The heavy, distinctive scent of patchouli was made famous, or infamous , during the hippie generation of the 60's. Also one of the most popular perfumes in the Orient, and especially India. Patchouli is regarded as the strongest plant scent in the world - a fact to which anyone encountering someone wearing it will attest. Leaves are excellent, in small quantity, in potpourris and sachets. A very old medicinal herb.
Pellitory is a soothing diuretic used to treat urinary infections and stones.
In France, a poultice of fresh leaves is applied over the kidney area to treat cystitis and retention of urine. This is the true black pepper found in pepper mills throughout the world. One of the oldest know spices, pepper was once so prized it was sold by the individual peppercorn, and once worth its weight in gold. Pepper was the main spice traded along the caravan routes of the east. It was a main reason for early European exploration of sea routes, making it important in the development of modern civilization.