Donald Rice

The humble chickweed plant is highly appreciated by birds and poultry and by those who know nature and the gifts it offers human beings. Chickweed grows small leaves from its …

In ancient times, women used the soaproot plant to wash clothes, especially wool ones. Today, it is usually employed externally for skin and hair care. Soaproot Plant Scientific Facts Healing …

Sugar cane is native to Southeast Asia. The Arabs spread its cultivation throughout the Mediterranean, and then the Spanish and Portuguese carried it to America in the 16th century. Cane …

From the 16th century onwards, people believing the theory of signs saw the resemblance of an ill lung with tuberculosis in the Jerusalem sage plant. Many 19th and early 20th-century …

The bark of the wild black cherry is a traditional remedy used by North American natives. Current pharmacological research has proven the medicinal properties of this beautiful tree, and its …

The primrose plant is one of the first to bloom in spring. Its flowers are highly appreciated as ornamental and aromatic. The great physicians and botanists of ancient times did …

The ancient Greeks fed their cattle senega snakeroot to increase milk production, which is why they gave the European species of this plant the name polygala (poly = much; gala …

Unlike anise, burnet saxifrage does not have hair on its stem and fruits. Its French name, bocage or petit Persil (little parsley) de bouc (billy goat), derives from the typical …

The great Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author Pedanius Dioscorides already used the hart’s tongue fern, who said that “it has the virtue of consuming the spleen.” Since then, it …

The common plantain comes from the botanical genus Plantago. It comprises about 200 species, among which the most outstanding regarding their phytotherapeutic applications are psyllium and three species of plantain …