Tag: Anti-inflammatory

Syrian rue, or Peganum harmala, is a perennial plant native to parts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean region....

Sundew, or Drosera rotundifolia, is a small carnivorous bog plant with round, sticky leaves that trap insects, yet its long medicinal history has little...

Sumac, Rhus coriaria, is a deep red culinary and medicinal spice made from the dried fruits of a shrub native to the Mediterranean region,...

Suma, usually identified as Pfaffia paniculata and often marketed as Brazilian ginseng, is a South American root with a long reputation as a strengthening,...

Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, is one of those plants that can seem humble until you look closely. Known for the sharp sting of its...

Spirulina is not a herb in the usual sense but a blue-green microalga, more accurately a cyanobacterium, that has become one of the most...

Spiny restharrow, or Ononis spinosa, is a thorny flowering plant in the legume family that has been used in European herbal medicine for centuries....

Spikenard, in this article specifically Aralia racemosa, is a North American woodland herb with a long, earthy history in traditional medicine. It has been...

Speedwell, or Veronica officinalis, is a low-growing flowering herb with a long place in European folk medicine. It has been brewed as tea, used...

Southernwood, or Artemisia abrotanum, is an old European and West Asian medicinal herb with a character that is hard to confuse. It is strongly...

Soursop, or Annona muricata, is a tropical tree known for its large green fruit, fragrant white pulp, and long history in traditional medicine. It...

Solomon’s seal, Polygonatum multiflorum, is a woodland herb with a long reputation in European and Asian herbal traditions. Its arching stems and dangling bell-shaped...

Snow lotus, botanically known as Saussurea involucrata, is a rare alpine herb treasured in traditional Uyghur and Chinese medicine. It grows in harsh, high-elevation...

Snapdragon, or Antirrhinum majus, is a well-known ornamental flower, but it also has a quieter reputation as an edible blossom and a source of...

Snakeweed, more precisely broom snakeweed or Gutierrezia sarothrae, is a resinous yellow-flowered shrub of the North American drylands. It has a real history of...

Smilax, most often sold as Jamaican sarsaparilla when the species is Smilax ornata, is a climbing vine whose root and rhizome have a long...

Smartweed, Polygonum hydropiper, is the sharply pungent herb more widely known as water pepper. In modern botany it is often listed as Persicaria hydropiper,...

Sloe, the deep blue-black fruit of Prunus spinosa, is one of those traditional plants that sits between food and medicine. Better known in many...

Slender speedwell, Veronica filiformis, is a delicate creeping plant with small blue flowers that many people know as a lawn spreader or ornamental escape...

Sicilian sumac, Rhus coriaria, is the deep red, pleasantly tart spice long used in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking. In Sicily, it has a...