Yerba-mate is listed by Council of Europe as a natural source of food flavoring. The indigenous people have used it for centuries as a social and medicinal beverage…
Yarrow
Yarrow is a perennial herbaceous native to the temperate regions of the North Hemisphere. It is widely distributed, and well know in flowering gardens to attract ladydugs…
White willow
White willow is large deciduous tree with pale white underside leaves. Native to Europe and central Western Asia, it is nowdays naturalized in North America…
White birch
White birch is a deciduous hardwood tree with characteristic white satin bark and broad leaves. It is widespread in temperate and Boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere…
Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is considered as the best natural multivitamin easily and completely assimilated by the human body. In folk medicine, practitioners used wheatgrass to treat cystitis, gout, rheumatic pain, chronic skin disorders, and constipation…
Violet
Tricolor violet or pansy is a widely distributed herbaceous plant, natively found across Europe, Western and boreal Asia, Northern Africa and America. Tisanes or decoctions from dried aerial parts have a long history in traditional medicine and herbalism…
Valerian
Valerian roots are used to produce some herbal capsules or dietary supplements. Valerian has demonstrated some benefits on the nervous system as it seems to decrease nervous tension, excitability, stress and even the intestinal colic (cramps)…
Turmeric
Turmeric is a perennial herbaceous with characteristic aromatic rhizomes. It is originating from South Asia, and has been cultivated since Antiquity in India wheres it was included in the folk medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) to sooth and treat many digestion disturbances…
Thyme
Thyme is an evergreen shrub from the mint family and native to the Mediterranean Basin. Beyond its common culinary application, it has been used for thousands of years in many therapeutic applications…
Summer Savory
Savory is indigenous to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Through the centuries, summer savory have been used to soothe stomach pains, curb flatulence, to promote the health of female reproductive system, and as an aphrodisiac…