Donald Rice

The tarragon plant is aromatic and is one of the few that does not grow wild in Mediterranean countries; thus, it was not known in the classical ages. The Arabs …

Centuries ago, the wormwood plant was offered to Artemis by ancient Greeks (The Roman Diana), the goddess of fertility. Of course, its notable effects on the uterus were the main …

In many European countries, the pineapple plant is the source of the model American fruit – the pineapple. Hence, its popular names, to which the adjective “American” is usually added. …

For centuries people have reached for angelica when their stomach felt heavy, their appetite disappeared, or a cold settled in. Most of those traditional uses point the same way: digestion. …

Sweet flag (Acorus calamus) is a marsh plant whose aromatic rhizome has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic, Chinese, and European folk medicine — mostly to settle the stomach, calm …

The stomach is highly susceptible to the actions of the many readily available herbs for stomach issues, perhaps because, when they are taken orally, they have to spend some time …

The leaves of the heliotrope plant follow the sun in the sky. Hence, some of its common names. The great Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author Pedanius Dioscorides recommended it …

Andres de Laguna, a Spanish humanist physician, pharmacologist, and botanist, said that drinking and smelling the juice of the ivy plant has a similar effect on you as wine. Perhaps …

The wood of the spindle tree has an excellent ability to make various tools, among these the wool spindles formerly made. Hence, many of its common names come from that …

The calaguala plant is a fern native to America and was highly valued by the Mayan people long before the arrival of the Spaniards. From the 17th century onwards, it …