Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Oriental sweetgum, also known as liquid storax or styrax, is an aromatic tree best known for the fragrant resin obtained from its trunk. The...

Oriental mustard, also called Brassica juncea, is a sharp, peppery member of the mustard family that is eaten as leafy greens, used as seed...

Oriental licorice, botanically known as Glycyrrhiza uralensis, is one of the most important licorice species used in East Asian herbal practice. Its root has...

Oregon grape root, also known as Mahonia aquifolium, is a North American shrub whose yellow inner root and stem bark have a long history...

Olympic Mountain Wormwood, botanically known as Artemisia suksdorfii, is a fragrant coastal Artemisia native to the Pacific Northwest. It is more commonly called coastal...

Obedient plant, also called false dragonhead, is a North American member of the mint family best known for its upright spikes of pink, lavender,...

Nymphoides, usually referring here to Nymphoides peltata and often called yellow floating heart, is an aquatic medicinal plant with a very different profile from...

Nutmeg myrtle, botanically Backhousia myrtifolia, is an aromatic Australian rainforest tree whose leaves carry a warm, spice-like scent that can suggest cinnamon, nutmeg, clove,...

Nutmeg Laurel, Litsea myristicifolia, is an aromatic Southeast Asian tree in the laurel family, not a true nutmeg. Its name reflects the resemblance of...

Nutmeg, the dried seed kernel of Myristica fragrans, is one of the world’s most familiar warming spices, yet it is far more than a...

Nutgrass, better known botanically as Cyperus rotundus, is a hardy sedge whose underground rhizomes and tubers have been used for centuries in Ayurveda, Traditional...

Nut Sage, Salvia nutans, is a lesser-known sage species best known botanically as nodding sage, a dry-grassland perennial with drooping violet-blue flower clusters and...

Nut pine is a practical term for the edible-seeded pines within the genus Pinus—the trees that produce pine nuts. Rather than referring to one...

Nuphar, usually identified as Nuphar lutea and often called yellow water-lily or yellow pond lily, is an aquatic medicinal plant with a long but...

Noni, or Morinda citrifolia, is a tropical fruiting plant long used across Polynesia, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Caribbean as both food and...

Nimtree is a tricky common-name label because it can point readers in two different botanical directions. In most traditional and popular usage, it refers...

Nightshade, in this article referring specifically to Solanum nigrum, is one of those herbs that demands both curiosity and caution. In traditional systems of...

Nigella, better known as Nigella sativa, black seed, or black cumin, sits in a rare category of plants that are both culinary and medicinal....

Nettle, or Urtica dioica, is one of those herbs that manages to be both humble and remarkably useful. It grows wild in many temperate...

Neem, or Azadirachta indica, is one of the most recognized medicinal trees in South Asian herbal practice, where its leaves, bark, flowers, twigs, and...