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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...

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...

Elderberry

Elderberry is derived from a deciduous shrub (*Sambucus nigra*) native to Europe, now found in temperate regions worldwide. Known traditionally as "Nature's medicine chest," both the flowers and...

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...

Slippery Elm

Slippery elm is a mucilage-rich tree bark native to eastern North America, prized for its soothing and protective effects on inflamed mucous membranes. Native Americans used it extensively as...

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,...