Find a plant by how you feel

Asian ginseng

Panax ginseng

The man-shaped root of East Asian tonic medicine — stamina folklore in a slow, expensive crop.

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Bacopa

Bacopa monnieri

A pond-edge succulent of Ayurvedic memory folklore — a small white flower, a bitter leaf, a slow herb.

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Cacao

Theobroma cacao

Food of the gods — a cauliflorous rainforest tree whose seed became chocolate, and a traditional bitter tonic before it became dessert.

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Coffee

Coffea arabica

The cherry that runs the morning — a highland shrub whose roasted seed is the world’s most popular bitter.

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Eleuthero

Eleutherococcus senticosus

The Siberian cousin of ginseng — a thorny adaptogen of cold woods, not the man-root on the other plate.

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Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

The living-fossil tree whose leaf is taken for circulation and memory — slowly, and with bleeding in mind.

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Gotu kola

Centella asiatica

A marsh pennywort eaten for skin, memory folklore, and circulation — a salad herb in the tropics.

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Lion's mane

Hericium erinaceus

The pom-pom fungus eaten as crab-like food and taken for focus and nerve support.

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Rhodiola

Rhodiola rosea

Rose-root of the Arctic — an adaptogen for fatigue that can also overstimulate.

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Rosemary

Salvia rosmarinus

A resinous Mediterranean shrub for memory, circulation, and roast potatoes.

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Schisandra

Schisandra chinensis

The five-flavor berry of Chinese tonic medicine — sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, and salty in one hanging cluster.

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Tea

Camellia sinensis

The camellia that filled the kettle — one shrub, a thousand names, and a caffeine cup older than the porcelain.

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