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Michal Yakir Wondrous Order Reading excerpt Wondrous Order of Michal Yakir Publisher: Narayana Verlag http://www.narayana-verlag.com/b13827 In the Narayana webshop you can find all english books on homeopathy, alternative medicine and a healthy life. Copyright: Narayana Verlag GmbH, Blumenplatz 2, D-79400 Kandern, Germany Tel. +49 7626 9749 700 Email [email protected] http://www.narayana-verlag.com Narayana Verlag is a publishing company for books on homeopathy, alternative medicine and a healthy life. We publish books of top-class and innovative authors like Rosina Sonnenschmidt, Rajan Sankaran, George Vithoulkas, Douglas M. Borland, Jan Scholten, Frans Kusse, Massimo Mangialavori, Kate Birch, Vaikunthanath Das Kaviraj, Sandra Perko, Ulrich Welte, Patricia Le Roux, Samuel Hahnemann, Mohinder Singh Jus, Dinesh Chauhan. Narayana Verlag organises Homeopathy Seminars. Worldwide known speakers like Rosina Sonnenschmidt, Massimo Mangialavori, Jan Scholten, Rajan Sankaran & Louis Klein inspire up to 300 participants. CONTENTS Words of Thanks ............................ ii Foreword by Dr Mahesh Gandhi .............. vii PART A · INTRODUCTIONS AND GATEWAYS Sources, structure and usage of the Table ...... 1 Introduction · The structure of the Table of Plants and how to use it ...................... 7 Foreword · Why, How and What .............. 3 PART B · A GATEWAY TO BASIC BOTANY AND SYSTEMATICS The Table Botanic ............................ 11 Taxonomy, the Table and basic botanic division ..................................... 17 Introduction to Botany ....................... 13 PART C · THE TABLE OF PLANTS – OVERVIEW AND THEORY The Table Psychology and Developmental Column Three · The Hero · Immersion vs aspects ...................................... 25 separation · Struggle for independence ........ 50 Definitions of psychological terms used in Column Four · Maturity and nurturing · the book .................................... 27 Separation from mother and family ........... 58 Developmental aspects of the Table of Plants – Column Five · Split · The Other ............... 66 an overview .................................. 29 Column Six · Me vs the world · Struggle for one’s Column One · Pre-separation · Primal, place in the world ............................ 77 boundless, indiscriminate, pre-Ego ............ 35 Column Seven · The Sabbath · Reflections on Column Two · Here or there · Seeking one’s the essence of the Table of Plants . 93 strength, small or big, in-between. Boundaries .. 42 The Rows · Development and maturation within the columns ................................. 95 PART D · MATERIA MEDICA DICOTYLEDONS · 109 Column One · Magnoliidae · Column Two · Hamamelidae · (Pre-separation) · Themes ............... 111 (Here or there) · Themes ................ 177 Magnoliales ................................... 114 Urticales ..................................... 181 Nymphaeales ................................. 120 Hamamelidales ............................... 195 Illiciales ...................................... 127 Juglandales . 197 Piperales ..................................... 129 Myricales .................................... 201 Laurales ..................................... 135 Fagales ...................................... 203 Aristolochiales ................................. 139 Non-plant remedies ............................ 210 Ranunculales ................................. 143 Papaverales ................................... 167 v Column Three · Caryophyllidae · (The Hero · Fabales (Leguminales) .......................... 370 The struggle for individuality) · Themes ... 213 Malpighiales .................................. 392 Caryophyllales ................................ 214 Euphorbiales .................................. 404 Plumbaginales ................................ 241 Sapindales .................................... 415 Polygonales ................................... 242 Cornales ..................................... 445 Rhamnales ................................... 446 Column Four · Dilleniidae · (Maturity and Santalales (parasitic plants) .................... 450 nurturing) · Themes ..................... 247 Celastrales .................................... 463 Theales ...................................... 250 Apiales (Umbelliferales) ......................... 467 Dilleniales .................................... 255 Ebenales ..................................... 257 Column Six · Asteridae · Sarraceniales ................................. 260 (Me vs the Group) · Themes ............. 489 Malvales ..................................... 266 Polemoniales (Solanales) ........................ 495 Primulales .................................... 280 Gentianales ................................... 520 Cucurbitales .................................. 286 Scrophulariales ................................ 539 Ericales ...................................... 293 Rubiales ..................................... 565 Salicales ..................................... 303 Plantaginales ................................. 576 Capparales ................................... 308 Labiales (Lamiales) ............................ 577 Dipsacales .................................... 604 Column Five · Rosidae · (Encounter with Campanulales ................................. 612 the Other) · Themes..................... 325 Asterales (Compositales) ........................ 615 Rosales ...................................... 329 Myrtales ..................................... 355 MONOCOTYLEDONS · 661 Monocots vs Dicots .................... 