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.
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.
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.
A rather small perennial native to Asia, about ten different species are sown and grown across the planet. Ginseng has been known for millennia in traditional medicine.
Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a leaf vegetable that belongs to the Brassicacaea or Cruciferae family, just like its more conventional white or green cousins.
Native to India and Asia, juniper berries are very much appreciated in cooking and, additionally, they harbor many health benefits that result in a high therapeutic value.
This a hybrid plant is a natural offspring of spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia) and noble lavender (L. augustifolia, also known as Lavandula officinalis). It of course shares the health benefits of its parents, and also has a few benefits of its own, too!
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), a small salad plant with tender leaves, smooth or ragged, green or red, is very certainly the most famous plant in our vegetable patches!
Marjoram boasts many useful health benefits. With scientific name Origanum majorana (garden oregano), it is a perennial herb that grows in dense 2 foot (60 cm) bunches.
Moringa is a plant that historically originated in India and in other Southeast Asian countries. It is now grown throughout the world in tropical and sub-tropical climates for its medicinal benefits and because it’s so easy to cultivate.
A combination of fungus, algae and bacteria living together, lichen isn’t a plant. It looks like seaweed, is similar to plants in many respects, and comes with an amazing diversity which result innumerable health benefits.
A mystical tree worshiped in many past civilizations, the Pine tree represents immortality in the Far East due to its long life span and its peculiar sap.
Corn (Zea mays) is a hardy vegetable that belongs to the Poaceae family. A tall annual herb that counts among the most grown cereal plants in the world