Tag: Urinary System

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...

Kinnikinnick, better known in herbal medicine as bearberry leaf, comes from the evergreen shrub Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. The leaf, not the berry, is the part...

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...

Khella, the dried fruit of Ammi visnaga, is one of those old medicinal plants that still feels surprisingly modern once you look at what...

Juniper, most often known from its blue-purple “berries,” is an evergreen conifer with a long history in European herbal medicine, culinary tradition, and aromatic...

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...

Jaborandi is a Brazilian medicinal shrub best known as the natural source of pilocarpine, a potent alkaloid that strongly stimulates salivary, tear, and sweat...

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

Italian Bugloss, botanically known as Anchusa azurea, is a vivid blue-flowering herb from the borage family that has a longer folk-medicine history than most...

Irish heather, botanically known as Calluna vulgaris, is the small evergreen shrub that colors moorlands and acidic hillsides with mauve, pink, or white blooms....

Innocence, better known to many botanists and gardeners as Houstonia caerulea, is a tiny North American wildflower with pale blue to white blossoms and...

Indigo berry, the fruit of Randia echinocarpa, is a lesser-known medicinal food plant from Mexico and parts of Central America that deserves a careful,...

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

Houstonia caerulea, better known as bluets or Quaker ladies, is a tiny spring wildflower that belongs more often to meadow walks and woodland edges...

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...

Gromwell, botanically known as Lithospermum officinale, is an old European herb with a far larger reputation in traditional medicine than in modern clinical practice....

Green strawberry, botanically known as Fragaria viridis, is a lesser-known wild strawberry species native to parts of Europe and Asia. It is sometimes called...

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...

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...