Category: Herbs

Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum): The Mushroom of Immortality

Reishi — Ganoderma lucidum — is the most revered medicinal mushroom in East Asian medicine, known in Chinese as Ling Zhi (“Spirit Plant”) and in Japanese…

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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense): The Phyto-Oestrogenic Meadow Herb

Red Clover — Trifolium pratense — is one of the most familiar wildflowers of British meadows and grasslands, its distinctive pink-purple flower heads a…

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Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus): Britain’s Best-Known Pregnancy Herb

Raspberry Leaf — Rubus idaeus — is undoubtedly the most widely recognised herb for pregnancy support in the UK, with a cultural familiarity that…

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Punarnava Root (Boerhavia diffusa): “The One That Renews”

Punarnava — Boerhavia diffusa — carries a name that translates beautifully from Sanskrit as “she who renews” or “the one that brings back to…

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Psyllium Husk (Plantago psyllium): The Gold Standard Fibre

Psyllium Husk — the seed husks of Plantago psyllium (and related Plantago ovata) — is one of the most thoroughly clinically validated dietary fibres in…

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Prickly Ash Berry (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis): The Concentrated Fruit…

While Prickly Ash Bark is the more commonly used part in Western herbal practice, Prickly Ash Berry — the fruit of the…

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Prickly Ash Bark (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis): The Circulatory Stimulant

Prickly Ash Bark — Zanthoxylum clava-herculis — known evocatively as “Toothache Tree” for its traditional use in numbing dental pain, is a North American…

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Pleurisy Root (Asclepias tuberosa): The Lung Specialist

Pleurisy Root — Asclepias tuberosa, also known as Butterfly Weed for its striking orange flowers that attract pollinators — is a North American…

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Plantain (Plantago major): The Universal Roadside Healer

Plantain — Plantago major — is perhaps the most underestimated herb growing beneath our feet. This unassuming broad-leaved plant of lawns, paths, and waste…

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Pippali Seed (Piper longum): The Long Pepper of…

Pippali — Piper longum, known in English as Long Pepper — is one of the three components of the foundational Ayurvedic formula Trikatu (alongside Black…

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