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Shiso – shiso [17] is the now common name [18] for the Japanese culinary herb, seed, or entire annual plant of Perilla frutescens. Sorrel – or garden sorrel, often simply called sorrel, is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable. Tarragon – perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood.
This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.
The new tips of watercress leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, [22] although caution should be used when collecting these in the wild because of parasites such as giardia. [23] Watercress is 95% water and has low contents of carbohydrates , protein , fat , and dietary fiber .
The boiled juice or a tea made from the leaves or the whole plant is taken to relieve fever and other symptoms. It is also used for dysentery, pain, and liver disorders. [143] A tea of the leaves is taken to help control diabetes in Peru and other areas. [144] Laboratory tests indicate that the plant has anti-inflammatory properties. [145 ...
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
Drying herbs are kept from exposure to the sun to prevent discoloration and oxidation. The drying process takes approximately six days in its entirety. Once dried, the leaves are removed and both components, leaves and flowers, are chopped finely. The final dried product weighs a third of the initial fresh weight and can be stored for up to 18 ...
Occasionally used as a salad leaf or herb in Europe. [347] Sedum rhodanthum: Rose crown [348] Sedum telephium: Livelong [349] Senna occidentalis: Digutiyara: Traditionally eaten in the Maldives in Mas huni. Leaves are finely chopped. [142] Senna siamea: Cassod Tree: Used in Thai cuisine in a curry named Kaeng khilek. Leaves are boiled and ...
The other English name Herb Bennet is a corruption of the old herbalist name Herba benedicta, meaning blessed herb. The generic name Geum originated from the Greek geno, a word meaning to yield a pleasant aroma, in reference to the root’s strong clove-like smell when freshly dug up. [3] The specific epithet urbanum means ‘of towns’. [9]