Complaint drawer
What is the body asking for?
Type a complaint — cough, sleep, skin — or tap chips. Matching plates and cups rise by how many of those traditional uses they carry. A folk index, not a diagnosis.
7 plates for congestion
Elderberry
Sambucus nigra
Dark berries cooked into syrup at the first winter cough — never eaten raw.
congestion
1/1OpenCaution
Ephedra
Ephedra sinica
Ma huang — the desert shrub behind ephedrine. A regulated stimulant, not a kitchen tea.
congestion
1/1RegulatedCaution
Holy basil
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Tulsi — the daily adaptogen tea of Indian households, peppery and clarifying.
congestion
1/1OpenGentle
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
A blue-spike Mediterranean bitter for the chest — a bee plant with a camphor edge.
congestion
1/1OpenGentle
Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
A woolly candelabra for the lungs — flowers also oil for the ear in folk practice.
congestion
1/1OpenGentle
Peppermint
Mentha × piperita
A hybrid mint whose menthol cools the gut and opens the sinuses — classic after-dinner leaf.
congestion
1/1OpenGentle
Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
A low cushion of thymol — the classic kitchen antimicrobial for coughs.
congestion
1/1OpenGentle
Cups for the same complaint