Chamomile and Valerian: Two Powerful Herbs for Anxiety,…
Introduction Of all the herbs that people reach for when anxiety or sleeplessness strikes, chamomile and valerian are the two most widely…
Introduction Of all the herbs that people reach for when anxiety or sleeplessness strikes, chamomile and valerian are the two most widely…
Yucca Root (Yucca filamentosa): The Final Herb, Anti-Inflammatory Joint Tonic Yucca Root — Yucca filamentosa — is a stiff-leaved perennial plant of the American…
Yellow Dock — Rumex crispus — is a common British dockweed whose large, curly-edged leaves are famous as the traditional antidote to nettle stings.…
Yarrow — Achillea millefolium — is named after the hero Achilles, who according to legend used it to staunch the bleeding wounds of his…
Wormwood — Artemisia absinthium — is one of the most intensely bitter herbs in the entire Western materia medica, its name absinthium deriving from the Greek…
Wormseed — Carpesium abrotanoides — is a plant of the Asteraceae family native to East Asia, whose traditional application as an antiparasitic for intestinal…
Wood Betony — Stachys betonica (also Betonica officinalis) — is one of the most celebrated herbs of the medieval British and European herbal tradition, carrying…
Witch Hazel Leaf — the folium (leaf) preparation of Hamamelis virginiana — offers a gentler, less intensely tannin-rich preparation than the bark, making it…
Wintergreen — Gaultheria procumbens — is a small, evergreen ground-covering plant native to the forests of eastern North America, whose leaves and oil carry…
Wild Yam Root — Dioscorea villosa — is a North American climbing vine whose root carries one of the most discussed and most misunderstood…