Medicinal Herbs - Hierbas Medicinales

Yellowdock is a Eurasian herb, brought to the United States as an important medicinal plant by early colonists. It now grows wild over most of the country. Kosher BOTANICALNAMERumex crispus L.FORMCut & SiftedORIGINUnited StatesPACKAGINGBottle...

Yarrow flowers (Achillea millefolium) bloom from June to September. There are many lovely garden varieties in hues of pink, purple and cream, but the flowers of the traditional herb are white. A strongly astringent herb, it's also called milfoil,...

Wormwood is one of the bitterest herbs known and provides the bitter flavor in vermouth. Its essential oil contains thujone as a major constituent; thujone is harmful in large amounts. Wormwood is used in closet and drawer sachets, as a bitter aromatic...

Frontier® Wild Yam Root, also known as rheumatism root, colic root and yuma, is a low-creeping perennial that grows wild in the eastern half of North America. The root is not related to sweet potatoes or yams. It is used for herbal preparations and...

Slippery Elm bark is tough, yet flexible, and has a fibrous texture. Frontier® Slippery Elm Inner Bark smells similar to Fenugreek but has a very mucilaginous taste. The soothing mucilage can be made as tea or used in ointments, poultices, throat...

Pau d'Arco is the inner bark of a tropical tree native to Central and South America. The tea brewed from this species is commonly referred to as Lapacho or Taheebo and contains lapachol, quercetin and flavonoids. Like cat’s claw, pau d’arco...

Olive trees are small evergreens native to the Mediterranean from which olives, olive oil and olive leaves are obtained. Olive fruit and leaf are cited in the Bible: "The fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine." Los olivos son...

The large, velvety leaves of the mullein plant make a soothing herbal tea. As an ingredient in salves and poultices, they have the same soothing effect on the skin. Mullein is a striking, easy to identify plant with large, densely furred leaves and a...

The large, velvety leaves of the mullein plant make a soothing herbal tea. As an ingredient in salves and poultices, they have the same soothing effect on the skin. Directions To prepare as a tea, pour 8 oz. boiling water over 2 tsp. of herb. Cover and...

Milk thistle's hard, dark-colored seeds are ground and used to make a tea or tincture, encapsulated, or added to foods. The whole seeds are also sometimes added to foods. The seeds have a slightly bitter, oily taste and a faint aroma. To use as a tea,...

While harvested from a very common evergreen, the flavor of this deep blue berry is anything but ordinary. Spicy/sweet, with a piney aroma, juniper berries (actually cones) are delicious in stews and soups, with meats and vegetables. If you've enjoyed a...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases...