Plant guides
20 plant(s), each covered the same way: what it is, its benefits, how to use it, and its precautions.
All Adaptogen 3 Allergies 1 Anti-inflammatory 1 Antioxidant 2 Aromatherapy 1 Blood pressure 1 Blood sugar 2 Calm 4 Colds 1 Digestion 5 Energy 1 First aid 1 Focus 3 Food plant 2 Headache 1 Heart 3 Immune 3 Joints 2 Kitchen spice 5 Kitchen staple 1 Lactation 1 Liver 1 Memory 1 Nausea 1 Skin 1 Sleep 5 Stress 2 Tea 3
Aloe Vera
Aloe barbadensis miller
The succulent whose gel has been a household remedy for burns and skin irritation for thousands of years.
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Turmeric
Curcuma longa
The golden rhizome behind curry's colour — and one of the most researched anti-inflammatory plants on earth.
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Ginger
Zingiber officinale
The world's most trusted remedy for a queasy stomach, with the clinical trials to back it up.
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Peppermint
Mentha × piperita
A vigorous garden mint whose oil is one of the best-evidenced herbal treatments for IBS.
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Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
The gentle daisy that became the world's bedtime tea.
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Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
The Mediterranean shrub whose scent has genuine, measurable calming effects.
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Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
The purple coneflower North America gave the world's medicine cabinets.
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Green Tea
Camellia sinensis
The unoxidised leaf that pairs caffeine with calm — and centuries of daily-ritual evidence.
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Garlic
Allium sativum
The kitchen bulb with genuine, measured effects on blood pressure and cholesterol.
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Ashwagandha
Withania somnifera
Ayurveda's premier "strength of a stallion" root, now a heavily studied stress adaptogen.
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Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
The Mediterranean shrub scholars have worn for memory since ancient Greece — and modern studies keep finding they were onto something.
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Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
The bark that launched trade empires — with a genuine but modest effect on blood sugar, and one important safety catch.
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Valerian
Valeriana officinalis
Europe's traditional sleep root — gentle, non-habit-forming, and best judged after two weeks of nightly use.
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Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
The lemon-scented mint that takes the edge off stress — beloved by bees, herbalists and anxious students alike.
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Holy Basil (Tulsi)
Ocimum tenuiflorum
India's most sacred plant and Ayurveda's "elixir of life" — a peppery cousin of kitchen basil with genuine adaptogen credentials.
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Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
The lawn "weed" that's actually a salad green, coffee substitute and one of herbal medicine's oldest digestive bitters.
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Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
The plant that fights back — then feeds you. Mineral-rich spring green, hay-fever folk remedy, and a surprisingly evidence-brushed joint herb.
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Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
The maple-scented seed of curry blends — studied for blood sugar, cholesterol and milk supply, and famous for making you smell faintly of syrup.
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Hibiscus
Hibiscus sabdariffa
The crimson, cranberry-tart tea of Egypt and Mexico — with blood-pressure evidence strong enough to surprise cardiologists.
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Ginseng
Panax ginseng
East Asia's "man-root" and the original adaptogen — pricey, potent for fatigue, and worth buying carefully.
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