Butcher's Broom is so named because the mature branches were bundled and used as brooms by butchers to clean their cutting blocks.

Contents

• Butcher's broom,Ruscus aculeatus: Botanical Info.
• Ruscus aculeatus Overview and Plant Description.
• Phytochemical and Constituents:Butcher's broom.
• History and Lore:Butcher's broom.
• Ruscus aculeatus Part Used Medicinally.
• Medicinal Action and Uses of Butcher's broom.
• Ruscus aculeatus and Circulatory System.
• Butcher's broom current conditions.
• Administrations and Suggestions:Ruscus aculeatus.
• Research Update:Butcher's Broom or Ruscus aculeatus.

Butcher's broom,Ruscus aculeatus: Botanical Info.:

Botanical: Ruscus aculeatus (Linn.)
 Scientific Names: Ruscus aculeatus L.Butcher's broom
 Family:Liliaceae
 Scientific Name: Butcher's broom

 Other Names: Box Holly, Jew's Myrtle,Butchers broom,Knee Holly, Kneeholm, Pettigree, Ruscus aculeatus, Sweet Broom,Broom, Butcher's,BUTCHER'S BROOM,Ruscus aculeatus,Its other names are Ruseus, Bruseus, Kneeholm, Knechulver and Pettigree. It is also known as Knee-holly because it has prickly leaves and grows to about the height of a man's knee. The first shoots to sprout from the roots resemble Asparagus, but then they spread and form many branches. The shrub produces a small whitish-green flower and a small, round, green berry which turns red when ripe.

 Synonyms:Spartium scoparium (Linn.). Genista scoparius (Lam.). Sarothamnus scoparius (Koch). Broom Tops. Irish Tops. Basam. Bisom. Bizzom. Browme. Brum. Breeam. Green Broom.Box Holly, Jew's Myrtle, Box Holly, Jew's Myrtle, Knee Holly, Kneeholm, Pettigree, Ruscus aculeatus, Sweet Broom.Kneeholy.
 Genus species: Ruscus aculeatus
 Type: Evergreen shrub
 

 Part Used: Aerial parts, rhizome.(Herb and root):The root or rhizome, collected in autumn. The root is thick, striking deep into the ground. When dry, it is brownish grey, 2 to 4 inches long and 1/3 inch in diameter, having somewhat crowded rings and rounded stem scars on the upper surface and many woody rootlets below. If a transverse section be made, a number of vascular bundles in the central portion are to be seen. The root has no odour, but its taste is sweetish at first and then slightly acrid. The whole herb is also collected, being dried in the same manner as Holly leaves.
 Forms: Standardized extract of Butcher's Broom root.
 Flowering time: Early spring. The berries are ripe in early autumn.
 Astrology: It is a plant of Mars, being of a gallant cleansing and opening quality.

 Habitat and Cultivation:Butcher's broom is found throughout much of Europe,especially Mediterranean region and southern Europe,western Asia, and North Africa. Butcher's broom is a protected species, growing wild in woodland,heathland and waste land,and on uncultivated ground,often under or near holly bushes. Cultivated plants are gathered in autumn, when in fruit.

Reference:

• 1.Butcher's Broom is so named because the mature branches were bundled and used as brooms by butchers to clean their cutting blocks.

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♣ last edit date:27th,Oct.2010.