, Downy rosemyrtle, Queen crape myrtle, Rose myrtle, Running myrtle, South sea myrtle, Southern wax-myrtle, Sweet myrtle, Wax myrtle.
Full-text (+202): Running myrtle, Myrtle sedge, Crape myrtle, Myrtle grass, Downy myrtle, Rose myrtle, Common crepe myrtle, Wax myrtle, Southern wax-myrtle, Myrtle flag, Sweet myrtle, Crepe myrtle, Myrtle spurge, South sea myrtle, Queen crape myrtle, Myrtle-of-the-river, Myrtle lime, Boxleaf myrtle, Queen's crepe myrtle, Putattanri.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Myrtle; (plurals include: Myrtles). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (g): Decoctions/Astringent Medicines (Kasāva/Kaṣāya) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
Dermatology (a): Itching Lesions < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Chapter XXVII - The Nature Of Plants
Chapter XXIV - The Chieftainship Of People And Animals
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 4 - Six Hundred Purgative Preparations (virecana-ashraya) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 25 - The therapeutics of Wounds (vrana-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 4 - Complications of Unctuous Enema (sneha-vyapad-siddhi) < [Siddhisthana (Siddhi Sthana) — Section on Successful Treatment]
The Myrtle < [April – June, 1980]
The Vision of the Kannada Dramatist < [March 1940]
Mr. Bendre and His Poetry < [March-April 1935]
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
Part II < [Chapter VIII - Specimens Of Babylonian And Assyrian Literature]
Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (by Lewis Spence)