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Fu Ling is a medicinal fungus used for centuries in East Asian herbal practice, especially in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Unlike familiar culinary mushrooms with...

Cat’s whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus), often called Java tea, is a traditional herbal leaf used most famously for “urinary tract flushing” and gentle fluid support....

Chanca piedra, often called “stone breaker,” is a small tropical plant traditionally used to support urinary comfort and help manage kidney stone tendencies. In...

Chickweed (Stellaria media) is one of those humble plants that quietly earns a permanent place in traditional herbalism: soft, green, and often growing at...

Mountain goldenrod, also known as European goldenrod, is a bright yellow flowering herb with a long history in traditional European herbal medicine. Unlike ornamental...

Madder, or Rubia tinctorum, is best known as one of history’s classic red dye plants, yet its root has also held a place in...

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,...

Lamb’s Quarters, botanically known as Chenopodium album, is one of the most useful plants that many people mistake for an ordinary weed. In gardens,...

Lady’s Thumb, botanically known as Persicaria maculosa, is a common smartweed with a long history as both a weedy field plant and a modest...

Knotweed, more precisely Polygonum aviculare, is a low-growing annual herb better known in many herbal texts as common knotgrass. It has a long record...

Kinkeliba, or Combretum micranthum, is one of West Africa’s best-known medicinal leaf teas and has been used for generations as a daily wellness drink...

Kidney tea plant, often called Java tea, cat’s whiskers, or misai kucing, is a Southeast Asian medicinal herb best known for its traditional role...

Joe-Pye weed, often called gravel root in herbal practice, is a tall North American perennial best known for its long history in traditional urinary...

Java tea, better known botanically as Orthosiphon stamineus, is a flowering herb from the mint family that has been used for generations across Southeast...

Japanese parsley, better known as mitsuba, is a delicate leafy herb from East Asia that sits somewhere between a culinary garnish and a traditional...

Italian goldenrod, identified botanically as Solidago virgaurea, is better known in the scientific and regulatory literature as European goldenrod. It is a flowering herb...

Indian hemp, botanically known as Apocynum cannabinum, is a North American medicinal plant with a long and complicated history. Indigenous communities valued it both...

Hydrocotyle vulgaris, often called marsh pennywort, is a creeping wetland herb with a long but somewhat scattered medicinal history. It belongs to a group...

Hydrangea, scientifically known as Hydrangea macrophylla, is a flowering plant celebrated not only for its ornamental appeal but also for its traditional medicinal applications....

Huang Shi, commonly known as Poria cocos, is a medicinal fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine for its unique therapeutic properties. It is a...

Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, is one of the oldest surviving plant species on earth, a reed-like herb valued for both its unusual silica content and...

Holly, or Ilex aquifolium, is best known as the glossy evergreen with spiny leaves and bright red berries that appears in winter gardens and...

Himalayan saltbush, botanically Atriplex hortensis, is better known in many parts of the world as garden orache or mountain spinach. In Himalayan and trans-Himalayan...

Hedge bindweed is a fast-growing perennial vine in the morning glory family that is better known as a garden weed than as a mainstream...