Author: Angela Jegnathan

White Willow Bark (Salix alba): Europe’s Original Pain…

White Willow Bark — Salix alba — is the European White Willow’s bark preparation, and the original botanical source that led to the discovery…

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White Horehound Herb (Marrubium vulgare): The Classic Cough…

White Horehound — Marrubium vulgare — is one of the oldest cough remedies in recorded medicine, mentioned by Dioscorides, Pliny, and in the works…

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White Dead Nettle Herb (Lamium album): The Gynaecological…

White Dead Nettle — Lamium album — is one of the most easily confused plants in the British countryside: its stinging-nettle-like leaves produce no…

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Walnut Leaf Green Black (Juglans nigra): The Green…

The “Walnut Leaf Green Black” designation in the Herba Naturalle herb index refers to preparations made from the green (unripe) outer hull of Black…

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Walnut Leaf (Juglans nigra): The Antifungal and Skin…

Walnut Leaf — from Juglans nigra, the Black Walnut — is the leaf preparation of the same tree whose bark gives Butternut Bark…

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Vriddadaru (Argyreia speciosa): The Ayurvedic Nervine

Vriddadaru — Argyreia speciosa (also known as Elephant Creeper or Vidhara in Sanskrit) — is a robust climbing plant native to India and South-East Asia, used…

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Vervain Herb (Verbena officinalis): The Sacred Nervine Bitter

Vervain — Verbena officinalis — holds one of the most ancient and reverent places in the history of European herbal medicine. Used in Greek…

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Vasaka Leaf (Adhota vasaka): The Expectorant Leaf Preparation

In the Herba Naturalle herb index, both Vasaka (Adhathodda vasaka) and Vasaka Leaf (Adhota vasaka) are listed separately — reflecting the Ayurvedic clinical…

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Vasaka (Adhatoda vasaka): Ayurveda’s Premier Respiratory Herb

Vasaka — Adhatoda vasaka (also Justicia adhatoda) — is the most important respiratory herb in the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia. Known in Sanskrit as Vasa and in Hindi as Adusa,…

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