Artichoke – The Mediterranean Wonder
Tweet Artichoke, scientific name Cynara cardunculus, a plant noted for its bizarrely-shaped but beautiful violet-purple flowers and is commonly known as globe artichoke. Found throughout Southern Europe, some parts of Africa and other places around the Mediterranean, the artichoke is also most notable for its many uses from being used as ingredients for various forms of food, tea, a form of liquor and some medicinal and folk...
Arnica – An Effective Medicinal Herb
Tweet Arnica is a perennial herb that originates from Europe, eastern Asia, Canada and the northern United States. Herbal medicines are often prepared with the daisy-like flower, rhizome or root of this herb. Infections, inflammation and wounds can be relieved or healed by using Arnica herbal home remedies. Even homeopathic medicines are also prepared with it. A majority of the claims regarding the effectiveness of this plant...
Aristolochic Acids – All You Have Wanted To Know
Tweet Aristolochic Acids are herbal remedies that belong to a family of mutagenic, nephrotoxic and carcinogenic compounds. They are common in Aristolochiaceae plants family. Such plants include Asarum and Aristolochia. These plants are very popular among the expert of traditional Chinese medicine. For many years, Aristolochic acids have been used in the manufacture of Chinese medicine. Among the mostly used acid in the...
Aloe Vera Benefits – A Silent Healer and Multi Versatile Medicinal Wonder Plant
Tweet Aloe Vera, a plant with countless and abundant medicinal benefits is a native plant of Northern Africa. Though originating in the hot, extremely dry, parched regions of Northern Africa it is seen in abundance in the tropical and sub tropical locations of Latin America, South Africa and the Caribbean. The history of aloe vera dates back to around 5000 years to the early Egyptian period where the plant was illustrated on...
Alfalfa – More Than Just a Healthy Food
Tweet Alfalfa is a slender and bushy perennial plant with trifoliate leaves that are almost bluish to green, and mauve to purple colored flowers that can be used as herbal remedies. It has seeds in pods that are sickle shaped. It is called by its other names such as buffalo grass, chilean clover, erba medica, and lucerne. Alfalfa belongs to Papilionaceae family of genus Medicago Sativa. It grows actively during summer, spring,...
Agrimony – Medicinal Uses
Tweet Agrimony is an herb which has a long history of being one of the traditional herbal remedies for treating different ailments. This medicinal plant is commonly grown in different parts of Canada, Europe, United States, Brazil and Africa. Agrimony is a genus Agrimonia belonging to the Rosaceae family, characterized by unique features such as: spikes bearing rows of small yellow flowers called church steeples, fruits having...
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