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Olives are the fruits of olive trees (Olea europea), which are short twisted trees that are part of the Oleaceae family.

A tree native to China, the Ginkgo is considered to be a living fossil that has survived for over 300 million years.

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.

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!

Some foods are really dangerous to eat when mold starts 

Precautions to take when eating Mahonia berries shouldn’t be overlooked. Indeed, what makes the plant excellent for health can also make it dangerous

Black spruce is used for its health benefits, medicinal properties, and therapeutic activity.

Biennial plants native to Asia, America and Europe (except for the Mediterranean region), burdock grows most often on freshly turned plots of land,

The coming and going of seasons, toxic gases, polluted air or contact with allergens all sometimes trigger respiratory and cutaneous infections.

A very contagious respiratory infection caused by a virus, the flu develops in the throat and nose.

Bell pepper, or Capsicum annuum, belongs to the Solanaceae or nightshade family. It is native to Central America and is part of the pepper family.

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

Silverbeet (Beta vulgaris), also called chard, belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family and hails to us from the Mediterranean coast.

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

A herbaceous plant called “coltsfoot” or “horsefoot” in reference to the hoof-like shape of its leaves, coltsfoot grows in large colonies

A small shrub with small white and red flowers grouped in clusters, bearberry produces small red fruits and is a plant that heals many ailments

Tarragon or Artemisia dracunculus is an herb plant that belongs to the Compositae family, more accurately called the Asteraceae family. 

Pumpkins (Curcurbita pepo) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. It is a gourd with yellow or orange fibrous flesh

Flax is a plant species of the Linaceae plant family. Native to Eurasia, this plant is grown for either its textile-worthy fiber or  its oil-bearing seeds.

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

Mustard (Brassica), whether it’s black mustard, white mustard or Chinese mustard, is a bushy annual plant that is part of the Brassicaceae family. It is native to Europe, Central Asia and India.

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

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

Marshmallow or Althaea officinalis is a perennial plant that is distinct from tree mallows through its calyx that numbers more than 6 bracts.

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.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a very melliferous plant (honeybees collect the nectar from it to produce honey) native to Southern Europe that belongs to the Lamiaceae

The Date is the fruit born by the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), an exotic plant native to North Africa

The tea tree is a small tree with the scientific name of “Maleleuca alternifolia”. A plant belonging to the Myrtaceae family, the tea tree

Cardamom, also called green cardamom or cardamom herb, is a herbaceous rhizome plant that belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.

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

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.

The pear tree or (Pyrus communis) is one of the most popular fruit trees, know to mankind since prehistorical times.

People are attracted to chocolate and cocoa for its health benefits and therapeutic value that make them an ally to enhance cardiovascular health.

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

Mental or psychic disorders with incomprehensible mood disorders can be connected to loss of interest and lack of pleasure

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

Native to South-Eastern United States, saw palmetto or Serenoa repens is a plant that has an extremely slow growth.

A biennial plant native to Asia and to Europe, great mullein stands out with a tall, upright cottony stem

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

Commonly simply called cinnamon or “true cinnamon”, the Ceylon cinnamon is the inside bark of a tree belonging to the Lauraceae family. This tree, the Ceylon cinnamon tree, grows on the

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

Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), also called alecost, is a herbaceous perennial plant with a rhizome crown that produces a wide, dense bunch,

A flower plant also called “Solidago”, goldenrod grows along riversides, peat bogs,