Plant guides
6 plant(s) tagged “skin”, each covered the same way: what it is, its benefits, how to use it, and its precautions.
All Adaptogen 6 Allergies 1 Anti-inflammatory 3 Antioxidant 16 Aromatherapy 3 Blood pressure 4 Blood sugar 4 Calm 5 Colds 6 Digestion 20 Energy 4 Eyes 2 First aid 6 Focus 6 Food plant 14 Gut health 2 Headache 2 Heart 9 Hormones 2 Immune 8 Joints 3 Kitchen spice 19 Kitchen staple 1 Lactation 2 Liver 2 Memory 6 Menstrual 2 Mood 2 Mushroom 6 Nausea 1 Respiratory 6 Skin 6 Sleep 6 Stress 5 Tea 8 Urinary 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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Calendula
Calendula officinalis
The cheerful orange pot marigold that has soothed scrapes, rashes and sore skin for centuries — best used on the outside.
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Gotu Kola
Centella asiatica
A creeping marsh herb eaten as a salad green across South Asia — and the "cica" in many modern skin-soothing creams.
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Sea Buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
A thorny coastal shrub crowded with sour orange berries — packed with vitamin C, carotenoids and a rare omega-7 oil.
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St John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
A sunny midsummer flower with real antidepressant evidence — and more drug interactions than almost any other herb on the shelf.
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Tea Tree
Melaleuca alternifolia
An Australian swamp shrub whose sharp, medicinal oil tackles spots and fungal skin — strictly on the outside, and never near cats.
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