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Butterbur

Petasites hybridus

Bed: "Miscellaneous"

Toxicity:

Longevity: unknown

History

Mentioned in the medical books of antiquity as a medicine for healing wounds. The plant was probably introduced into Denmark by monks during the great plague epidemics of the 1300's. The root was used as a sudorfic in the case of plague, therefore its nickname pestilence herb.