The ancient Greeks fed their cattle senega snakeroot to increase milk production, which is why they gave the European species…
Unlike anise, burnet saxifrage does not have hair on its stem and fruits. Its French name, bocage or petit Persil…
The great Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author Pedanius Dioscorides already used the hart's tongue fern, who said that "it…
The common plantain comes from the botanical genus Plantago. It comprises about 200 species, among which the most outstanding regarding…
Among the many pine tree species known, only two have remarkable medicinal properties: the maritime pine tree (Pinus pinaster Soland),…
The butterbur plant is also known as significant coltsfoot due to the similar appearance of this plant to that of…
The poppy plant is one of the most attractive medicinal herbs. The ancient Greeks and Romans consumed poppies in salads,…
Latin writers of ancient times define the coltsfoot plant as filium ante patrem (son before the father) since its flowers…
The white stain in the wild clover leaves was why people defending the theory of signs said the plant was…
Dioscorides and Hippocrates already knew the pectoral properties of the great mullein plant in classical Greece. Since then, it has…