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Photo credit: www.kusuyama.jp This is an aromatic plant that grows up to 60 cm high. Its flowers have different colors, it has red, white, purple, yellow and other colored heads. Its leaves are ovate in form. Most people use this plant for ornamental purposes. In boiling the whole plant including its roots is good for: headache  can relieve colds and inflamed respiratory tract can use also for boils, whooping cough and rheumatism. 

Photo credit: www.sunfloweroileu.com The sunflower is a very common plant and, I guess, it doesn’t need a description anymore. There are so many types of sunflower where it is not only cultivated for beautification, but for medicinal purposes as well. The crushed leaves and seeds made into a poultice is used for application over bruises, ulcers and wounds. Its flowers and the dried or fresh leaves prepared as tea is for pulmonary diseases, bronchitis, asthma, coughs, dysentery and whooping cough. A drink made from the sunflower seeds can relieve headaches and also a treatment for nervous conditions.