Tag: Oral and Dental Health

Khat, Catha edulis, is a leafy shrub native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, where fresh leaves and tender shoots have...

Kepel, also known as Stelechocarpus burahol, is a rare tropical fruit tree best known from Java and wider Southeast Asia. It has long carried...

Kencur, or Kaempferia galanga, is a small aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that holds a distinctive place in Southeast Asian kitchens and traditional...

Kempas is a towering tropical tree from Southeast Asia that is far better known for its dense hardwood than for mainstream herbal use. Still,...

Kawakawa is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best-known medicinal plants, valued in rongoā Māori for generations and now widely used as tea, balm, infused...

Kaffir lime, botanically known as Citrus hystrix, is a highly aromatic citrus tree prized more for its leaves and peel than for its juice....

Hop hornbeam, also called ironwood or leverwood, is a small North American tree with a much bigger folk-medicine story than most people realize. Traditionally,...

Himalayan Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum alatum, is a prickly aromatic shrub or small tree native to the Himalayan region and valued both as a spice and...

Himalayan indigo, Indigofera heterantha, is a flowering shrub from the pea family that grows across parts of the western and central Himalayas. Many people...

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

Garden sorrel is one of those herbs that sits comfortably between the kitchen and the medicine cabinet. Known botanically as Rumex acetosa, it is...

Garden sage is one of those herbs that feels familiar in the kitchen yet far more complex once you look closely. Best known as...

Gambir, also written as gambier, is a concentrated herbal extract made mainly from the leaves and young twigs of Uncaria gambir, a climbing shrub...

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

Fingerroot is a slender, aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that is widely used in Thai, Indonesian, Malaysian, and other Southeast Asian cuisines. Botanically...

Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) is an aromatic leaf used daily in many South Asian kitchens and respected in traditional wellness systems for far more...

Copaiba is a fragrant plant resin (often called copaiba oil-resin or oleoresin) traditionally tapped from Copaifera trees in South America. Unlike many “herbal oils,”...

Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) is the dried, unopened flower bud of a tropical evergreen tree, prized as both a warming culinary spice and a concentrated...

Betony (Stachys officinalis), often called wood betony, is a traditional European herb from the mint family that has been used as a steady, everyday...

Betel leaf (Piper betle) is a glossy, heart-shaped leaf from a tropical climbing vine that has been used for centuries across South and Southeast...

Benzoin resin (Styrax benzoin) is a fragrant, balsamic resin that seeps from Styrax trees after the bark is wounded and then hardens into amber-brown...

African basil (Ocimum gratissimum)—often called scent leaf or clove basil—is a strongly aromatic herb used as both food and traditional medicine across West and...

Australian tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium) is a fragrant shrub in the myrtle family whose leaves and nectar have become well known through two modern...

Anacyclus pyrethrum—often called pellitory or akarkara—is a pungent, warming root used in North African, Ayurvedic, and Unani traditions for oral discomfort, sluggish digestion, and...