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.
16 plates for irritable skin
Aloe
Aloe vera
A windowsill succulent: clear inner gel for burns — yellow latex is a harsh purgative.
irritable skin
1/1OpenCaution
Burdock
Arctium lappa
The burr that invented Velcro — a deep bitter root for skin and sluggish digestion.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Calendula
Calendula officinalis
Pot marigold — the herbalist's everyday skin flower.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
A small daisy used for centuries as an evening tea for restlessness and mild digestive cramp.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Chickweed
Stellaria media
A tender star-flowered green for cooling itchy skin and a spring salad.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Dog rose
Rosa canina
The hedgerow rose — hips for winter vitamin C, petals for a cooling, fragrant cup.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Evening primrose
Oenothera biennis
A dusk-opening yellow native whose seed oil is taken for skin and cycle folklore.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Gotu kola
Centella asiatica
A marsh pennywort eaten for skin, memory folklore, and circulation — a salad herb in the tropics.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Silver-leaved Mediterranean shrub; the scent alone is a documented mild anxiolytic.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis
A velvety marsh mallow whose root and leaf soothe raw mucosa.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Oregon grape
Mahonia aquifolium
A holly-leaved west-coast shrub whose yellow root is a bitter berberine cousin of goldenseal.
irritable skin
1/1OpenCaution
Plantain
Plantago major
The ribbed lawn weed you step on — a first-aid leaf for bites and scrapes.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
A magenta meadow blossom used as a gentle blood-and-skin tea.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Self-heal
Prunella vulgaris
The purple lawn mint you already step on — a traditional throat gargle and wound wash.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Snow fungus
Tremella fuciformis
A translucent white jelly used in Chinese kitchens for skin, lung Yin, and a silky soup.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
Witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
A winter-blooming shrub whose bark and leaf make the classic cooling astringent.
irritable skin
1/1OpenGentle
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