Herbs & Botanicals

Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus): Plant Guide, Traditional Use, Preparation, Safety & Folklore
Learn about cramp bark, Viburnum opulus: botanical identity, traditional antispasmodic use, preparation, evidence limits, pregnancy cautions and folklore. Read more...
Corn Silk (Zea mays): Plant Guide, Traditional Urinary Use, Preparation, Research & Safety
A clear guide to corn silk from Zea mays, covering plant biology, traditional urinary use, preparation, research limits, interaction cautions and folklore. Read more...
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale): Whole-Plant Guide, Traditional Uses, Topical Research, Safety & Folklore
A practical whole-plant guide to comfrey, including identification, traditional external use, topical research, pyrrolizidine-alkaloid safety and folklore. Read more...
Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis): Whole-Plant Guide to Chinese Herbal Tradition, Research, Safety & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis), covering root identity, Chinese herbal context, women's-health claims, research limits, bleeding, pregnancy and hormone-sensitive cautions, and cultural history. Read more...
Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens): Whole-Plant Guide to Traditional Use, Pain Research, Safety & Sustainability
A guide to Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), covering Kalahari ecology, secondary-root use, traditional digestive and joint applications, evidence limits, gastrointestinal and medication cautions, and sustainability. Read more...
Damiana (Turnera diffusa): Whole-Plant Guide to Traditional Use, Research, Safety & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to Damiana (Turnera diffusa), including identification, Mexican and Central American traditional use, aphrodisiac claims, limited human research, safety, cultivation and spiritual folklore. Read more...
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla): Whole-Plant Guide to Tea, Traditional Uses, Research, Safety & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to German Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), distinguishing it from Roman chamomile, with tea tradition, anxiety and sleep research, Asteraceae allergy and medication cautions, cultivation and folklore. Read more...
Catnip (Nepeta cataria): Whole-Plant Guide to Traditional Use, Research, Safety, Cats & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to Catnip (Nepeta cataria), including identification, traditional tea use, nepetalactone and feline response, limited human research, pregnancy and sedative cautions, cultivation and folklore. Read more...
Cat’s Claw (Uncaria tomentosa): Whole-Plant Guide to Amazonian Tradition, Research, Safety & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to Cat’s Claw (Uncaria tomentosa), including vine identification, Amazonian traditional context, evidence limits, autoimmune, bleeding, surgery, pregnancy and medication cautions. Read more...
Cascara Sagrada (Frangula purshiana): Whole-Plant Guide to Traditional Laxative Use, Safety & Folklore
A safety-forward guide to Cascara Sagrada (Frangula purshiana), including bark identification, traditional stimulant-laxative use, FDA OTC status, anthranoid risks, cultivation and folklore. Read more...
Borage (Borago officinalis): Whole-Plant Guide to Food History, Traditional Uses, Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids & Safety
A safety-forward whole-plant guide to Borage (Borago officinalis), distinguishing leaves and flowers from borage seed oil and explaining pyrrolizidine alkaloid concerns, food history, research, cultivation and folklore. Read more...
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata): Whole-Plant Guide to Identification, Traditional Uses, Research, Safety & Folklore
A whole-plant guide to Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata), clearly distinguishing it from European vervain and lemon verbena, with traditional use, limited research, pregnancy and medication cautions, cultivation and folklore. Read more...