Tag: Diuretic

Heather, or Calluna vulgaris, is a small evergreen shrub best known for painting moorlands in pink and purple, but it also has a long...

Heath plants (Erica species) are small evergreen shrubs known for their delicate bell-shaped flowers and their ability to thrive in nutrient-poor soils. Native to...

Ground ivy is a low-growing, aromatic herb from the mint family that has been used for centuries in European folk medicine. Also known as...

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

Gravel root is the traditional medicinal root of a tall North American wildflower more widely known today as joe-pye weed. In older herb books,...

Goutweed, also called ground elder, bishop’s weed, or Aegopodium podagraria, is one of those plants that sits between food, folk remedy, and modern phytochemistry....

Goldenrod refers to a group of bright yellow flowering plants in the Solidago genus, but not all species are used the same way in...

Fringed pink, Dianthus superbus, is a striking perennial known for its deeply cut, fragrant petals, but in traditional East Asian medicine it is valued...

Foam flower, botanically known as Tiarella cordifolia, is a woodland perennial better known for its airy white blooms than for its medicinal history. Yet...

Flat-top Goldentop, also called grass-leaved goldenrod, is a North American perennial in the daisy family that has a long but quiet history in traditional...

Flat sea holly, Eryngium planum, is a striking blue-flowered herb from the celery family that has long lived two lives at once: ornamental in...

Field horsetail, or Equisetum arvense, is one of the oldest surviving plant lineages on earth, yet its modern appeal is surprisingly practical. This fern-like...

Eutrochium purpureum, better known in herbal medicine as gravel root or sweet Joe-Pye weed, is a tall North American plant with a long history...

European ash, or Fraxinus excelsior, is best known as a tall woodland tree, yet its leaves and bark also have a long history in...

Equisetum arvense, better known as field horsetail, is one of the oldest surviving plant lineages on earth. Its jointed green stems and high silica...

Downy birch (Betula pubescens) is a northern tree with a long history of practical, “everyday” herbal use—most often through its leaves, and more occasionally...

Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) is a North American wild plant with a paradoxical reputation: it has a long ethnobotanical history, yet it is best known...

Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) is one of those plants many people recognize from lawns, yet it has a long history as both a...

Couch grass (Elymus repens) is a familiar “yard weed” with a surprisingly long tradition in European herbalism—especially for urinary comfort. The part used medicinally...

Corn silk is the soft, thread-like “silks” that sit beneath a corn husk and connect each kernel to the plant. In herbal traditions, it...

Chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) is a twining woodland vine native to East Asia, prized for its unusual “chocolate-scented” flowers and its purple, pod-like fruit....

Burdock (Arctium lappa) is a biennial plant in the daisy family whose long, earthy root is both a traditional remedy and a familiar food...

Buchu (Agathosma betulina) is an aromatic South African shrub whose leaves have been used for generations in traditional wellness practices, especially for urinary comfort....

Broom (Cytisus scoparius), often called Scotch broom or common broom, is a flowering shrub in the pea family best known as an ornamental plant...