Important Herbs from Around the World
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Entries by Title
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- AGASTACHE (Agastache rugos, Pogstemon cablin)
- AGURU WOOD (Aquilaria agollocha)
- ALFALFA (Medicago sativa)
- ALOE VERA GEL (Aloe barbadensis, Aloe vera)
- AMERICAN GINSENG ROOT (Panax quinquefolium )
- AMLA FRUIT (Emblica officinalis)
- ARJUNA BARK (Terminalia arjuna)
- ASHWAGANDHA ROOT (Withania somnifera, Convolvulus species
- ASTRAGALUS ROOT (Astragalus membranicus)
- BALA (Sida cordifolia)
- BEET ROOT (Beta vulgaris)
- BILBERRY & BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium myrtilloides)
- BOSWELLIA GUM (Boswellia serrata, Boswellia carterii)
- BROMELAIN ENZYME (Ananas comusus)
- BUPLEURUM ROOT (Bupleurum chinensis)
- BURDOCK ROOT (Arctium lappa)
- CARTHAMUS FLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius)
- CASTOR OIL (Ricinus communis)
- CHAGA MUSHROOM (Inonotus obliquus)
- CHASTE TREE BERRY (Vitex agnus-castus)
- CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER (Dendranthema grandiflorum)
- COCOA BEAN (Theobroma cacao )
- CORDYCEPS MUSHROOM (Cordyceps sinensis)
- DANDELION ROOT & LEAF (Taraxacum officinalis)
- DANG GUI ROOT (Angelica sinensis)
- DEER ANTLER (Cervus spp.)
- ECLIPTA (Eclipta alba, E. prostrata)
- ELDERBERRY (Sambucus species)
- EPHEDRA (Ephedra sinica)
- EPIMEDIUM HERB (Epimedium grandiflorum)
- FENNEL SEED (Foeniculum vulgare)
- FEVERFEW (Tanacetum parthenium)
- FLAXSEED OIL (Linum usitatissimum)
- GARLIC BULB (Allium sativum)
- GINGER ROOT/RHIZOME (Zingiber officinalis)
- GINKGO LEAF (Ginkgo biloba)
- GINSENG ROOT (Panax ginseng)
- GOTU KOLA LEAF (Centella asiatica,)
- GUDUCHI STEM (Tinospora cordifolia)
- GUGGUL GUM (Commiphora mukul)
- GYMNEMA (Gymnema sylvestre )
- HARITAKI FRUIT (Terminalia chebula )
- HAWTHORN (Crataegus pinnatifida)
- ISATIS ROOT & LEAF (Isatis tinctoria)
- KAVA ROOT (Piper methysticum)
- KUDZU ROOT/FLOWER (Pueraria lobata)
- LEMON (Citrus limon)
- LICORICE ROOT (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
- LONG PEPPER (Piper longum)
- MAITAKE MUSHROOM (Grifola frondosa)
- MILK THISTLE SEED (Silybum marianum)
- MILKY OAT SEED (Avena sativa)
- MILLETTIA STEM (Millettia specie)
- MUIRA PUAMA (Ptychopetalum species)
- MYRRH GUM (Commiphora myrrha)
- NEEM LEAF & OIL (Azadirachta indica)
- OREGANO OIL & LEAF (Origanum vulgare)
- PEPPERMINT LEAF & OIL (Mentha piperita)
- PHELLODENDRON BARK (Phellodendron amurense)
- PINELLIA TUBER (Pinellia ternata)
- PORIA MUSHROOM (Poria cocos)
- PRICKLY ASH BARK (Zanthoxylum species)
- RASPBERRY (Rubus species)
- RAUWOLFIA ROOT (Rauwolfia serpentina)
- RED CLOVER BLOSSOM (Trifolium pratense)
- REHMANNIA ROOT (R. glutinosa)
- REISHI MUSHROOM (Ganoderma lucidum)
- RHUBARB ROOT (Rheum palmatum)
- SALVIA ROOT (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
- SARSAPARILLA ROOT (Smilax species)
- SCHISANDRA BERRY (Schisandra chinensis)
- SCULLCAP (Skullcap / Scutellaria laterifolia)
- SCUTE ROOT (Scutellaria baicalensis )
- SHALAPARNI (Desmodium gangeticum)
- SHILAJATU / Silajit / Shilajeet / Shilijit
- SHOU WU ROOT (Polygonum multiflorum / Ho Shou Wu)
- SIBERIAN ELEUTHERO ROOT BARK (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
- SLIPPERY ELM INNER BARK (Ulmus rubra
- ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum perforatum)
- STEVIA LEAF(Stevia rebaudiana )
- STINGING NETTLE (Urtica dioica)
- STONEROOT (Collinsonia canadensis)
- TANGERINE PEEL (Citrus reticulata)
- TEA LEAF (Camellia sinensis)
- TEATREE OIL (Melaleuca alternifolia)
- TIEN CHI ROOT (Panax notoginseng
- TURMERIC ROOT (Curcuma longa)
- VALERIAN ROOT (Valeriana officinalis)