Tag: Cardiovascular System

Frost grape, or Vitis vulpina, is a wild North American grape valued more as a functional food and traditional folk plant than as a...

Foxtail millet is an ancient small-seeded cereal that has moved from traditional kitchens into modern nutrition conversations for good reason. Although it is often...

Foxglove is one of the most famous medicinal plants in history and one of the easiest to misunderstand. Its tall spires of purple, pink,...

Flax, or Linum usitatissimum, is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, valued both for its fibers and for its nutrient-dense seeds....

Field garlic, Allium oleraceum, is a wild, bulb-forming member of the onion and garlic family that has long been valued more as a seasonal...

Evergreen huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum, is a glossy-leaved coastal shrub native to the Pacific Northwest and northern California, prized for its small dark berries, year-round...

Ethiopian sedge, more widely known as tiger nut, chufa, or earth almond, is the edible tuber of Cyperus esculentus, a grass-like sedge rather than...

Escarole is a broad-leaved type of endive valued as both a culinary bitter green and a nutrient-dense everyday food. Its leaves are tender enough...

Ergot fungus is one of the few entries in a natural health guide that needs careful reframing from the very beginning. Claviceps purpurea is...

English walnut, also called Persian walnut or common walnut, is the familiar tree nut from Juglans regia. Although many people think of it simply...

English hawthorn, or Crataegus monogyna, is a thorny shrub or small tree in the rose family that has been used for centuries in European...

Emblic, better known as amla or Indian gooseberry, is the fruit of Phyllanthus emblica, a tree long used in South Asian food and traditional...

Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) is a unique member of the onion and leek family that looks like oversized garlic but tastes milder and sweeter....

Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) is a North American wild plant with a paradoxical reputation: it has a long ethnobotanical history, yet it is best known...

Digitalis (Digitalis species), commonly known as foxglove, is one of the most important medicinal plants in medical history—and also one of the most dangerous...

Coronilla varia—more widely known as crown vetch—is a flowering legume that many people recognize from roadsides and embankments, where it’s planted for erosion control....

Coffee Arabica (Coffea arabica) is the familiar coffee plant behind many of the world’s most aromatic, smooth-tasting brews. While people often reach for Arabica...

Coconut is a remarkably versatile tropical fruit that shows up in kitchens and medicine cabinets alike—think coconut water for hydration, coconut meat for fiber...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is the seed-derived food we recognize as cocoa powder, dark chocolate, and cacao nibs. It is also one of the most...

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), often called Ceylon cinnamon or “true cinnamon,” is the sweet, aromatic inner bark of an evergreen tree traditionally grown in Sri...

Chinese cinnamon is the bold, familiar “cinnamon” flavor found in many kitchens—warm, sweet-spicy, and aromatic. Botanically, it refers primarily to Cinnamomum aromaticum (often treated...

Cacao refers to the seeds of Theobroma cacao, a tropical tree whose beans are fermented, dried, and turned into cocoa powder, chocolate, cacao nibs,...

Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus) is a North American mint-family plant that thrives in damp meadows and along stream edges. Herbalists most often reach for it...

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a nutrient-dense “pseudocereal” that behaves like a grain in the kitchen but is botanically closer to sorrel and rhubarb than...