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Tansy; Tanacetum vulgare

Common Name(s): Bitter ButtonsCommon TansyCow Bitter Garden Tansy, Golden Buttons Tansy.
Previously known as: Chrysanthemum uliginosum, Chrysanthemum vulgare, Pyrethrum vulgare

Overview

The Tansy plant is a perennial herb with a variety of uses. With its easy maintenance and low sunlight and water requirements, it's perfect for any home garden. Its medicinal properties have been used for centuries, making it a valuable addition to your herbal remedies.

Medicinal Uses

Despite serious internal usage safety concerns, the parts of the tansy plant that grow above the ground are used to make medicine.

Tansy is used for digestive tract problems including stomach and intestinal ulcers, certain gallbladder conditions, migraines, nerve pain, joint pain, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. Using tansy might also cause toxic effects.

What are the practical uses of tansy?

In addition to medicinal applications, common tansy has been used as an insect repellent from the Middle Ages to modern times. Oil distilled from the plants is used to repel mosquitos, though even external use of the plant carries the risk of toxicity. The plant is harvested as it is coming into flower and is dried for later use.

Tansy has a rich history of medicinal use and can easily be grown in herb gardens. Its aromatic foliage repels unwanted insects, making it a useful companion plant in a vegetable garden. The flowers attract beneficial insects and can be used as cut flowers or dried for long-lasting insect repellent.

Teas

A bitter, somewhat lemon-flavoured tea is made from the leaves and flowering stems.

Tansy is also a dynamic accumulator, and can be used to enrich compost and to improve soil health.

More information available on the PLAF website here.

Supplied in a 1 liter pot

Categories : All Plants, Dynamic Accumulators, Medicinal Plants, Our Perennials, Plants Under 5 Euro

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