Find a plant by how you feel

Andrographis

Andrographis paniculata

King of bitters — a South Asian annual whose leaf is a short-course cold folklore, and one of the bitterest cups in the folio.

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Elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Dark berries cooked into syrup at the first winter cough — never eaten raw.

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Lemongrass

Cymbopogon citratus

A tropical clump that puts lemon in soup — fever-and-digestion folklore with a wok pedigree.

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Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Creamy meadow plumes that smell of almond and aspirin — a stomach-kinder willow analog.

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Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

The crimson sour calyx behind agua de jamaica — a cooling, tart drink for heat and blood pressure folklore.

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White willow

Salix alba

Riverside tree whose bitter bark is the folk parent of aspirin, used for dull inflammatory pain.

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Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Achilles' woundwort — a bitter, aromatic styptic for fevers, cuts, and heavy moons.

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