All Healing Herbs

Cousin of the blueberry, the bilberry is the sweet, dark purple fruit of a branching shrub that seldom grows more than knee high. Ripe bilberries are a bonanza for birds and a heavenly treat for hikers to stumble upon in the forest. Most bilberries grow wild because the plants...

Native to North Africa and coastal areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, aloe is one of the most familiar of all herbal remedies. Pots of aloe grace many sunny kitchen windowsills, where the thick, fleshy leaves stand ready to become a quick and easy treatment for scalds...

Use odor-free in a variety of available products, or eat fresh and uncooked for greatest benefit; prevents, slows, and fights a long list of dis-eases and conditions; immune booster and immune stimulant; protects against free radical damage (antioxidant); can reduce risk of...

Reduces deterioration of aging, primarily for men but with women’s uses; must be taken for at least three months for effects to become evident; also called he shou wu or fo-ti shou wu in traditional Chinese medicine; restores vitality, strength, sexual potency, hair growth,...

A promising nondrug hope for migraine sufferers when taken long term, use two or three fresh leaves brewed in a tea daily, or 60 to 120 drops of tincture twice a day, or 100 to 300 mg in capsule form up to four times a day; takes four to six weeks to take effect; reduces incidence...

Food spice with a maple-syrup flavor, can also be eaten in salads; the major ingredient in Lydia C. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for “female troubles”; major use is for increasing breast milk production, usually within twenty-four to seventy-two hours of starting treatment;...

Culinary herb used much like dill weed for indigestion and respiratory viruses; use for stomach upset, gastritis, abdominal pain, digestive assimilation, nausea, morning sickness, babies’ cramps, gas, colic, bloating, hiccups, breath freshener; laxative, prevents cramping with...