Showing posts with label alternative medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alternative medicine. Show all posts
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Acai Berry

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Scientific Name: Euterpe oleracea Common Names: Acai berry, Açaí, Assai, Acai palm, Cabbage Palm, Iwasai Description: The Acai berry is a ...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Korean Bellflower

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  Scientific Name: Campanula takesimana Nakai Description: Campanula takesimana Nakai, commonly known as Korean bellflower, is a perennial ...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Maranta Arrowroot

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Scientific name:   Maranta arundinacea Other names: Uraro, obedience plant, bermuda arrowroot, araru, araruta, ararao and hulankeeriya Desc...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Yerba Buena

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Scientific name: Mentha cordifolia Opiz Yerba Buena, commonly associated with the species Clinopodium douglasii in traditional herbal medic...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Philippine tea tree (Tsaang Gubat)

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Scientific name: Carmona retusa (formerly Ehretia microphylla) Description: Tsaang Gubat is a small, densely branched shrub that grows to a...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Basil

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Scientific name: Ocimum basilicum Other names: Anise Basil, White Basil, Sweet Basil, French Basil, Lemon basil,  Holy Basil, African B...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Ashwagandha

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Scientific Name :  Withania Somnifera Other names: Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, winter cherry Description: The Ashwagandha...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Flaxseed or Linseed

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Scientific name: Linum usitatissimum Description: Flax is an annual fiber crop that grows to a height of more than 3 ft tall and thr...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Lansones

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Scientific name: Lansium domesticum Common names: langsat, lansones, lanzones,langsak langsad (thin-skinned variety); longkong (thick-...
Monday, November 12, 2012

JACKFRUIT

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Scientific name: Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. Other names: Langka, nangka Description: Jackfruit is cultivated in tropical Asi...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

LEMON GRASS

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Scientific name : Cymbopogon citratus Other names: Camel’s Hay, Geranium Grass, Cochin Grass,takrai, tanglad, Melissa grass, Capim-cidr...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

KAPOK

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Other names: Java cotton, Java kapok,ceiba Scientific name: Ceiba pentandra Description: This is an erect, deciduous tree, 15 m high.  The ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

BURDOCK

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Scientific name: Arctium lappa (Great Burdock); Arctium Minus (Lesser Burdock) Other names: Cocklebur, Gobo root, Clot bur, Burr Seed,  T...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Mugwort

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  Scientific name: Artemisia vulgaris (Also know as Felon Herb, St. John's Plant, Artemisa, Carline   Thistle and closely related t...
Friday, November 4, 2011

AGOHO

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Scientific name: Casuarina equisetlifolia L. Cauanrinaceae Description: A large evergreen tree, 20 m high, with a 65-cm diameter. The...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Spanish Needles

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Scientific name: Bidens pilosa Description:   A native in North America it is now considered weed as well as an edible plant in so...