Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Huito, also known in different regions as jagua or genipap, is a tropical fruit tree with a long life in food, folk medicine, and...

Coptis deltoidea is a bitter, yellow-rhizomed medicinal plant in the buttercup family and one of the accepted botanical sources of Coptidis Rhizoma, the classic...

Huang Shi, commonly known as Poria cocos, is a medicinal fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine for its unique therapeutic properties. It is a...

Huang Qin, the dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis, is one of the classic herbs of East Asian medicine and one of the more chemically...

Huang Lian, most closely associated with Coptis chinensis, is one of the most intensely bitter herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. For centuries, it has...

Huang Bai is the dried bark of Phellodendron chinense, a bitter yellow medicinal plant used for centuries in East Asian herbal practice. In traditional...

Hu Zhang is the traditional Chinese medicine name for the root and rhizome of Reynoutria japonica, also known as Polygonum cuspidatum or Japanese knotweed....

Houttuynia is a distinctive medicinal and culinary herb native to East and Southeast Asia, where it is valued as both food and traditional medicine....

Horse chestnut is a large European tree whose glossy brown seeds have shaped one of the better-known herbal remedies for vein-related symptoms. In modern...

Horned melilot, Melilotus albus, is a fragrant legume more widely recognized as white sweet clover. It has a long history as a traditional herb,...

Honeysuckle, in this case Lonicera caprifolium, is the fragrant European climbing species often called Italian honeysuckle or perfoliate honeysuckle. Many people know it as...

Holy thistle is one of the older common names for Silybum marianum, the plant more widely known today as milk thistle. It is a...

Holy basil, widely known as tulsi, is one of the most respected herbs in South Asian traditional medicine. It is best known as a...

Hollyhock, botanically known as Alcea rosea, is often admired as a cottage-garden flower, yet it also has a long medicinal history. Traditional systems have...

Holly, or Ilex aquifolium, is best known as the glossy evergreen with spiny leaves and bright red berries that appears in winter gardens and...

Hogsweed, better known botanically as Heracleum sphondylium and more commonly called common hogweed, is a traditional European herb from the carrot family. It has...

Himalayan Zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria, is an aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that has long been valued across South and Southeast Asian healing traditions....

Himalayan yellow poppy, Meconopsis paniculata, is a high-altitude medicinal and edible herb from the poppy family that grows across parts of the Himalayas and...

Himalayan white birch, botanically known as Betula utilis var. jacquemontii, is the striking white-barked Himalayan form of Betula utilis, a tree long valued in...

Himalayan silver fir, or Abies pindrow, is a tall aromatic conifer native to the western Himalaya and known in traditional medicine as more than...