Bitter Melon is also known as Momordica charantia, Bitter Gourd, Balsam Pear, Foo Gwa, Karela, Balsamina. The bitter melon is a tropical/subtropical herbaceous tendril bearing vine with yellow flowers, and is a member of the squash family. The fruit itself is oblong in shape with a pockmarked and warty exterior, looking like a cross between a cucumber and …
Bromelain Liquid Extract, Bromelain (Ananas Comosus) Powder Tincture Supplement 4 oz
Bromelain is a protein extract derived from the stems of pineapples, although it exists in all parts of the fresh plant and fruit. The extract has a history of folk medicine use. As a culinary ingredient, it may be used as a meat tenderizer. Bromelain extract is a mixture of protein-digesting (proteolytic) enzymes or proteases, and several other …
Cilantro Liquid Extract, Organic Cilantro (Coriandrum Sativum) Tincture Supplement 2 oz
Cilantro is the leaf of the herb most the world knows as coriander. Cilantro Coriandrum sativum, coriander leaf, Chinese Parsley, Coriandri Fructus, Koriander, Kustumburi. Cilantro leaf has been used medicinally for over 5000 years, and is known outside of North America as coriander leaf. It is a historically prolific herb, having been brought to Britain by the Romans, …
Broccoli is also known as Brassica olaracea, Wild Cabbage, and Cauliflower. Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, whose large flowering head is used as a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage”, and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning “small nail” …
Astragalus Liquid Extract, Organic Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) Dried Root Tincture 4 oz
Astragalus membranaceus is a perennial, which is in flower from Juny to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by bees, lepidoptera. Astragalus is the chief energy tonic of traditional Asian medicine. A graceful, flowing plant with long stems bearing paired, pointed leaves …
Marshmallow Liquid Extract, Organic Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) Tincture Supplement 4 oz
Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) is a perennial herb native throughout damp areas of northern Europe and western Asia. It is now naturalized to the Atlantic coast of the United States and used as an ornamental for its pointed foliage and purple flowers. References to marshmallow root as a healing herb are found in Homer’s Iliad, written over 2,800 years …
Madder Root Liquid Extract, Madder Root (Rubia Tinctoria) Dried Root Tincture Herbal Supplement 2 oz
Madder root (Rubia Tinctoria) is also known as Dyer’s madder, rose madder, madder lake. Madder is a perennial climbing plant with evergreen leaves and small pale yellow flowers. The roots can be over three feet long, and are usually harvested in the second or third year of growth. Considered an ancient or heirloom dye plant; madder has been …
Cilantro is the leaf of the herb most the world knows as coriander. Cilantro Coriandrum sativum, coriander leaf, Chinese Parsley, Coriandri Fructus, Koriander, Kustumburi. Cilantro leaf has been used medicinally for over 5000 years, and is known outside of North America as coriander leaf. It is a historically prolific herb, having been brought to Britain by the Romans, …
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) is, as its name suggests, a plant with a “soapy” consistency. A member of the Clove family, soapwort is a low-growing perennial shrub with a thick tap root used in herbal medicines and for making soaps. In the Romanian village of Sieu-Odorhei, it is traditionally used as a soap replacement for dry skin. Soapwort’s native …
Selfheal Liquid Extract, Organic Selfheal (Prunella Vulgaris) Tincture 32 oz
Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris), also known as heal-all, heart-of-the-earth, grows 5 to 30 cms high, with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis. The leaves are lance shaped, serrated and reddish at tip, about 2.5 cm long and 4 cm broad, grow on short stalks in opposite pairs down the square stem. The flowers grow from …