Medicinal Plants Encyclopedia
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Populus tremuloides bark contains salicin and populin — salicylate glycosides that are metabolised to salicylic acid, providing anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects with significantly less gastric irritation than aspirin, complemented by...
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Populus tremuloides bark contains salicin and populin — salicylate glycosides that are metabolised to salicylic acid, providing anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects with significantly less gastric irritation than aspirin, complemented by...
Verbena officinalis (Vervain)
Verbena officinalis, European vervain, is a classical nervine tonic whose iridoid glycosides (verbenalin, hastatoside) and phenylethanoid glycosides (acteoside) provide gentle anxiolytic and restorative effects. The herb occupies a unique niche...
Verbena officinalis (Vervain)
Verbena officinalis, European vervain, is a classical nervine tonic whose iridoid glycosides (verbenalin, hastatoside) and phenylethanoid glycosides (acteoside) provide gentle anxiolytic and restorative effects. The herb occupies a unique niche...
Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet)
Meadowsweet is a natural antacid herb of the Rosaceae family containing salicylaldehyde, methyl salicylate, and the flavonoid spiraeoside, which collectively reduce gastric hyperacidity and inflammation without causing the gastric erosion...
Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet)
Meadowsweet is a natural antacid herb of the Rosaceae family containing salicylaldehyde, methyl salicylate, and the flavonoid spiraeoside, which collectively reduce gastric hyperacidity and inflammation without causing the gastric erosion...
Curcuma longa (Turmeric)
Curcuma longa rhizome (turmeric) contains the polyphenol curcumin, one of the most intensively studied natural compounds with over 13,000 published papers, yet its therapeutic utility is complicated by extremely poor...
Curcuma longa (Turmeric)
Curcuma longa rhizome (turmeric) contains the polyphenol curcumin, one of the most intensively studied natural compounds with over 13,000 published papers, yet its therapeutic utility is complicated by extremely poor...
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse)
Shepherd's purse is one of the most widely distributed medicinal plants on Earth and one of the most important hemostatic herbs in both Western and Eastern herbal traditions. Its distinctive...
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse)
Shepherd's purse is one of the most widely distributed medicinal plants on Earth and one of the most important hemostatic herbs in both Western and Eastern herbal traditions. Its distinctive...
Bacopa monnieri (Brahmi)
Bacopa monnieri is a creeping wetland herb whose triterpenoid saponins, the bacosides, enhance synaptic transmission by upregulating tryptophan hydroxylase and serotonin transporter expression while simultaneously modulating hippocampal acetylcholine levels. It...
Bacopa monnieri (Brahmi)
Bacopa monnieri is a creeping wetland herb whose triterpenoid saponins, the bacosides, enhance synaptic transmission by upregulating tryptophan hydroxylase and serotonin transporter expression while simultaneously modulating hippocampal acetylcholine levels. It...