Plant Medicine

Native to the coastal subtropical regions of the southeastern United States, Serenoa repens — Saw Palmetto — was an important food and medicine for...

Native to the forests of eastern North America, Sassafras albidum — Sassafras — was one of the first North American plants to be commercially expor...

Harvested from the windswept alpine tundra of Siberia, Scandinavia, and the mountainous regions of Central Asia, Rhodiola rosea — Rhodiola — has be...

Native to the temperate forests of Europe and northern Asia, Rubus idaeus — Red Raspberry Leaf — has been used medicinally for over 2,000 years by ...

Cherished as both a nutritious forage crop and a powerful medicinal herb for over 2,000 years, Trifolium pratense — Red Clover Herb — encompasses t...

Native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa, Trifolium pratense — Red Clover Blossoms — have been used in Ayurvedic medicine, European fol...

One of the most spiritually and nutritionally significant plants in human history, Theobroma cacao — meaning “Food of the Gods” — was cultivated by...

Native to the tropical regions of South America and the Caribbean, Quassia amara — Quassia — bears the name of Graman Quassi, an enslaved man from ...

Cultivated and revered for over 3,000 years from the cacao-growing heartlands of Mesoamerica, Theobroma cacao — whose name means “Food of the Gods”...

One of the most powerful and extensively used plants in North American folk medicine, Phytolacca americana — Poke Root — has been employed by Indig...

A natural hybrid of watermint and spearmint that originated in Europe, Mentha × piperita — Peppermint — has been used medicinally for at least 10,0...

One of the most ancient members of the mint family, Mentha pulegium — Pennyroyal — has been documented in European herbalism since the first centur...

Harvested from the inner bark of a towering hardwood native to the Amazon and throughout Central and South America, Tabebuia impetiginosa — Pau D’A...

Native to the eastern United States and widely naturalized through South America, Passiflora incarnata — Passionflower — was first used medicinally...

Cultivated in the Mediterranean for more than 2,000 years, Petroselinum crispum — Parsley — was revered in ancient Greece as a symbol of power and ...

Revered for centuries by Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, and other Indigenous nations of the Rocky Mountain Southwest, Ligusticum porteri — Osha Root — ear...

Native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, Mahonia aquifolium — Oregon Grape Root — has been used for centuries by Indigenous peoples of the...

Steeped in thousands of years of global spice trade and ceremony, this warming blend draws from the ancient routes that carried Cinnamomum verum — ...

Cultivated for over 4,000 years across China, India, and the Mediterranean, Citrus sinensis — Orange Peel — was prized by Tang Dynasty physicians f...

Cultivated across the sun-drenched Mediterranean basin for more than 4,000 years, Olea europaea — Olive Leaf — was revered by ancient Egyptians as ...

Harvested from the green, unripe stalks of the same plant that produces oatmeal, Avena sativa - Oatstraw - has been used in European herbal medicin...

One of Europe's oldest and most nutritionally celebrated wild plants, Urtica dioica - Nettle Leaf - has been used as food, medicine, and fiber sinc...

Revered in India as the Village Pharmacy and the Divine Tree, Azadirachta indica - Neem - has been central to Ayurvedic medicine and Indian spiritu...

A towering, velvety-leaved plant that grows along roadsides and hillsides throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, Verbascum thapsus - Mullein L...