Ranunculus ficaria

Ranunculus ficaria

plant images Click here for photos of Ranunculus ficaria.

Ranunculus ficaria L.
Engl.: fig-buttercup, lesser celandine, figwort, pilewort, small celandine, smallwort.
Deu.: Scharbockskraut.
Fran.: ficaire, renoncule ficaire.
Sven.: svalört, groddknoppslös svalört, korskål, stor svalört, vanlig svalört.
Suom.: mukulaleinikki.
Bot. syn.: Ficaria verna Hudson.

Scrophula, King's evil / 1996

Botanical name: 
Ranunculus ficaria
Scrophularia nodosa
Problems: 
Tuberculosis
Abscess

To: root.herb.com
Subject: Scrophula
From: Christopher Hedley
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 01:53:02 GMT

re The Kings Evil

this is generally taken to be TB of the lymph nodes, although traditional diagnosis was a lot less precise than modern and the term probably included any chronic discharging abcess, especially those on the neck.
Lymph node TB secondary to GI TB was quite commonly caught from infected milk.

Ficaria Hall. Maapähkänä. Korskål.

Botanical name: 
Ranunculus ficaria

Vanhoja tekstejä: Flora Fennica. Suomen Kasvio, 1866.