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Shatavari: Effects, Use and Intake of the Ayurvedic Root
Shatavari is a root from Indian Ayurveda that is associated above all with women's health. Botanically it is Asparagus racemosus, a relative of the native asparagus. In traditional Indian medicine...
True Vervain (Verbena) – Tradition, Use & Forms
Few plants carry as many names and legends as true vervain. Cultivated in monastery gardens, highly valued in folk medicine, and revered even by the Druids, Verbena officinalis has accompanied...
Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens): Tradition, Compounds and Use
Anyone exploring plants from West African folk medicine will sooner or later come across Desmodium adscendens. In regions such as Cameroon, Ghana, or Senegal, this unassuming herb has been a...
Dandelion: Bitter Compounds, Tradition, and Uses
Hardly any plant pushes so stubbornly through every sidewalk crack as dandelion – and hardly any is so underestimated. To many, it's a weed; to wild-herb cooking and European herbal...
Buying Nettle: Leaf vs. Root & What to Look For
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is one of the best-known native wild plants and is widely available as tea, powder, capsule and extract. Anyone looking to buy nettle quickly faces a...
Buying Artemisia Annua: Extract & What to Look For
Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood or annual wormwood, is a plant steeped in tradition that has been known in many cultures for centuries. Anyone looking to buy Artemisia annua today faces...
Turmeric or Frankincense (Boswellia)? The Comparison
Two names keep coming up together whenever plant-based classics are the topic: turmeric and frankincense. Both have a long tradition, both are available today as powder, capsule or extract –...
Nettle: Tradition, Forms & Use
Few wild plants are as well known – and at the same time as underrated – as the nettle. Almost everyone knows the stinging sensation on the skin after an...
St. John's wort: forms, use and interactions
Few native medicinal plants are as well known, and at the same time as underestimated, as St. John's wort. Its golden-yellow flowers greet us along every summer roadside, and the...
Lady's mantle: tradition, forms and use
Few plants in European herbal lore are as closely tied to womanhood as lady's mantle. Its pleated leaves, along whose edges glistening drops of water gather in the morning, have...
Chanca Piedra: origin, tradition and use
Few Amazonian plants carry as vivid a name as Chanca Piedra – Spanish for, roughly, "stone breaker". Botanically, it is Phyllanthus niruri, an unassuming herb that has held a firm...
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