Herbs

The sweet violet plant belongs to the same family as the pansy. Both flowers are beautiful and delicate. The sweet violet has two petals growing up and three down, while …

The ground ivy plant has been used as a medicinal herb since the Middle Ages. Saint Hildegard, the German abbess of the order of St. Benedict, recommended this plant for …

Several species of hemp nettle grow in Europe and America. They all have bi-lobulated flowers resembling the mouth of a weasel (Greek gale). In the 19th century, when tuberculosis killed …

The Mormon tea plant may be the medicinal herb used for the longest time. It was first known in China, where it was called mahuang, and the Chinese had used …

The caimito plant is one of the most flaunting trees in tropical America, and its fruit is tasteful and thirst-quenching. It is not hard to understand why people expect to …

Irish moss is a form of algae first used in Ireland in the mid-19th century. Since then, its medicinal applications have increased. The alga’s thallus has a cartilaginous consistency (Latin …

Iceland moss does not have leaves or roots and is a true example of a surviving species. It adapts to cold and dry climates and can remain latent for more …

The yellowish, tough wood of the lignum vitae tree caught the attention of the first Spanish people traveling to America. From the 16th century onwards, the lignum vitae tree was …

The gum plant contains phenolic and flavonic substances, which give it antispasmodic properties, and saponins, to which it owes its expectorant properties. The resin of the gum plant is formed …

The rustyback fern was already mentioned by the great Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author Pedanius Dioscorides in the 1st century A.D., though with the name of scolopendra due to …