Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Ecballium, better known as Ecballium elaterium or squirting cucumber, is a striking Mediterranean plant with an unusually forceful medicinal history. Unlike gentler herbs used...

Eastern teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens, is a low-growing evergreen shrub native to North America and better known to many people as American wintergreen or checkerberry....

Eastern cottonwood is a fast-growing North American tree best known for its sticky spring buds, aromatic resin, and long history in traditional medicine. While...

East Indian Screw Tree, also called Helicteres isora, is a twisted-fruit medicinal shrub used in South Asian traditional medicine, especially for bowel complaints, abdominal...

East Indian lemongrass, botanically known as Cymbopogon flexuosus, is a fragrant tropical grass valued for its bright lemon scent, citral-rich essential oil, and long...

East Indian Globe Thistle, better known botanically as Echinops echinatus, is a thorny member of the daisy family with a long history in Ayurveda...

East African Greenheart, better known by its botanical name Warburgia ugandensis, is a strongly aromatic medicinal tree native to East and Central Africa. It...

Dwarf Red Shartoot is a long-fruited mulberry variety from the species Morus macroura, valued both as a nutrient-dense fruit and as a traditional botanical...

Dwarf mallow (Malva neglecta) is a gentle, mucilage-rich herb traditionally used to soothe irritated tissues rather than “force” strong effects. Its softening, coating action...

Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)—also known as danewort—is a striking, herbal elder relative that behaves very differently from the shrub elderberries most people know. It...

Dwarf bottlebrush is the compact, garden-friendly form of Melaleuca viminalis (also known in older references as Callistemon viminalis). While most people know it for...

Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), sometimes called fern-leaf dropwort, is a traditional European herb from the rose family (Rosaceae). It grows in dry grasslands and calcareous...

Drimys (Drimys winteri), often called canelo or Winter’s bark, is an evergreen tree native to the cool, wet forests of southern Chile and Argentina....

Dregea (Dregea volubilis) is a climbing plant traditionally used in parts of South and Southeast Asia for a wide range of folk applications—from topical...

Dong quai (Angelica sinensis), also called dang gui or Chinese angelica root, is a classic “women’s herb” in traditional East Asian practice—best known for...

Dodonaea (Dodonaea viscosa), often called hopbush, is a resinous shrub found across many warm regions of the world. Traditional healing systems have used its...