Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Fingerroot is a slender, aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that is widely used in Thai, Indonesian, Malaysian, and other Southeast Asian cuisines. Botanically...

Filipendula ulmaria, better known in many herbal traditions as meadowsweet, is a fragrant flowering plant in the rose family with a long history of...

Figwort, or Scrophularia nodosa, is a long-used European herb best known in traditional herbal medicine for chronic skin complaints, itching, mild constipation, and what...

Field garlic, Allium oleraceum, is a wild, bulb-forming member of the onion and garlic family that has long been valued more as a seasonal...

Feverfew is a small daisy-like herb in the Asteraceae family that has been used for centuries in European herbal medicine. Today, it is best...

Ferula, more precisely Ferula communis, is a tall Mediterranean plant in the carrot family that is often called giant fennel. It has a long...

Felon herb, better known today as comfrey, is a traditional European medicinal plant whose roots and leaves have long been used for bruises, sprains,...

Fang Feng, the dried root of Saposhnikovia divaricata, is a long-used East Asian medicinal herb best known for its role in traditional formulas for...

False gromwell, botanically known as Lithospermum officinale, is a traditional Boraginaceae herb with a long but very uneven medicinal record. It has been used...

False cardamom, Alpinia mutica, is an aromatic member of the ginger family that is valued more in regional traditional practice and botanical circles than...

False Ashoka, botanically known as Monoon longifolium and often listed in older research as Polyalthia longifolia, is an evergreen tree best known as an...

Eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis, is a small flowering herb long associated with eye comfort, watery irritation, seasonal congestion, and excess mucus. For centuries, European herbal...

Evodia, best known in traditional East Asian medicine as Wu Zhu Yu, is the dried nearly ripe fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa, a plant now...

Everlasting flower, Xerochrysum bracteatum, is best known for its papery, long-lasting blooms, but its appeal is not only ornamental. This Australian species, once widely...

Everlast, better known botanically as Helichrysum arenarium and often called sandy everlasting, is a bright yellow flowering herb with a long history in European...

Evening primrose is a yellow-flowering plant whose medicinal reputation comes mostly from its seeds, not its petals. The seed oil—commonly sold as evening primrose...