As a whole, dandelion herb can benefit in many ways. Also known as “bed-wetting weed”, it is a good herbal diuretic. In Canada this herb is officially registered as a diuretic that can relieve edema.
Often planted as an ornamental plant in park or backyard, loquat tree is known for its versatility – all its leaf, fruit, root, and nut can be used medicinally for many types of coughs.
Eupatorium actually refers to a genus in the family Asteraceae, in which there are from 36 to 60 different eupatorium varieties according to the classification system. The species grown in America and Europe are commonly called “Boneset”, “Hemp Agrimony”.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it has two major healing properties. On the one hand, it can relax the bowels, especially constipation caused by internal fire; on the other hand, it cools and disperses lung qi.
As mentioned earlier, this is an effective herb to stop bleeding, especially nosebleed. For that reason, this is a perfect angle to take a look at how it works medicinally.
As everyone knows, it is good for health. More importantly, there are many sticky rice easy recipes available, such as glutinous rice lotus root, glutinous rice balls with peanut filling, etc.
In his famous medical work of the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, Li Shizhen says that ligustrum shrub is evergreen even during winter, which resembles a chaste girl who always keeps its virtue even though she is in harsh conditions. So it is named Nu Zhen Zi in mandarin.
As a well-known herbal supplement, bezoar has always been revered in traditional Chinese medicine. It is said that its healing property was unintentionally discovered by Bian Que, a highly-skilled doctor in ancient China.
Burdock root is with edible and medicinal properties. But it is mostly eaten as a root vegetable. And even though used as medicine, it is usually in the form of dietary therapy.
Medicinally Adenophora mainly refers to the root of Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. and Adenophora Stricta Miq. In addition, other species of the same genus in Campanulaceae are also used medicinally.
The high nutritional value of pumpkin seeds means a lot to the health of human body. They are rich in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, carotenoids and other nutrients. Long term use of them can prevent the occurrence of kidney stones.
The Horsetails belong to the only surviving genus of Equisetum. More than that, its family Equisetaceae, its order Equisetales, and its classis Sphenopsida are all single respectively.