Plant guides
6 plant(s) tagged “colds”, each covered the same way: what it is, its benefits, how to use it, and its precautions.
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Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
The purple coneflower North America gave the world's medicine cabinets.
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Elderberry
Sambucus nigra
Dark hedgerow berries cooked into syrups for winter colds — pleasant, possibly helpful, and never to be eaten raw.
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus globulus
The Tasmanian blue gum whose sharp, clearing scent fills chest rubs and steam bowls — and whose oil is dangerous if swallowed.
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Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
The towering, velvet-leaved roadside torch plant — a traditional cough tea, as long as you strain out its itchy hairs.
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Sage
Salvia officinalis
Velvety grey-green leaves with a bold, piney flavour — a classic sore-throat gargle, and a herb to respect in concentrated form.
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
A tough little woody herb that flavours slow-cooked food beautifully and has soothed coughs across Europe for centuries.
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