Tag: Skin Health

Fringe sage, botanically known as Artemisia frigida, is a small silvery Artemisia with a long record of use in steppe and northern herbal traditions,...

French Rose, botanically known as Rosa gallica, is one of the oldest cultivated roses in Europe and a classic medicinal flower in traditional Western...

French marigold, Tagetes patula, is one of those plants people often recognize before they truly know. It is familiar in borders and containers for...

French honeysuckle, botanically known as Hedysarum coronarium, is a Mediterranean legume better known to farmers as sulla than to herbal shoppers as a standard...

Fraxinella, better known to botanists as Dictamnus albus, is one of those herbs that sits at the border between fascination and caution. It is...

Fragrant sumac, or Rhus aromatica, is a North American shrub best known for its lemon-scented leaves, bright red fruits, and longstanding place in traditional...

Four-leaf Clover is best known as a symbol of luck, but botanically it belongs to Trifolium repens, the same species as white clover. The...

Four O' Clock, better known to botanists as Mirabilis jalapa, is one of those plants that sits at an interesting crossroads: it is a...

Fluellen, botanically known as Kickxia elatine, is a small trailing field herb in the plantain family that has lived for a long time at...

Flame nettle, long known in gardens as Coleus blumei and now more often classified under Coleus scutellarioides or Plectranthus scutellarioides, is best known for...

Five-leaved chaste tree, botanically known as Vitex negundo, is an aromatic shrub used across Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and several Southeast Asian folk traditions. Its...

Fish mint, Houttuynia cordata, is one of the more unusual medicinal plants in common use today. It is eaten as a pungent leafy vegetable...

Figwort, or Scrophularia nodosa, is a long-used European herb best known in traditional herbal medicine for chronic skin complaints, itching, mild constipation, and what...

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...

False acacia, better known botanically as Robinia pseudoacacia and commonly called black locust, is a fragrant flowering tree with a complicated herbal reputation. Its...

Everlasting flower, Xerochrysum bracteatum, is best known for its papery, long-lasting blooms, but its appeal is not only ornamental. This Australian species, once widely...

Evening primrose is a yellow-flowering plant whose medicinal reputation comes mostly from its seeds, not its petals. The seed oil—commonly sold as evening primrose...

European chestnut, Castanea sativa, occupies an unusual place in natural health. It is not just a woodland tree or a seasonal food. It also...

European alder, also called common alder or black alder, is a moisture-loving tree better known for riverbanks and wet woodlands than for kitchen-shelf herbal...

Eulalia, Miscanthus sinensis, is best known around the world as an elegant ornamental grass, but in parts of East Asia it also has a...

Epilobium, often called fireweed or rosebay willowherb, is a tall flowering plant best known in herbal medicine for urinary and prostate-related use. The species...

English stonecrop, or Sedum anglicum, is a tiny, mat-forming succulent that grows on rocky coasts, walls, cliffs, and sandy soils across western Europe. It...

English daisy, or Bellis perennis, is the small lawn flower many people overlook until they learn how long it has been used in European...

Edelweiss is one of those rare herbs that carries both cultural romance and real scientific interest. Best known as the small, white alpine flower...