Herbs

The hedge hyssop plant was widely used in the Middle and Modern Ages because it was supposed to have multiple medicinal virtues yet to be proven. It is still helpful …

The leaves and flower clusters of the lily of the valley plant are used in the pharmaceutical industry to produce heart-stimulating medicines. However, they may also be used naturally, so …

The motherwort plant has been grown in monasteries’ gardens since the 15th century and was highly appreciated all over Europe. It was regarded even as a universal healing plant. Later, …

The longest stems of the scotch broom plant have been used from ancient times to make brooms. However, only from the 19th century onwards has it been used in phytotherapy …

The yellow adonis plant is a prototype of those medicinal herbs whose toxic dose is quite close to the therapeutic one. This means that the plant must be cautiously administered. …

The camphor tree is a thousand-year-old tree that begins to produce camphor when it reaches the age of 30. In China, camphor trees are up to two thousand years old. …

The beautiful flowers of the Central American cactus plant have short lives. They grow, produce their aroma, and die on the same night. However, their medicinal properties remain interesting, making …

The root of the yellow goatsbeard plant was already used in ancient Greece. The plant appears in some fresco paintings found in Pompeii, indicating that it was also part of …

The great Greek physicians, pharmacologists, botanists, and authors Pedanius Dioscorides and Galen discussed the lesser periwinkle plant, to which pharmacological research has been dedicated with great interest over the past …

When the beautiful sunflower plant came to Europe from Central America in the early 16th century, it was used as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to the …