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  • Emollient: Softens the skin, causing warmth and moisture. (118)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkraEmollient43
Abutilon theophrastiChina JuteEmollient32
Acanthus mollisBear's BreechesEmollient02
Alcea roseaHollyhockEmollient32
Aloe veraAloe VeraEmollient15
Althaea officinalisMarsh MallowEmollient55
Amaranthus spinosusSpiny AmaranthEmollient23
Angelica sinensisDang GuiEmollient05
Antennaria dioicaCatsfootEmollient02
Arachis hypogaeaPeanutEmollient42
Arnebia euchromaEmollient02
Arundo donaxGiant ReedEmollient32
Asphodelus albusAsphodelEmollient21
Astragalus hamosusEmollient12
Astragalus multicepsEmollient11
Avena fatuaWild OatsEmollient21
Avena orientalisHungarian OatEmollient31
Avena sativaOatsEmollient33
Bellis perennisDaisyEmollient23
Borago officinalisBorageEmollient33
Brassica napusColzaEmollient32
Brassica napus arvensisColeseedEmollient32
Brassica napus napobrassicaSwedeEmollient42
Brassica napus napusRapeEmollient32
Brassica napus pabulariaRape KaleEmollient32
Cannabis sativaHempEmollient44
Ceratonia siliquaCarobEmollient32
Chenopodium bonus-henricusGood King HenryEmollient42
Cydonia oblongaQuinceEmollient32
Cynoglossum officinaleHound's TongueEmollient12
Drymaria cordataWest Indin ChickweedEmollient22
Echium vulgareViper's BuglossEmollient12
Elytrigia repensCouch GrassEmollient23
Epilobium angustifoliumWillow HerbEmollient32
Erythronium americanumTrout LilyEmollient41
Ficus caricaFigEmollient42
Ficus palmataWild FigEmollient21
Fritillaria imperialisCrown ImperialEmollient21
Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquoriceEmollient44
Glycyrrhiza uralensisGan CaoEmollient34
Helichrysum stoechasEmollient01
Hibiscus moscheutosSwamp Rose MallowEmollient12
Hibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese HibiscusEmollient33
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of SharonEmollient42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of SharonEmollient42
Hordeum vulgareBarleyEmollient43
Imperata cylindricaCogongrassEmollient33
Lactuca sativaLettuceEmollient33
Lactuca sativa angustanaCeltuceEmollient33
Lilium candidumMadonna LilyEmollient32
Lilium lancifoliumTiger LilyEmollient42
Lilium martagonTurk's Cap LilyEmollient21
Linum perennePerennial FlaxEmollient32
Linum strictumEmollient01
Linum usitatissimumFlaxEmollient43
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian HoneysuckleEmollient12
Malva moschataMusk MallowEmollient52
Malva neglectaDwarf MallowEmollient42
Malva parvifloraCheeseweedEmollient32
Malva sylvestrisMallowEmollient33
Malva verticillataChinese MallowEmollient52
Melilotus albusWhite MelilotEmollient22
Melilotus indicusAnnual Yellow SweetcloverEmollient12
Melilotus officinalisMelilotEmollient23
Mercurialis annuaAnnual MercuryEmollient11
Morus albaWhite MulberryEmollient43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite MulberryEmollient43
Olea europaeaOliveEmollient43
Ophiopogon japonicusSnake's BeardEmollient23
Opuntia ficus-indicaPrickly PearEmollient32
Papaver rhoeasCorn PoppyEmollient23
Pelargonium capitatumRose-Scented GeraniumEmollient03
Perilla frutescensShisoEmollient43
Perilla frutescens nankinensisPurple ShisoEmollient43
Plantago arenariaFrench PsylliumEmollient13
Plantago psylliaFleawortEmollient23
Polygala amaraBitter MilkwortEmollient01
Polygonum aviculareKnotweedEmollient23
Polygonum japonicumJapanese KnotweedEmollient33
Prunus armeniacaApricotEmollient33
Prunus davidianaChinese Wild PeachEmollient23
Prunus dulcisAlmondEmollient33
Prunus mandschuricaManchurian ApricotEmollient32
Prunus persicaPeachEmollient53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarineEmollient43
Prunus sibiricaSiberian ApricotEmollient22
Pulmonaria officinalisLungwortEmollient23
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil PlantEmollient14
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack LocustEmollient32
Sambucus nigraElderberryEmollient43
Saussurea royleiEmollient02
Sempervivum arachnoideumCobweb HouseleekEmollient02
Sesamum indicumSesameEmollient33
Setaria italicaFoxtail MilletEmollient32
Setaria viridisGreen Bristle GrassEmollient22
Silene conoideaEmollient01
Silene gallicaEmollient01
Solanum nigrumBlack NightshadeEmollient22
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda TreeEmollient23
Symphytum asperumPrickly ComfreyEmollient32
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