Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine is the study and use of plants for medicinal purposes.

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Honeysuckle (lonicera japonica)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Anti-viral, anti-bacterial, tuberculostatic; traditionally used for bacterial dysentery, fevers, flu and laryngitis.

Irish moss (chondrus crispus)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Demulcent, emollient, nutritive; historically used for kidney and bladder disorders.

Used to soothe and increase mucous membrane activity, for coughs and colds, fighting infection by increasing white blood cells (that attack foreign microbials)54; also to treat weak pulse and cold ...

Prickly ash bark (zanthoxylum clava-herculis)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Historically used for chronic rheumatism, dyspepsia, dysentery, kidney and heart problems, colds, coughs, lung ailments and nervous debility; also used as a cancer treatment.

Peppermint (mentha piperita)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Used for indigestion, studies show Peppermint lessens the amount of time food spends in the stomach by stimulating the gastric lining. Helps with heartburn, migraine headaches, nausea and the ...

Queen of the meadow root (gravel root, joe-pye weed) (eupatorum purpureum)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Diuretic; used for urinary infections, also for respiratory problems.

Pipsissewa (chimaphila umbellata)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Used as a natural remedy for kidney problems. It is less astringent than Uva-Ursi, with a stronger diuretic action and less irritation of the intestinal lining.