Medicinal Herbs & Teas: Botanical Profiles and Uses
Catuaba (Trichilia catigua): Properties and Benefits
Catuaba (Trichilia catigua): traditional uses of the bark, preparation, contraindications and how to tell it apart from other plants sold as catuaba.
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): Properties and Benefits
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): traditional uses, eugenol, preparation methods, recipes and contraindications, with a warning about clove oil in babies.
Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): Properties and Benefits
Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): traditional uses, how to prepare the leaf tea and juice, contraindications, and precautions with anticoagulants and diuretics.
Anise (Pimpinella anisum): Properties and Benefits
Anise (Pimpinella anisum): traditional digestive and calming uses, how to prepare the tea and tincture, contraindications, and how it differs from star anise.
Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia): Benefits and Uses
Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia): traditional uses, leaf tea and juice preparation, hypoglycemia risk with diabetes drugs and contraindications in pregnancy.
Lovage (Levisticum officinale): Properties and Benefits
Lovage (Levisticum officinale): traditional uses as a digestive and diuretic herb, how to make lovage tea, plant compounds and contraindications.
Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis): Properties and Benefits
Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis): traditional uses, tea and essential oil, active compounds, contraindications, and why whole leaves must come out before eating.
Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana): Properties and Benefits
Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana): traditional uses in Africa, preparation, active compounds and contraindications, with a warning about the toxic raw fruit.
Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus): Properties and Benefits
Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus): traditional uses, preparation, phytochemicals and contraindications of a phototoxic plant with liver risk when taken internally.
Chinese Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia): Benefits and Uses
Chinese Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia): traditional uses, preparation, how it differs from Ceylon cinnamon, and contraindications tied to coumarin and the liver.
Elemi (Canarium luzonicum): Properties and Benefits
Elemi (Canarium luzonicum): aromatic resin used in essential oil for diffusers and skin care, with contraindications in pregnancy.
Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum): Benefits and Uses
Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum): plant used in traditional infusions for mild hypertension and sore throat, with contraindications in pregnancy.
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