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This is an alphabetical list of plants used in herbalism. Phytochemicals possibly involved in biological functions are the basis of herbalism, and may be grouped as: primary metabolites, such as carbohydrates and fats found in all plants; secondary metabolites serving a more specific function. [1]
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring . This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis , or recreational drugs such as tobacco .
Name Local name Image Region Usage Description Allium chinense củ kiệu: Amaranth rau dền: Bitter melon Khổ qua, mướp đắng: Canh Khổ Qua (Bitter Melon Soup), Tea, Omlet with bittermelon.
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.
Cassia – Cinnamomum aromaticum, called cassia or Chinese cinnamon, is an evergreen tree native to southern China, Bangladesh, Uganda, India, and Vietnam. Cayenne pepper – also known as the Guinea spice, [ 24 ] cow-horn pepper, aleva, bird pepper, [ 25 ] or, especially in its powdered form, red pepper—is a red, hot chili pepper used to ...
An herb is a plant grown for medicinal value or for flavoring food. There is some overlap between the milder leafy herbs and the more strongly-flavored leaf vegetables.This category does not include the much wider category of herbaceous plants which are also called herbs in some countries.
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]
Some herbs can be infused in boiling water to make herbal teas (also termed tisanes). [6] [10] Typically the dried leaves, flowers or seeds are used, or fresh herbs are used. [6] Herbal teas tend to be made from aromatic herbs, [11] may not contain tannins or caffeine, [6] and are not typically mixed with milk. [10]