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The leaves are used as herbal medicine to alleviate cough and fever, pain, and general gastrointestinal disorders as well as to cure dermatologic disorders. Similarly, the fruit juice and oils can be used in the treatment of liver disease, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic wounds or other dermatological disorders. [86] Hoodia gordonii: Hoodia
fruit, leaves/twigs Lotus, sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera: Nelumbonaceae: perennial aquatic herb tea, medicinal leaves, flowers, roots, seeds, fruits Most of the plant is used as food: Catnip: Nepeta cataria: Lamiaceae: perennial herb: medicinal: leaves Tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum and related species Solanaceae: annual herb medicinal, ritual ...
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 ...
Culinary herbs and spices – This list is not for plants used primarily as herbal teas or tisanes, nor for plant products that are purely medicinal, such as valerian. Indian spices – include a variety of spices that are grown across the Indian subcontinent. Pakistani spices – partial list of spices commonly used in Pakistani cuisine.
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.
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 .
Whether they're boosting your memory, protecting your skin or potentially fighting cancer, these healthy herbs and spices could feel at home in both the kitchen and the bathroom cabinet.
Herbalism can utilize not just stems and leaves but also fruit, roots, bark and gums. [8] Therefore, one suggested definition of an herb is a plant which is of use to humans, [8] although this definition is problematic since it could cover a great many plants that are not commonly described as herbs.