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.
12 plates for inflammation
Almond mushroom
Agaricus subrufescens
A Brazilian button mushroom that smells of almond — food first, immune-glucan folklore second.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Burdock
Arctium lappa
The burr that invented Velcro — a deep bitter root for skin and sluggish digestion.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Chaga
Inonotus obliquus
A charcoal-like birch canker simmered as a deep, vanilla-earth tonic — harvest with restraint.
inflammation
1/1OpenCaution
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
The inner bark that built a trade — blood-sugar folklore, a kitchen spice, and a tropical tree.
inflammation
1/1OpenCaution
Evening primrose
Oenothera biennis
A dusk-opening yellow native whose seed oil is taken for skin and cycle folklore.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium
Tiny daisy chewed (or encapsulated) to cut the frequency of migraine — a prevention herb, not a rescue drug.
inflammation
1/1OpenCaution
Ginger
Zingiber officinale
A tropical rhizome for queasy stomachs, cold hands, and dull inflammatory ache.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Maitake
Grifola frondosa
Hen-of-the-woods — a clustered oak fungus eaten for flavor and immune tone.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Milk thistle
Silybum marianum
Spiny purple thistle whose seeds are the classic liver trophorestorative.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Shiitake
Lentinula edodes
The farmable forest mushroom — food first, immune-modulating lentinan as a bonus.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
Turmeric
Curcuma longa
Golden rhizome of South Asian cooking, taken for stiff joints and low-grade inflammation.
inflammation
1/1OpenGentle
White willow
Salix alba
Riverside tree whose bitter bark is the folk parent of aspirin, used for dull inflammatory pain.
inflammation
1/1OpenCaution
Cups for the same complaint