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Garlic, or Allium sativum, is a bulb perennial about 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) tall, which we love for its nutritional properties, taste and health benefits.

Labrador tea is a sub-shrub that grows in the coldest parts of North America, and caterpillars

Famous for its health benefits, ravintsara shares medicinal properties that are good for the body, especially to fight off any virus.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a perennial plant native to Southern Asia, known since Antiquity. It is a main ingredient for most types of currys.

The kiwi, a world-famous fuzz-covered brown fruit has long been known to harbor many health benefits and a high nutritional value. It belongs to the Actinidiaceae family. For the past 2000 years, this fruit has been cultivated and grown, often to provide for tasty desserts. It’s among the few food items known to trigger allergy.

Often quite painful, a boil is an infection due to a bacteria that develops in the cavity that a single hair grows from. Usually appearing on the face, thighs, armpits, shoulders, scalp, beard, back, tip of the eyelashes, neck or buttocks, this skin infection wrecks havoc because of the “premature death” of cells. First it […]

A common ailment that impacts skin, dermatitis can appear on newborns (when from a family with a history of allergy), teenagers and on adults.

The circulatory system’s main organ is the kidney. The kidney has a purifying activity and helps eliminate toxic elements from the body.

Almond or Prunus amygdalus is the fruit of the almond tree. This oval-shaped oleaginous fruit belongs to the Rosaceae family.

Beet is a subspecies of the Amaranthaceae plant family. It is grown for its fleshy roots and is used much like vegetables are.

Native to Asia, spinach, or Spinacia oleracea, is a plant that grows quickly and offers delicious leaves that are excellent for health.

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is a perennial vegetable plant native to the Mediterranean area. A wild thistle originally,

A tree that comes in about 60 different species and varieties, ash or ash tree belongs to the Oleaceae family. It only lives in temperate climates.

An asparagus plant (Asparagus officinalis) is a rhizome perennial that belongs to the Liliaceae family.

Native to South-East Asia and also India, bacopa is a perennial plant used for its historical health benefits. It grows on moist soil in tropical areas,

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are native to Central America and South America and are among the oldest cultivated plants in the world.

Bay laurel or noble laurel (Laurus nobilis) is a shrub very common in the Mediterranean areas that can easily grow 32 feet (10 meters) tall.

Bell pepper, or Capsicum annuum, belongs to the Solanaceae or nightshade family. This fruit, well integrated into our cooking, has many different uses and benefits for health and beauty! It is native to Central America and is part of the pepper family.

A cousin to the American blueberry, bilberry is a fruit that belongs to the Ericaceae family,

What are the health benefits of birch? How does it impact our body? Which uses maximize its effects?

Runny nose, clogged airways, tears, itchiness, rashes, cough… Pollen allergies, or pollinosis, turn spring into a dreaded dreary season for many of us.

Black currant, with scientific name Ribes nigrum, is a bushy fruit shrub 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 meters) tall. Its fruit gifts us with many health benefits and therapeutic value.

Kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica) is a leaf vegetable that is very hardy, grown for its wide, jagged leaves.

Broad beans (Vicia faba) are the seed of an annual plant that is part of the Fabaceae family.

Broccoli, or Brassica oleracea, is a cabbage variety native to Southern Italy. It spread through Europe thanks to Catherine de Medicis.

Carrot or Daucus carota is a hardy plant that belongs to the Apiaceae family. Native to Europe and Asia, the carrot is one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world

Known for its health benefits and therapeutic value, roman chamomile is an excellent sedative and anti-inflammatory agent.

Having swollen, reddish and itchy eyelids has never been bearable for anyone. When it happens, the medical term that’s applicable is blepharitis

Chervil is a very fragrant spice that offers many health benefits and significant therapeutic value.

The chestnut (Castanea sativa) is the fruit of the chestnut tree which is native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor. The Romans worked on selecting the best varieties from the wild. Nicknamed “the bread tree”,

Endive is very much appreciated in cooking, and also for its many health benefits and its  therapeutic value.

The clementine or Citrus reticulata is the fruit of the clementine tree, and it offers many health benefits and has a high therapeutic value.

Coffee is a drink prepared from the seeds of the coffee tree (Coffea arabica), a shrub with evergreen leaves growing in tropical areas. It is one of the beverages that is most drunk in the world, and it is credited with many health benefits.

Corn salad is a salad green for which medicinal properties, health benefits and therapeutic value have long been acknowledged.

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is an annual plant that offers many health benefits and therapeutic properties,

Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a bulb plant that blooms in fall and produces the spice that is the most expensive on the market.

Red currant is a delicate fruit that also has many benefits that are great for health.

Seems their reputation could use an upgrade! “Weeds” are most often plants that have a great many appealing benefits you can actually savor around the dinner table!

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a perennial plant with no stem. This very common prairie and pasture flower is full of health benefits.

Eating a balanced diet, healthy food, avoid ingesting excessive alcohol, regularly playing sports…

Herbal tea prepared with leaves and flowers from the garden can be great remedies to regain control over your own health… naturally.

Dill or Anethum graveolens holds its name from the Greek word anethon, “that which grows fast”. It is an annual plant 3 feet (1 meter) tall, native to Southern Europe and the Middle East.

A defining portion of the digestive tract, the stomach guarantees proper digestion thanks to its chemical

Rose trees (Rosa) is a thorny shrub native to Europe and to the Middle East, that sometimes produces edible fruits.

Often thought of as a wild plant, dog rose has many health benefits that help cure many ailments. Dog rose is a plant native to North Africa, the Middle East and Europe. It grows in forest clearings and along forest edges, in hedges along grazing prairies and on rather dry soil (especially chalky soil). This […]

Fever, this common and frequent ailment that everyone has experienced, is a symptom revealed through abnormally high body temperature in the absence of any intense physical effort. Plants can help treat it.

Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) is a tree with fragrant blueish evergreen foliage of the Myrtaceae family, native to Australia.

Breathing is a vital process for all living beings, and for humans in particular.

Very easy to identify thanks to its soft sweet aniseed fragrance, fennel is a biennial plant of which the bulb is eaten for its culinary value as well as its health benefits and therapeutic value.

Famous for its warm, camphor-like smell, gaultheria also has many other medicinal properties.

Gentiana (Gentiana lutea) is a herbaceous perennial plant native to the mountain regions of Europe and that belongs to the Gentianaceae family.