Tag: Blood Sugar Support

Jambu Air, the crisp, bell-shaped fruit of Syzygium aqueum, sits in an interesting place between food and folk medicine. In Southeast Asia, it is...

Jamaican cherry is a small tropical tree best known for its soft, sweet red fruit and a long record of traditional use in warm...

Jackfruit is a tropical fruit from the mulberry family that stands out for its size, versatility, and unusually broad nutrition profile. When ripe, it...

Jaboticaba is a dark purple Brazilian fruit best known for an unusual trait: it grows directly on the trunk and larger branches of the...

Ivy gourd, or Coccinia grandis, is a fast-growing tropical vine in the cucumber family that is used both as a vegetable and as a...

Indigo bush, also known as false indigo-bush and botanically named Amorpha fruticosa, is better known as an ornamental and invasive shrub than as a...

Indian Screw Tree, better known by its botanical name Helicteres isora, is a traditional medicinal plant valued across parts of India and Southeast Asia....

Illustrious sage, better known in many gardens as scarlet sage or red salvia, is a striking flowering member of the mint family with a...

Ice plant, botanically known as Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, is a salty, crisp succulent that sits at the border between food and herbal medicine. It is...

Coptis deltoidea is a bitter, yellow-rhizomed medicinal plant in the buttercup family and one of the accepted botanical sources of Coptidis Rhizoma, the classic...

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

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...

Hairy bittercress is the kind of plant many people pull up before realizing it is edible. This small mustard-family herb appears in garden beds,...

Gynostemma, better known in many wellness circles as jiaogulan, is a climbing vine from the cucumber family that has been used for centuries in...

Gurmar, the common Hindi name for Gymnema sylvestre, is a woody climbing herb long used in Ayurvedic practice, especially for metabolic health. It is...

Guavira, botanically known as Campomanesia xanthocarpa, is a native South American fruit tree whose leaves, seeds, and fruit occupy an intriguing middle ground between...

Guava, Psidium guajava, is a tropical fruit tree valued not only for its fragrant fruit but also for its leaves, which have a long...

Guar gum is a soluble fiber made from the endosperm of the guar bean, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, a drought-tolerant legume grown widely in India and...

Ground cherry, when the species is Physalis peruviana, sits in an unusual space between fruit, functional food, and traditional medicine. Many readers know it...

Green purslane is an edible succulent herb that grows close to the ground, with smooth reddish stems and fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves. In many gardens...

Graviola, also known as soursop or guanábana, is a tropical tree whose fruit is eaten as food and whose leaves, bark, and other parts...

Goat’s rue, or Galega officinalis, is a traditional European herb with a far larger reputation than most people realize. It has been used for...

Panax ginseng, often called Asian ginseng or Korean ginseng, is one of the most studied traditional herbs in the world. It has been used...

Giloy, also known as guduchi or Tinospora cordifolia, is one of the best-known herbs in Ayurveda and one of the most misunderstood in modern...