allheal

plural allheals · alternative all-heal · alternative all heal

1. Any of several several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
   1. Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.

      Synonyms: common self-heal, selfheal, heal-all, woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter's herb, brownwort

   2. Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
   3. Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.

      Along the river Neb, at Ballig, the common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is blooming thickly; tall, slender, pale pink, beautifully scented, moving in the wind. Also called ‘all-heal’, ‘cut-finger’ and ‘cat's love’.

      [1986, Richard Adams, A Nature Diary, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 82

      Synonyms: garden valerian, garden heliotrope, setwall