Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Guggul is the fragrant oleo-gum resin obtained from Commiphora mukul, a small thorny tree long used in Ayurveda for disorders linked with heaviness, inflammation,...

Guavira, botanically known as Campomanesia xanthocarpa, is a native South American fruit tree whose leaves, seeds, and fruit occupy an intriguing middle ground between...

Guaiacum, more fully known as Guaiacum officinale, is a slow-growing Caribbean tree best known as one source of true lignum vitae. Historically, it was...

Guaco is a climbing medicinal vine native to South America and especially well known in Brazilian herbal practice. Its leaves, rather than its stems...

Ground cherry, when the species is Physalis peruviana, sits in an unusual space between fruit, functional food, and traditional medicine. Many readers know it...

Gromwell, botanically known as Lithospermum officinale, is an old European herb with a far larger reputation in traditional medicine than in modern clinical practice....

Grewia asiatica, widely known as phalsa, is a fruit-bearing shrub valued in South Asian food culture and traditional medicine. Although many readers encounter it...

Green purslane is an edible succulent herb that grows close to the ground, with smooth reddish stems and fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves. In many gardens...

Green chiretta, also called Andrographis paniculata or kalmegh, is one of the best-known bitter herbs in traditional Asian medicine. It has long been used...

Green cardamom is one of those rare herbs that feels equally at home in a kitchen, a tea cup, and a traditional remedy cabinet....

Greek mountain tea is the traditional herbal infusion made from the flowering aerial parts of Sideritis scardica, a Balkan plant often called ironwort, shepherd’s...

Great burnet, botanically known as Sanguisorba officinalis, is a traditional medicinal herb best known for its strongly astringent root. In East Asian practice it...

Graviola, also known as soursop or guanábana, is a tropical tree whose fruit is eaten as food and whose leaves, bark, and other parts...

Gravel root is the traditional medicinal root of a tall North American wildflower more widely known today as joe-pye weed. In older herb books,...

Grapple plant, better known around the world as devil’s claw, is a southern African medicinal herb used mainly for joint pain, back pain, and...

Grains of paradise is a peppery, aromatic seed from a West African plant in the ginger family. It has long been used as both...