Herbs

Along with the cornflower and the common plantain, the sweet clover plant has been known since ancient times as ‘glass breakers’ or ‘glass removers’ because of its beneficial action on …

Physicians of the 17th century prescribed hedge mustard as a remedy for singers, actors, and speakers to help keep a clear and powerful voice. Hedge Mustard Scientific Facts Healing Properties …

Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium, also placed in the genus Chamaenerion) is a tall, magenta-flowered plant best known today for one purpose: easing the urinary symptoms that come with an enlarged …

Oak bark benefits are mostly tied to one chemistry trick: the bark of Quercus species (oak trees) is packed with tannins, and tannins are powerful astringents that bind to proteins …

The goldenseal plant is a popular remedy in the United States and Canada. Due to its fascinating properties, it is starting to be used in the rest of the American …

The wayfaring tree is a beautiful European shrub that attracts attention because of a curious fact. Its berries do not ripen all at once. It is usual to find red …

The rhizome of the bistort plant is very difficult to uproot and forms two angles, as its name shows: bistort means twice crooked. It is reddish and presents a high …

Rhatany extract is a tannin-rich preparation made from the dried root and root bark of Krameria lappacea (older name Krameria triandra), a low shrub from the dry Andean highlands of …

North American natives have known New Jersey tea, or Ceanothus Americanus, as a homeopathic medicine since immemorial. The plant is also called New Jersey tea or red root. Perfectly integrated …

Agrimony flower essence and agrimony herbal tea share a name and a plant, yet they are not the same product, and treating them as interchangeable is where most of the …