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.
9 plates for low mood
Ashwagandha
Withania somnifera
Winter cherry root — an adaptogen for wired-and-tired nights, not a stimulant.
low mood
1/1OpenCaution
Ayahuasca vines
Banisteriopsis caapi
An Amazonian liana, the MAOI half of a ceremonial brew — listed here so the legal and medical stakes are visible.
low mood
1/1RestrictedCaution
Black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
A woodland candle whose rhizome is a menopause herb with a real liver signal on extracts.
low mood
1/1OpenCaution
Chaste tree
Vitex agnus-castus
A lilac-like Mediterranean shrub whose peppercorn berries are a cycle herb with a hormone reputation.
low mood
1/1OpenCaution
Lion's mane
Hericium erinaceus
The pom-pom fungus eaten as crab-like food and taken for focus and nerve support.
low mood
1/1OpenGentle
Peyote
Lophophora williamsii
A small, spineless desert cactus, sacred in Native American Church ceremony and illegal to possess for almost everyone else.
low mood
1/1RestrictedCaution
Psilocybe mushrooms
Psilocybe cubensis
A well-known psychoactive woodland and pasture genus, now in clinical trials for depression — still illegal to grow or possess in most places.
low mood
1/1RestrictedCaution
Rhodiola
Rhodiola rosea
Rose-root of the Arctic — an adaptogen for fatigue that can also overstimulate.
low mood
1/1OpenCaution
St. John's wort
Hypericum perforatum
Sunshine-yellow roadside herb for low mood — famous, effective in mild cases, and a notorious interactor.
low mood
1/1OpenCaution