Coltsfoot

However, orchard grass (called coltsfoot in English farming books) will grow down 4 or more feet while leaving a massive amount of decaying organic matter in the subsoil after the sod is tilled in. ❋ Steve Solomon (N/A)

The bright yellow coltsfoot bloom that looks like a dandelion is underway, and is all the more striking as it flowers before its leaves appear, which may be how it got its other name "son-before-father." ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the white noon among the rubble, let the snake warm itself on leaves of coltsfoot and in the silence let him coil in lustrous circles around useless gold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anonymous posted at 7:45 PM coltsfoot hugs from PA connie ❋ E (2009)

Have you seen the frolicking coltsfoot flowers -- yellow as a baby's bib -- dotting the gray woods? ❋ Sparrow (2007)

To this I must add some broken clay pipes, with which we made believe to imitate our elders, smoking a foul mixture of coltsfoot leaves and brown paper. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There was a silence between the two men, and the doctor sat down at the table to relight his unco-operative pipe, with its repellent mixture of coltsfoot, rose petals, and other herbs that failed even to approximate to tobacco. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

TREATMENT: Coughs can be treated with thyme tea and syrup, or with teas and/or syrups of coltsfoot,* mullein, loquat leaves, elecampane root and flowers, and wild cherry bark. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Linden, lobelia, coltsfoot, red clover, licorice, horehound, and wild cherry bark help to quiet a spasmodic cough but do not use these herbs to treat a productive cough that helps to clear the system. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Topically, one can apply a number of remedies: barley flour mixed with honey and ghee, a combination of sandalwood oil and lemon juice, aloe vera juice, crushed cabbage leaves, fresh crushed and pulped comfrey or coltsfoot leaves, goldenseal tea. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

*There is some controversial research associating liver-damaging pyrolizidine alkaloids in comfrey and coltsfoot. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

With mullein and coltsfoot in hand, I flew faster than a bird or any known entity. ❋ D.V.M. Donna Kelleher (2003)

“Take me, Take me,” slippery coltsfoot whispered, low to the ground. ❋ D.V.M. Donna Kelleher (2003)

Infusions of coltsfoot, chervil, borage, chamomile, plantain, and elder flowers are also good for the eyes. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Because of this it may be a good idea to avoid using herbs such as conifrey, borage, senecio, coltsfoot, boneset, and petasites during pregnancy and for infants and young children. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

I pushed forward the list of herbals linden blossom, wormwood, coltsfoot that a doctor in Milan had prescribed, the tea of aloe, gentian root and jalappa. ❋ Sandra Gulland (2000)

Other common plants besides comfrey also contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including coltsfoot, liferoot, and borage. ❋ Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier (2000)