Yarrow (Achillea millefolium): The Universal Healer
Yarrow — Achillea millefolium — is named after the hero Achilles, who according to legend used it to staunch the bleeding wounds of his…
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…
Wood Betony — Stachys betonica (also Betonica officinalis) — is one of the most celebrated herbs of the medieval British and European herbal tradition, carrying…
Wild Carrot — Daucus carota — is the ancestor of the cultivated carrot, growing on dry grasslands and roadsides throughout Britain as Queen Anne’s…
Turmeric — Curcuma longa — is the most studied herbal medicine in modern pharmacological research, with over 15,000 published studies examining the biological activities…
Tansy — Tanacetum vulgare — is a familiar British garden and hedgerow plant with deeply cut, bright green, fern-like leaves and clusters of bright…
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis, is a low-growing, blue-flowered perennial of grasslands, heaths, and open woodland throughout Britain. Once widely used as a European…
Senna Pods — the fruit pods of Cassia angustifolia — contain the same sennoside anthraquinone compounds as Senna Leaf, but in slightly different proportions…
Plantain — Plantago major — is perhaps the most underestimated herb growing beneath our feet. This unassuming broad-leaved plant of lawns, paths, and waste…