Tag: Carminative

Black cardamom is a bold, smoky spice made from the dried seed pods of Amomum subulatum, a ginger-family plant traditionally cultivated in parts of...

Oregano, or Origanum vulgare, is one of those herbs that people think they already know because it is so familiar in the kitchen. Yet...

Orange Mint is a fragrant mint with a softer, sweeter profile than standard peppermint and a scent that often hints at bergamot, citrus peel,...

Nepal pepper is a lesser-known Himalayan Piper species traditionally used as both a wild food and a folk remedy. Older literature usually names it...

Neapolitan marjoram, botanically known as Origanum × majoricum, is an aromatic herb that sits between sweet marjoram and oregano in flavor, fragrance, and likely...

Mugwort, or Artemisia vulgaris, is a strongly aromatic herb with a long and sometimes complicated history in European and Asian herbal traditions. It has...

Mountain savory, also called winter savory, is a woody Mediterranean herb valued as both a kitchen spice and a traditional remedy. Its sharp, peppery...

Mountain lovage, botanically known as Ligusticum mutellina, is a fragrant alpine herb from the parsley family that has long occupied a quiet place between...

Moroccan mint is more than a fragrant tea herb. Best known as the lively, cooling leaf used in North African mint tea, it is...

Marjoram is one of those herbs that moves easily between kitchen and medicine chest. Known botanically as Origanum majorana, it belongs to the mint...

Lovage is one of those herbs that quietly does two jobs at once. In the kitchen, it brings a deep, celery-like savoriness to soups,...

Limebalm is a lime-scented cultivar of Melissa officinalis, the familiar herb better known as lemon balm. In the garden, it looks and grows much...

Lime mint is a fragrant mint cultivar valued less for brute strength than for elegance. Often associated with the citrata side of peppermint, it...

Ligusticum scoticum, often called Scots lovage or beach lovage, is a hardy coastal herb in the carrot family that has long been valued more...

Licorice mint, better known botanically as Agastache rugosa, is an aromatic member of the mint family prized in East Asia as both a culinary...

Licorice basil is a sweet basil cultivar prized for its distinctive aroma, which leans toward anise and black licorice rather than the peppery profile...

Lesser calamint is a fragrant Mediterranean herb in the mint family, valued for its warm mint-and-oregano aroma, tiny flowers, and long history as both...

Lemon Centaury, more often described in botanical works as lesser centaury or slender centaury, is a small annual herb from the gentian family with...

Lemon catnip is a bright, lemon-scented form of catnip that brings together two qualities many tea drinkers want in one herb: the gentle, traditional...

Koseret, commonly identified with Lippia abyssinica in popular writing and Ethiopian herbal use, is an aromatic East African herb valued both as a food...

Korarima, also called Ethiopian cardamom or false cardamom, is an aromatic seed spice from the ginger family that has shaped Ethiopian cooking and traditional...

Kala zeera, often called black caraway or Persian cumin, is a fragrant mountain spice with a long history in South Asian, Central Asian, and...

Java cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), often called “Queen of Spices,” is a fragrant spice native to the forests of southern India and cultivated extensively in...

Hyssop is one of those herbs that sits at the crossroads of kitchen tradition and herbal medicine. A member of the mint family, it...