663 Column Four · Commelinidae · (Support, stability, family relationships) · Themes ... 695 Column One · Alismatidae · (Beginning) · Poales ....................................... 696 Themes ................................ 667 Commelinales ................................. 722 Alismatales ................................... 668 Juncales ...................................... 725 Potamogetonales ............................... 670 Cyperales ..................................... 726 Column Two · Arecidae · (Here or there) · Zingiberales .................................. 727 Themes ................................ 671 Bromeliales ................................... 733 Arecales (the palms) .......................... 674 Orchidales .................................... 735 Arales ....................................... 680 Column Five-Six · Liliidae · (Me and the Typhales ..................................... 693 Others) · Themes ....................... 755 Liliales ....................................... 756 Dioscoreales .................................. 801 PART E · APPENDIX Bibliography and References . 807 Concise Lists of Plant Remedies . 839 Contributing Practitioners .................... 811 About the Author ............................ 842 Repertory of Themes from the Table of Plants... 813 The Table Schema · General Overview ...inner cover Photo Credits ................................ 819 Index of Remedies ........................... 821 Other indexes ................................ 826 Family Names .............................. 826 Latin Names ............................... 828 Common Names ............................ 833 vi Index of Remedies A Amygdalus amara 333 Asimina triloba 115 Abelmoschus moschatus 268 Amygdalus dulcis 334 Asparagus officinalis 770 Abroma augusta 269 Anacardium orientalis 418 Aspidosperma – see Quebracho Abrotanum 621 Anagallis arvensis 281 Astragalus exscapus 375 Absinthium 622 Ananas comosus 733 Athamantha (Athamanta) Acacia seyal 373 Anantherum (Anatherum) oreselinum 476 Acalypha indica 406 muricatum 700 Atista indica 428 Achyranthes aspera 238 Andersonia rohituka 438 Atriplex hortensis 231 Achyranthes calea 237 Andrographis paniculata 556 Atropinum purum 497 Aconitum napellus 145 Androsace lactea 282 Avena sativa 704 Acorus calamus – see Calamus Anemopsis californica 130 Azadirachta indica (Melia aromaticus Angelica archangelica 473 azadirachta) 438 Actaea spicata 147 Angelica sinensis 474 Adansonia digitata 269 Angophora lanceolata 357 B Adlumia fungosa 168 Angostura vera 427 Balsamum peruvianum 375 Adonis vernalis 147 Anhalonium lewinii 220 Bambusa 706 Adoxa moschatellina 606 Anisum stellatum 127 Banisteriopsis caapi 394 Aegle folia 426 Anthemis nobilis 624 Baptisia tinctoria 376 Aegle marmelos 427 Anthoxanthum odoratum 702 Barosma crenulata 429 Aegopodium podagraria 470 Apium graveolens 474 Belladonna 498 Aesculus hippocastanum 436 Apocynum cannabinum 523 Bellis perennis 627 Aethusa cynapium 471 Apomorphine hydrochloride 169 Berberis vulgaris 160 Agave americana 762 Apomorphinum (Apomorphine Beta vulgaris 231 Agave tequilana 762 hydrochloride) 169 Betula alba 205 Agnus castus 597 Aragallus lamberti(i) 375 Bixa orellana 271 Agraphis nutans 763 Aralia racemosa 475 Blumea odorata 628 Agrimonia eupatoria Arbutus menziesii 295 Boerhavia diffusa 238 (Agrimony) 332 Areca catechu 675 Boldoa fragrans 238 Agrimony 332 Arenaria glabra 234 Bolda (Boldea) fragrans 135 Agrostemma githago 234 Argemone pleiacantha 169 Borago officinalis 600 Ailanthus glandulosa 437 Aristolochia clematitis 140 Boswellia sacra – see Olibanum Aletris farinosa 764 Arnica montana 625 sacrum Alfalfa 374 Artemisia absinthium – see Brachyglottis repens (repanda) 628 Allium cepa 765 Absinthium Branca ursina 476 Allium sativum 766 Artemisia vulgaris 626 Brassica campestris (or rapa) 310 Allium tricoccum 768 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    EFFECT OF PLANT COMMUNITY ON RECRUITMENT OF PULSATILLA PRATENSIS IN DRY GRASSLAND* M. Bochenková1, M. Hejcman2, P. Karlík1 1Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Dendrology and Forest Breeding, Prague, Czech Republic 2Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Prague, Czech Republic The most critical life phase of many plant species is seedlings recruitment. We investigated emergence and survival of seed- lings of endangered Pulsatila pratensis subsp. bohemica on dry grassland close to Prague (Czech Republic). We asked: (1) How are the field emergence and survival of seedlings affected by different plant communities? (2) Is the in situ seeding of lo- cal seeds a perspective method for the reinforcement of the declining population? In May 2010, we selected plots with domi- nant Festuca pallens (Festuca treatment), Geranium sanguineum accompanied by Festuca rupicola (Geranium treatment), and plots without any vegetation (Control treatment) and sewed 1350 seeds of P. pratensis. In October 2010, field emergence was 1.7, 2.6, and 1.3% in Festuca, Geranium, and Control treatments. In March 2011, only 4 and 3 seedlings were recorded in Festuca and Control treatments and no seedlings survived in Geranium treatment. By the end of 2011, only one seedling was alive in Control treatment and this seedling survived till October 2012. We concluded that in situ seeding was not an effective method for reinforcement of P. pratensis populations because of very low emergence rate and following survival of seedlings. field emergence; germination; pasqueflower; steppe plant communities INTRODUCTION improved by the mycorrhizal colonization (M o o r a et al., 2004).