Tag: Digestive Aid

Curled dock, also called yellow dock or curly dock, is one of those herbs people often overlook because it grows like a common weed....

Cumin is one of those herbs that sits at the crossroads of food and medicine. Most people know it as a warm, earthy kitchen...

Culantro (Eryngium foetidum) is a strongly aromatic tropical herb often mistaken for cilantro, but it is a different plant with a deeper, more intense...

Cucumber is one of the simplest foods in the kitchen, yet it has a surprisingly broad health profile. Botanically, it is a fruit, but...

Cubeb berry, also called tailed pepper or Java pepper, is the dried fruit of Piper cubeba, a spice and medicinal plant in the pepper...

Cress, especially garden cress (Lepidium sativum), is one of those herbs that quietly does a lot. It is used as a peppery salad green,...

Creeping thyme, also called wild thyme, is a low-growing aromatic herb with a long history in traditional medicine, especially for coughs, throat irritation, and...

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

Costmary, also called Tanacetum balsamita, is one of those old-world herbs that sits between kitchen tradition and herbal medicine. It has a minty-balsamic aroma,...

Coriander is one of the few herbs that functions as both a kitchen staple and a traditional medicinal plant. Its fresh leaves are often...

Codonopsis clematidea, sometimes misspelled as “Condonopsis,” is a high-altitude medicinal herb used in parts of Central Asia and the trans-Himalayan region, especially in local...

Codonopsis, often called dang shen, is a traditional East Asian medicinal root valued as a gentle tonic for energy, digestion, and recovery. It is...

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,...

Club moss (Lycopodium clavatum) is an old medicinal plant with a surprisingly modern profile. Although it is not a true moss, it has been...

Clove is one of those rare herbs and spices that sits comfortably in both the kitchen and traditional medicine cabinet. The dried flower bud...

Cinquefoil, especially creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans), is a traditional medicinal plant in the rose family that has a long folk-use history and a surprisingly...