antimicrobial

Black Seed (Nigella)

Black Seed is a small angular seed from an annual flowering plant native to the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Western Asia, used as both medicine and culinary spice for over 3,000 years. Ancient...

Black Walnut

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a North American tree whose green hulls have been used for centuries as a powerful antiparasitic and antifungal remedy. The hulls contain juglone, a compound with...

Calendula

Calendula is a bright yellow-orange flowering herb native to southern Europe, now cultivated worldwide. Known as "herb of the sun" because its flowers open in daylight and close at night, it has...

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is the aromatic inner bark of several evergreen trees in the *Cinnamomum* genus, native to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. The spice has been prized for over 4,000 years—so valuable that it...

Cranberry

Cranberry is an evergreen shrub native to acid peat bogs in the northern hemisphere, closely related to bilberry and blueberry. The sharp-flavored berries are rich in vitamin C and were...

Garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a pungent bulb from the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Central Asia and cultivated worldwide for over 5,000 years. It has been used throughout history for both...

Ginger

Ginger is the pungent, aromatic rhizome of *Zingiber officinale*, a perennial plant native to Southeast Asia that has been cultivated for well over 5,000 years. Though commonly called a root, the...

Turmeric

Turmeric is a bright yellow-orange spice derived from the rhizome of *Curcuma longa*, a large-leaved perennial plant native to the moist tropical forests of India and South Asia. It has been...

Rosemary

Rosemary (*Rosmarinus officinalis*) is an aromatic evergreen shrub from the mint family native to the Mediterranean region. Long revered as "the herb of remembrance," it has been used since...

Thyme

Thyme is a small, aromatic shrub native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean, prized for both culinary and medicinal applications for thousands of years. Its powerful antiseptic volatile oils,...

Wormwood

Wormwood is an intensely bitter perennial herb native to Europe that has been used medicinally since ancient times. Renowned as one of the most powerful bitter tonics in Western herbalism, it has...