Symptom index
Find a plant by how you feel
Type a symptom — cough, sleep, skin — or tap a chip. Matching plates, teas, and remedies rise to the top. This is a folk index, not a diagnosis.
6 plates for water retention
Birch
Betula pendula
A mild, green, slightly wintergreen spring cup from young birch leaf — not a methyl-salicylate binge.
water retention
1/1LegalCaution
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
The lawn's bitter physician — leaf as a potassium-rich diuretic, root as a liver bitter.
water retention
1/1LegalGentle
Juniper
Juniperus communis
The blue berry that makes gin smell like a northern wood — a roasting spice with a kidney caveat in quantity.
water retention
1/1LegalCaution
Lovage
Levisticum officinale
A perennial celery that forgot to be polite — Maggi-herb of European yards, a stock leaf with a long digestive record.
water retention
1/1LegalGentle
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
The garnish that is actually a mineral-green — a kitchen herb with a traditional kidney-and-breath record.
water retention
1/1LegalGentle
Poria
Wolfiporia extensa
A buried pine fungus used in Chinese soups for dampness, gut, and calm — a sclerotium, not a mushroom cap.
water retention
1/1LegalGentle
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