Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Torch ginger, Etlingera elatior, is one of the rare plants that moves easily between kitchen, garden, and traditional medicine. In Southeast Asia, its unopened...

Toothache tree, botanically known as Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, is a spiny North American tree in the citrus family with a long reputation as a stimulating...

Toothache plant is one of those herbs that earns its common name almost instantly. A fresh flower head or leaf produces a striking tingling,...

Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris, is a yellow-flowered herb sometimes called butter-and-eggs or common toadflax. Although many people know it as a hardy roadside wildflower, it...

Tiger lily, botanically known as Lilium lancifolium, is one of those plants that invites both admiration and caution. It is famous as an ornamental...

Tienchi ginseng, also called notoginseng, sanqi, or tienchi, is a revered root in Chinese herbal practice and one of the most clinically interesting members...

Thuja, botanically known as Thuja occidentalis, is an evergreen conifer often called white cedar or arborvitae. It has a long history in traditional herbal...

Thistle is a broad common name, and that is where many articles go wrong. In this piece, “thistle” refers to species in the Cirsium...

Texas sage, Leucophyllum frutescens, is a silvery, drought-tolerant shrub best known as a striking ornamental of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Yet behind...

Terminalia chebula is the dried fruit of a traditional medicinal tree widely known in Ayurveda as haritaki. Although the title uses the broader name...

Teasel is a tall, spiny biennial plant best known for its striking flower heads, but in herbal medicine the real interest lies in the...

Teaberry, also known as eastern teaberry, checkerberry, or American wintergreen, is a small evergreen plant native to eastern North America. Its bright red berries,...

Tea tree, botanically known as Melaleuca alternifolia, is an Australian plant best known not as a brewed herb but as the source of tea...

Tasmanian pepper, also called mountain pepper or pepperberry, is a striking Australian native shrub whose berries and leaves have long been used as both...

Tarragon is a fragrant culinary herb best known for its delicate anise-like flavor, but it has a much broader story than its place in...

Tansy mustard, botanically known as Descurainia sophia, is a small mustard-family plant whose seeds have a much bigger medicinal reputation than its modest appearance...