The ground ivy plant has been used as a medicinal herb since the Middle Ages. Saint Hildegard, the German abbess…
Several species of hemp nettle grow in Europe and America. They all have bi-lobulated flowers resembling the mouth of a…
The Mormon tea plant may be the medicinal herb used for the longest time. It was first known in China,…
The caimito plant is one of the most flaunting trees in tropical America, and its fruit is tasteful and thirst-quenching.…
Irish moss is a form of algae first used in Ireland in the mid-19th century. Since then, its medicinal applications…
Iceland moss does not have leaves or roots and is a true example of a surviving species. It adapts to…
The yellowish, tough wood of the lignum vitae tree caught the attention of the first Spanish people traveling to America.…
The gum plant contains phenolic and flavonic substances, which give it antispasmodic properties, and saponins, to which it owes its…
The rustyback fern was already mentioned by the great Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author Pedanius Dioscorides in the 1st…
The pleurisy root produces a white sap and has been widely employed in North America to treat respiratory afflictions. The…