Tag: Anti-inflammatory

White mustard is one of those old botanical remedies that sits between food, spice, and traditional medicine. Best known for its pale yellow seeds...

White clover, Trifolium repens, is one of those plants people often know before they truly notice it. It spreads through lawns, meadows, and field...

White baneberry, also known as doll’s-eyes, is a striking woodland plant native to eastern North America. Its bright white berries and red stalks make...

White ash, botanically known as Fraxinus americana, is best known as a strong North American tree prized for timber, but its bark, leaves, and...

Wheatgrass is the young green shoot of common wheat, usually harvested before the grain forms. At this stage, the plant is prized not for...

Watercress is one of those greens that feels both humble and surprisingly powerful. It grows in and around clean flowing water, has a peppery...

Zhi-mu, the dried rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, is a longstanding herb in East Asian medicine, especially in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese traditions. It is...

Zedoary, also known as Curcuma zedoaria or white turmeric, is an aromatic rhizome in the ginger family with a long history in Ayurveda, Unani...

Yucca is a striking desert and grassland plant genus native to North and Central America, known for its sword-like leaves, white flowers, and long...

Ylang-ylang is the intensely fragrant flower of Cananga odorata, a tropical tree best known for the rich essential oil distilled from its blossoms. Many...

Yerba santa is a resinous evergreen shrub native to California and nearby regions, long valued in traditional Western and Indigenous herbal practice for coughs,...

Yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica, is one of the most distinctive medicinal plants of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. It grows in wet ground,...

Yellowroot, or Xanthorhiza simplicissima, is a small woodland shrub native to the eastern United States and long valued in Appalachian and Indigenous herbal traditions....

Yaupon holly is an evergreen shrub native to the southeastern United States and one of the few North American plants that naturally contains caffeine....

Yarrow, or Achillea millefolium, is a bitter, aromatic herb with a long history in traditional European and Western herbal practice. It is easy to...

Ximenia, usually referring to Ximenia americana, is a thorny tropical shrub or small tree valued in traditional medicine, local food systems, and natural skin...