Five finger grass usually refers to creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans), a low-growing member of the rose family. It has been used traditionally for diarrhea, mouth and throat rinses, and minor …
Alder buckthorn bark is a stimulant laxative. Dried, aged, and used now and then, it can relieve a bout of constipation. Used the way old herbals describe it — taken …
The psyllium plant is best known as the source of a gel-forming fiber used in many over-the-counter constipation products. When psyllium seed or husk is mixed with enough water, it …
An apple a day won’t cure dysentery, dissolve a kidney stone, or replace blood pressure medication — despite what some older herbal guides claim. What apples actually do is more …
Guanabana benefits are most credible when the fruit is treated as food, not medicine. Also called soursop or graviola, guanabana provides fiber, vitamin C, carbohydrates, and several minerals. One small …
The carob tree has been cultivated as forage for thousands of years in all Mediterranean countries; however, its medicinal properties were only discovered some decades ago. Healing Properties and Indications …
The bladder senna plant (Colutea arborescens) is a Mediterranean shrub with puffy, balloon-like seed pods that has wandered in and out of folk medicine for centuries, mostly as a mild …
The young buds on the wild hops plant can be consumed in the spring as if they were asparagus. However, be aware of its root and red fruit, which are …
Jalap plant root works. That is exactly the problem. The dried tuber of Ipomoea purga is one of the most forceful plant purgatives ever brought into European medicine, and the …
Johan Kunzle wrote about the hedge bindweed plant: “We have to give Thanks to God since He literally put at our feet such a precious remedy as this.” Healing Properties …