Tag: Antimicrobial

Huang Qin, the dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis, is one of the classic herbs of East Asian medicine and one of the more chemically...

Huang Lian, most closely associated with Coptis chinensis, is one of the most intensely bitter herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. For centuries, it has...

Huang Bai is the dried bark of Phellodendron chinense, a bitter yellow medicinal plant used for centuries in East Asian herbal practice. In traditional...

Houttuynia is a distinctive medicinal and culinary herb native to East and Southeast Asia, where it is valued as both food and traditional medicine....

Houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum, is a hardy succulent best known for growing on stone walls, dry roofs, and sunny garden edges, but its story is...

Horseradish is a hardy perennial root in the cabbage family, prized for a sharp heat that rises into the nose rather than lingering like...

Horse mint, also called spotted beebalm, is one of those North American herbs that feels both familiar and slightly overlooked. It belongs to the...

Horse balm, better known botanically as Monarda punctata, is one of those North American herbs that deserves more thoughtful attention than it usually gets....

Hornwort, also called coontail, is a fully submerged freshwater plant better known in ponds and aquariums than in modern herbal cabinets. That alone makes...

Hop tree, also called wafer ash, is a small North American tree in the citrus family that has a much bigger herbal reputation than...

Honeysuckle, in this case Lonicera caprifolium, is the fragrant European climbing species often called Italian honeysuckle or perfoliate honeysuckle. Many people know it as...

Holly, or Ilex aquifolium, is best known as the glossy evergreen with spiny leaves and bright red berries that appears in winter gardens and...

Hogsweed, better known botanically as Heracleum sphondylium and more commonly called common hogweed, is a traditional European herb from the carrot family. It has...

Hoary mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum incanum, is a strongly aromatic North American herb in the mint family, valued as both a traditional remedy and...

Himalayan Zingiber, botanically Zingiber capitatum, is a lesser-known wild ginger from the Himalayan to eastern Indian belt. It belongs to the same family as...

Himalayan Zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria, is an aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that has long been valued across South and Southeast Asian healing traditions....

Himalayan Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum alatum, is a prickly aromatic shrub or small tree native to the Himalayan region and valued both as a spice and...

Himalayan silver fir, or Abies pindrow, is a tall aromatic conifer native to the western Himalaya and known in traditional medicine as more than...

Himalayan rhubarb, Rheum australe, is a striking high-altitude herb from the Himalayas with a long record in traditional medicine. Older literature often calls it...

Himalayan raspberry, also called yellow Himalayan raspberry, is the fruit of Rubus ellipticus, a thorny shrub that grows across parts of the Himalayas and...

Himalayan pine, also called blue pine or Pinus wallichiana, is a tall conifer native to the Himalayan region and valued in traditional medicine for...

Himalayan Mayapple, botanically known as Podophyllum hexandrum, is one of those medicinal plants that draws attention for two very different reasons at once: it...

Himalayan indigo, Indigofera heterantha, is a flowering shrub from the pea family that grows across parts of the western and central Himalayas. Many people...

Himalayan fir, botanically known as Abies spectabilis, is a high-altitude conifer native to the Himalayas and long valued in regional healing traditions. Its needles,...