Uva Ursi (Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi) known also as bearberry, crowberry or whortleberry is a little wiry shrub with bright green leaves and bright red berries. Traditionally, uva-ursi leaves were used by indigenous population of North America to treat various types of urinary tract diseases, like acute cystitis, urethritis, nephritis and so on. Certainly, those are the most common uses of uva-ursi in our times as well. Stems and berries of this valuable medicinal plant are also used as ingredients of various herbal remedies and natural solutions to treat a multitude of health conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is an important medicinal herb that grows in moist valleys and meadows in Europe (especially throughout the British Isles) and the Middle East, in the areas with a temperate climate.It has very beautiful bell-shaped flowers of various colors (from purple and dark blue to pale yellow and white), which bloom all summer long. For centuries comfrey has been used as a food crop, until the sixteenth century when some of its therapeutic properties were discovered. In those times, comfrey was used as an external remedy in the forms of formentations, ointments and poultices for treating wounds and various skin problems. Read the rest of this entry »

Horsetail plant (Equisetum arvense) is one of the most common medicinal plants which usually grows in mud flats and shallow waters. It has a variety of other names: Shavegrass, Mare’s tail, Bottle brush and so on. Horsetail plant has been used for its unique therapeutic power for centuries, since the times of the Roman doctor and physician Galen who is attributed to discovering the majority of healing properties of this herbal remedy. He found out that this plant can be used to stop nasal bleeding and treat strains and severed tendons. Read the rest of this entry »

Rose is a sacred flower for many nations of the world, an eternal symbol of beauty and love. Red and yellow, pink and white,  roses look very pretty and have a delicate fragrance. In addition, roses and their products offer a series of therapeutic benefits and valuable properties. Rose water is among the most common products received by distillation from rose petals, and it is used in medicine, cosmetics, culinary and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone of us heard about ginseng root and its miraculous effects as a powerful natural aphrodisiac and tonic. Ginseng is a nutritious herb, which grows in many countries of the world and has a variety of types. There is Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus Senticosus), Asian Ginseng (Panax Ginseng),  Jiaogulan or Southern Ginseng (Gynostemma Pentaphyllum), Japanese Ginseng (Panax Japonicum), Indian Ginseng (Withania Somnifera), Brazilian Ginseng (Pfaffia Paniculata), Peruvian Ginseng (Epidium Meyenii), American ginseng, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

Burdock, or great burdock (Arctium lappa) is a herb with giant leaves which grows all around in Europe and especially the Mediterranean region. This plant is known for its purple blossoms, surrounded by prickly burrs, which are very sticky and can gasp and hold fabric, clothing etc. very firmly. For centuries  burdock root, leaves and stems have been used as the ingredients of various herbal remedies, supplements and preparations, and the burdock root benefits are immense. Read the rest of this entry »