Tag: Digestive Aid

Ground cherry, when the species is Physalis peruviana, sits in an unusual space between fruit, functional food, and traditional medicine. Many readers know it...

Grewia asiatica, widely known as phalsa, is a fruit-bearing shrub valued in South Asian food culture and traditional medicine. Although many readers encounter it...

Greenthread, commonly called cota or one form of Navajo tea, is a slender Southwestern herb with thread-like leaves, yellow flowers, and a long history...

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

Green bristlegrass, Setaria viridis, is an annual grass better known to botanists and farmers than to mainstream herbal readers. It grows widely across temperate...

Green amaranth, most often identified as Amaranthus tricolor, is a fast-growing leafy vegetable valued across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for both food and...

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....

Greek mountain tea is the traditional herbal infusion made from the flowering aerial parts of Sideritis scardica, a Balkan plant often called ironwort, shepherd’s...

Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus, is a striking yellow-flowered herb from the poppy family that has been used for centuries in European and Asian herbal...

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...

Grapple plant, better known around the world as devil’s claw, is a southern African medicinal herb used mainly for joint pain, back pain, and...

Grains of paradise is a peppery, aromatic seed from a West African plant in the ginger family. It has long been used as both...

Goldthread, botanically known as Coptis trifolia, is a small evergreen woodland plant native to cool, damp forests and boggy habitats in northeastern North America....

Goldenberry, the bright yellow-orange fruit of Physalis peruviana, is one of those plants that sits naturally between food and herbal medicine. It is also...

Golden thistle is one of those Mediterranean plants that sits naturally between food and herbal medicine. Botanically known as Scolymus hispanicus, it is a...

Goldenseal is a woodland herb native to eastern North America, recognized by its bright yellow rhizome and root and long associated with traditional digestive,...

Golden apple, better known in many regions as ambarella or June plum, is a crisp, tart tropical fruit from the Anacardiaceae family. It is...

Torch ginger, also called ginger torch and known botanically as Etlingera elatior, is a striking tropical plant in the ginger family valued as both...

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

Ginger lily, botanically known as Hedychium coronarium, is a fragrant flowering plant in the ginger family that sits at an interesting crossroads between ornamental...

Ginger is one of the few herbs that feels equally at home in a kitchen, a travel bag, and a medicine cabinet. The knobby...

Germander, most often referring to Teucrium chamaedrys or wall germander, is a small aromatic herb in the mint family that has a long history...

Gentian, especially Gentiana lutea or yellow gentian, is one of Europe’s classic bitter herbs. Its medicinal use centers on the root, which has an...

Garlic mustard is a sharp, aromatic herb that blurs the line between wild food and traditional medicine. Botanically known as Alliaria petiolata, it is...