Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Fuki, or Petasites japonicus, is one of those plants that makes more sense when you see it as both food and medicine rather than...

Frost grape, or Vitis vulpina, is a wild North American grape valued more as a functional food and traditional folk plant than as a...

Frogfruit, botanically known as Phyla nodiflora, is a creeping herb that grows close to the ground in warm, moist places and has a long...

Fringed spiderflower, botanically known as Cleome rutidosperma, is a small flowering herb that grows widely in tropical and subtropical regions and is often treated...

Fringed pink, Dianthus superbus, is a striking perennial known for its deeply cut, fragrant petals, but in traditional East Asian medicine it is valued...

Fringe sage, botanically known as Artemisia frigida, is a small silvery Artemisia with a long record of use in steppe and northern herbal traditions,...

French tarragon is one of those herbs that people know first for flavor and only later for its medicinal side. Best known as the...

French marigold, Tagetes patula, is one of those plants people often recognize before they truly know. It is familiar in borders and containers for...

French honeysuckle, botanically known as Hedysarum coronarium, is a Mediterranean legume better known to farmers as sulla than to herbal shoppers as a standard...

Freedom Flower, Leonotis leonurus, is a striking member of the mint family best known for its bright orange whorled flowers and its long history...

Fraxinella, better known to botanists as Dictamnus albus, is one of those herbs that sits at the border between fascination and caution. It is...

Frankincense is one of the world’s oldest medicinal resins, valued in ritual, perfumery, and traditional healing long before modern herbal products existed. In this...

Fragrant bedstraw, better known in many herbal traditions as sweet woodruff, is a shade-loving woodland herb valued as much for its aroma as for...

Four-leaf Clover is best known as a symbol of luck, but botanically it belongs to Trifolium repens, the same species as white clover. The...

Four O' Clock, better known to botanists as Mirabilis jalapa, is one of those plants that sits at an interesting crossroads: it is a...

Forsythia suspensa is best known to herbal practitioners as the source of forsythia fruit, a traditional East Asian remedy used for short-term support during...

Fluellen, botanically known as Kickxia elatine, is a small trailing field herb in the plantain family that has lived for a long time at...

Flowering fern, better known botanically as Osmunda regalis and often called royal fern, is a striking wetland fern with a long but uneven medicinal...

Flat sea holly, Eryngium planum, is a striking blue-flowered herb from the celery family that has long lived two lives at once: ornamental in...

Flame of the Forest, botanically known as Butea monosperma, is one of South Asia’s most recognizable medicinal trees. Its bright orange-red flowers have made...