Herbs

Here is the honest version up front: the radish is a genuinely good everyday vegetable, and it is not a medicine. The radish plant (Raphanus sativus) gives you vitamin C, …

Milk thistle is one of the first supplements people reach for when they start worrying about their liver. It has a long folk reputation, a plausible-sounding active ingredient, and shelves …

For centuries, the woodruff plant has been used in Northern European countries to make Maiwein (or May wine). This alcoholic beverage is made with the cold extract of woodruff in …

If you’ve come across a bag of dried fumitory or a tincture and want to know what it’s good for, here’s the honest short version. The fumitory benefits with real …

You can get the many watercress benefits by eating healthy and cheap salads prepared from wild vegetables. Watercress combines well with dandelion, sorrel, and nettle. A meal like this is …

Most claims you’ll read about knotweed benefits trace back to centuries-old folk use, not to modern clinical trials — and that gap is the whole story. Common knotgrass, the plant …

Horseweed is the kind of plant most people step over without a second look — a tall, scruffy weed in parking lots, fields, and along roadsides. Yet it has earned …

Smartweed benefits are often described in broad medicinal terms, but the evidence is much narrower: the plant has a genuine history as a pungent food and traditional herb, while reliable …

The main sorrel health benefits come down to one leafy green doing two jobs at once: it hands you a genuine dose of vitamin C and minerals, and it delivers …

Most claims about butcher’s broom benefits trace back to one thing the plant does fairly well: helping the veins in your legs push blood back up toward your heart. That …