Beautiful Pain Relief
The Opium Poppy is famously the source of the drug opium and though naturalized through much of Europe and Asia, […]
Carvacrol
Important Bioactive From Plants! Carvacrol is a monoterpenoid phenol compound found in the essential oil of many aromatic herbs; notably
Purple Panic or Fairytale Flower?
The Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) produces blue flowers in the spring and early summer which color the sky and ground
Traditional Hawaiian Medicine
Post Series: Global Traditional Medicine Systems In order to spread awareness about the rich living herbal traditions from around the
Miracle Tree?
A native tree to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Moringa (Moringa oleifera) is a tree of many uses, and has
Beautiful Grass
The Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus spp.) are up in California! I find these are some of the most iconic wildflowers of
Stand-Out Beauty
Waratah (Telopea spp.) is the common name for a genus of five endemic species of Australia from the Proteacea which
Citral
Important Bioactive From Plants! Citral is an acyclic monoterpene aldehyde, pale-yellow in color with a strong lemony odor. Citral occurs
Naturopathy
Post Series: Global Traditional Medicine Systems In order to spread awareness about the rich living herbal traditions from around the
Herculean Heal All?
Opopanax, (aka. Hercules-all-heal; Opopanax chironium) is a Southern European herbaceous perennial that grows to about 6 feet tall with a