Lungwort Leaf (Pulmonaria officinalis): The Respiratory Mucosal Herb
Lungwort — Pulmonaria officinalis — is a spring-flowering woodland perennial whose distinctive silver-spotted leaves gave it both its common name and, in the Doctrine…
Category: Herbs
Lovage Root (Levisticum officinale): The Forgotten Digestive and…
Lovage — Levisticum officinale — is one of the great forgotten herbs of the British and European culinary and medicinal traditions. A tall, celery-scented…
Lime Flowers (Tilia europaea): The European Nervous System…
Lime Flowers — the blossoms of Tilia europaea (European Linden or Common Lime Tree) — are one of the most beautiful and evocatively fragrant…
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus): The Citrus Digestive Herb
Lemongrass — Cymbopogon citratus — is a tall, tropical grass native to South-East Asia and widely used in both the kitchens and the medicine…
Lavender Flowers (Lavandula officinalis): The World’s Favourite Nervine
Lavender Flowers — Lavandula officinalis (also Lavandula angustifolia) — need little introduction. The lilac-blue flower spikes of this sun-loving Mediterranean shrub have been used medicinally…
Lady’s Mantle Leaf (Alchemilla vulgaris): The Woman’s Herb
Lady’s Mantle — Alchemilla vulgaris — is one of the most beautiful and most clinically important women’s herbs in the Western herbal tradition. Its…
Kola Nuts (Kola nitida): The Original Energy Nut
Kola Nuts — the seeds of Kola nitida (and related Kola acuminata) — are large, bitter-tasting seeds from West African rainforest trees that have been…
Khella Fruits (Ammi visnaga): The Bronchodilating Antispasmodic
Khella — Ammi visnaga — is a North African and Mediterranean umbelliferous plant whose fruits carry one of the most remarkable pharmacological stories in…