Cleavers (Galium aparine) is an annual herbaceous plant. The stems are tenacious, recumbent. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate, pointed, tenacious, narrowed to the base and have small hooked spines. The flowers are small, white, collected in axillary semi-umbrellas. The plant blooms in May - August. Fruits ripen in July - September...

Elecampane (Inula Helenium) is a perennial herb up to 1.5 meters high. The rhizome is thick, fleshy. The adventitious roots extend from the rhizome. The stem is up straight, pubescent, and branched above. The leaves are large, oblong-elliptical, with uneven-serrated edges. Flower baskets are large, few in number, located on the tops of the stems. T..

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) is a garden mint with green and white leaves and a distinctively bitter taste. It is native to Asia and Europe, but is naturalized in North America. Although the herb grows in a wide range of climates, the best quality is grown in desert heat...

Goldenseal Hydrastis Canadensis is a perennial herb with a thick fleshy brown-yellow rhizome and thin horizontal roots up to 6 cm long The upright hairy cylindrical stem usually reaches a height of 15-30 cm There are usually two leaves: one is located closer to the base of the stem the other at its tops At the very top of the stem on a short pedunc..

Oregon g (Mahonia aquifolium) is an evergreen shrub up to 1 m high. The bark on the young shoots is pinkish-gray, the old ones have brownish-gray bark, with longitudinal stripes. The leaves are compound, pinnate; 5-9 leaves up to 15-20 cm long. Light yellow, bright, often with a lemon tint flowers have a diameter of about 8 mm, collected in multi-f..

Kigelia africana is widespread across Africa and found in wet savannah and riverine areas. The tree grows to 20 metres or more and is semi-deciduous with smooth grey-brown bark and velvety maroon flowers. The unusual grey, sausage-shaped fruit that give the tree its common name (the sausage tree) hang from rope-like stalks. They can reach over a me..

Madder Root (Rubia Tinctoria) is a perennial herbaceous plant with a height of 30 cm to 1.5 meters. The rhizome of the plant is long, horizontal, branched, and reddish-brown outside, orange-red inside. The subordinate roots extend from the rhizome nodes. The stems are tetrahedral, oppositely branched. Large curved thorns are located on the sides of..

Rehmannia (Rehmania Glutinosa) was classified as a member of the Scrophulariaceae family but is now assigned to the Orobanchaceae family. It is a hairy perennial herb growing to 40 cm. The plant bears light reddish-purple tubular flowers and has a thick orange tuberous root approximately 3 to 6 cm in diameter...

Collinsonia (Collinsonia Canadensis) is a perennial herb in the mint family, typically grows 2-3\' (less frequently to 4\') tall. It is native to eastern North America, primarily east of the Mississippi River, where it is widespread. It has elongated, branching, loose, pyramidal, terminal clusters of tiny, 2-lipped, tubular yellow flowers and large..

Fang Feng, Siler (Saposhnikovia Divaricata) is a perennial hairless herb, 30-80 cm high. The root is stout. The stem is solitary, and usually with two branches. Basal leaves are triangular-ovate, 7-19 cm long, 2-3 pinnately divided, and ultimately with bar-like to lanceolate lobes and entire margin. The flowers are white or yellow in color. It bloo..

Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer. This plant was cultivated in the Arab world, who used it by their herbalists...

Propolis is collected from tree sap and various other plants by honeybees. It contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals and is believed to be an antioxidant...

Huang Qin, Scutellaria (Scutellaria Baicalensis) is a perennial herb, reaching a height of 35 cm. The plant has 5-6 stems; they are up straight, tetrahedral, slightly pubescent, and branched. The rhizome is long (up to 50 cm), vertical, covered with deep grooves, with multiple vertical roots. In June, the plant goes into the flowering phase. The fl..

Poke (Phytolacca americana) is a perennial with dark green leaves, purple stems, and bright red to bluish-black berries. This common understory tree is native to the temperate regions of the United States east of the Mississippi...