Tag: Cardiovascular System

Cytisus scoparius, commonly known as Scotch broom, is a striking yellow-flowered shrub with a long history in traditional European herbal practice. It has been...

Crab apple, especially the European crab apple (Malus sylvestris), is often overlooked because of its sharp taste, small size, and firm flesh. Yet this...

Coronilla (Coronilla varia), more widely known as crownvetch and often listed under the updated name Securigera varia, is a plant that attracts interest for...

Coffee Arabica is more than a morning habit. It is a medicinally active plant beverage with a complex chemistry that can influence alertness, mood,...

Coconut is often grouped with herbs in natural-health writing, but it is actually a tropical palm food with several very different forms: coconut water,...

Cocoa, from Theobroma cacao, is one of the most studied plant foods in nutrition science. It is best known as the base of chocolate,...

Cinnamon is one of the most familiar kitchen spices, but true cinnamon, Cinnamomum verum (also called Ceylon cinnamon), has a deeper story than flavor...

Chinese cinnamon, also called cassia cinnamon, is the bold, warming cinnamon most people know from everyday baking, spice blends, and many supplements. It is...

Cacao, the seed of Theobroma cacao, sits at an unusual intersection of food and functional medicine. It is familiar as chocolate, yet its most...

Bugleweed, also called Lycopus virginicus, is a traditional North American herb most often discussed for symptoms linked to an overactive thyroid, especially a fast...

Buckwheat is often mistaken for a cereal grain, but it is actually a gluten-free pseudocereal with a strong nutrition profile and a long history...

Buckeye nut refers to the seeds of trees in the Aesculus group, a category that includes horse chestnut and several buckeye species. These seeds...

Broom, also called Scotch broom, is a yellow-flowering shrub with a long history in European folk medicine. Herbal texts describe its flowering tops and...

Bolivian torch cactus, botanically known as Echinopsis lageniformis and often listed under the synonym Trichocereus bridgesii, is a South American columnar cactus with a...

Bog rosemary is a striking wetland shrub with blue-green leaves and small pink-to-white, bell-shaped flowers, but it is not a gentle kitchen herb or...

Blueberry is one of the few “medicinal foods” that works well in both everyday nutrition and evidence-based wellness planning. The highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum,...