Tag: Carminative

Hyptis suaveolens is an aromatic herb in the mint family that grows widely across tropical and subtropical regions, where it is known by names...

Huo Xiang, here referring specifically to Agastache rugosa, is an aromatic East Asian herb best known for easing nausea, bloating, poor appetite, loose stools,...

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....

Green cardamom is one of those rare herbs that feels equally at home in a kitchen, a tea cup, and a traditional remedy cabinet....

Greek oregano is the sharp, resinous, sun-loving oregano most people imagine when they think of classic Mediterranean cooking. Botanically, it is Origanum vulgare subsp....

Great yellow gentian is one of Europe’s classic bitter herbs. Its thick root, rather than its bright yellow flowers, is the part used in...

Ginger mint is a lively, aromatic herb that combines the cooling brightness people expect from mint with a warmer, spicier edge that explains its...

Galangal is a fragrant rhizome from the ginger family, prized in Southeast Asian cooking and traditional herbal practice for its sharp, citrusy warmth and...

Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, is a delicate, gray-green herb with a long history in European herbal medicine, especially for digestive discomfort, sluggish bile flow, and...

French tarragon is one of those herbs that people know first for flavor and only later for its medicinal side. Best known as the...

Forest Pepper, botanically known as Piper sylvaticum, is a lesser-known pepper vine from South and Southeast Asia that sits at an interesting crossroads between...

Florence fennel is the vegetable form of fennel most people recognize by its pale, layered, bulb-like base, crisp stalks, and feathery fronds. Botanically, it...

Finocchio, better known in English as fennel, is one of those herbs that sits comfortably between kitchen and clinic. Its crisp bulb is a...

Field mint, Mentha arvensis, is a fragrant member of the mint family best known for its cooling scent, digestive tradition, and role as a...

Fever grass, better known internationally as lemongrass, is the fragrant leaf of Cymbopogon citratus, a tropical grass used both as a culinary herb and...

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, is one of those herbs that comfortably bridges the kitchen and the medicine cabinet. Its feathery leaves, crisp bulb, and fragrant...

False cardamom, Alpinia mutica, is an aromatic member of the ginger family that is valued more in regional traditional practice and botanical circles than...

False aloe, usually identified botanically as Manfreda virginica, is a North American perennial that looks somewhat like aloe but belongs to the agave group...

Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) is a fragrant, old-world herb that has quietly moved between kitchen and apothecary for centuries. It belongs to the daisy family,...

Catmint (Nepeta cataria) is an aromatic mint-family herb best known for its effect on cats, but it has a long, quieter history in human...

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is a fragrant spice from the ginger family, prized for its sweet, eucalyptus-like aroma and its long tradition of use for...

Caraway (Carum carvi) is a fragrant seed-spice from the parsley family that has earned a special place in both traditional herb cabinets and everyday...

Asafoetida (often called hing) is a pungent spice made from the dried resin (oleo-gum-resin) of Ferula plants in the carrot family (Apiaceae). In the...