Tag: Anti-inflammatory

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...

Xanthium strumarium, often called common cocklebur, is one of those herbs that deserves both respect and caution. In traditional medicine, especially East Asian practice,...

Water germander, or Teucrium scordium, is a marsh-loving member of the mint family that has been used in older European and Middle Eastern herbal...

Water fringe, more widely known in botanical and ecological writing as or simply by its scientific name Nymphoides peltata, is an aquatic perennial...

Water Forget-Me-Not, botanically known as Myosotis scorpioides, is best known as a delicate wetland flower, yet it also has a quieter history in traditional...

Water Figwort is a tall, moisture-loving herb traditionally found near streams, pond margins, wet ditches, and marshy ground. In older herbal literature it appears...

Water crowfoot, also called Ranunculus aquatilis, is an aquatic buttercup that grows in ponds, ditches, and slow streams. It is visually delicate, with white...

Water chickweed, botanically known as Myosoton aquaticum, is a moisture-loving herb in the pink family that grows in wet meadows, ditches, stream edges, and...

Water Betony, usually discussed under the botanical name Scrophularia umbrosa, is a traditional figwort-family herb valued more for its old medicinal reputation than for...

Wasabi is one of the most recognizable herbs in Japanese cuisine, yet its medicinal side is often discussed less clearly than its sharp green...

Wall germander is a small evergreen subshrub in the mint family that has been valued for centuries as a bitter, aromatic herb. Traditionally, the...

Voatsiperifery, usually identified as Piper borbonense, is a wild pepper from Madagascar and nearby Indian Ocean islands that has earned a reputation for its...

Virgin's bower, Clematis virginiana, is a native North American vine from the buttercup family that has a striking dual reputation. In garden and wildflower...