Eating is too important to humankind for its story to boil down to tidy pantry lists and shortbread recipes. The adjustment of taste, aroma, texture, and longevity in modern food derives from some 2,800 additives.
Since the seventeenth century, processors of food have relied primarily on natural additives – salt, smoke, sugar, and vinegar – to enhance the flavor and shelf life of beef, century eggs (preserved eggs), ham, herring, hominy, kimchi, lutefisk, salmon, and sauerkraut. Fresh herbs like mint, basil, and tarragon have long been prized throughout the world for their curative properties.
Read on for a list of herbs that are commonly used to create delicious dishes, as well as their health benefits:
S.No. | Herb | Food Use | Health Benefits |
---|---|---|---|
1 | agar | soup, sauce, jelly, dessert flavoring, soup, salad, game, | constipation, malaise, obesity |
2 | alecost | poultry, stuffing, fruitcake, beer | cold, congestion, cramp, pain, sunburn |
3 | alexander | flavoring, fritters, salad, stew, fish, candy | poor appetite |
4 | alfalfa | tea | arthritis |
5 | almond | candy, liqueur, cake, marzipan | constipation, cough, sunburn |
6 | angelica | crystallizing, syrup, tea, beverage, fruit salad, ice cream | flatulence, nausea, rhinitis, indigestion |
7 | anise | fruit salad, garnish, soup, cake, bread, pie, candy, sauce, cheese, pickles, curry,fish, liqueur, stew | colic, congestion, cough, nausea, poor lactation, flatulence |
8 | artemisia | stuffing, tea | infection, rheumatism |
9 | arugula | syrup, snack seed, salad, sauce, vegetable, garnish | cough |
10 | balm | tea, beverage | fever, cold, headache, cramp |
11 | balsam | flavoring | bleeding, healing, kidney disease, worms, scabies, hemorrhoids |
12 | bamboo | salad, garnish | edema, fever, tension |
13 | basil | salad, vegetable, soup, flavoring | insomnia, muscle cramp, rhinitis, sinusitis, fever, nausea, dysentery |
14 | bay | bouquet garni, marinade, stock, pâté, stuffing, curry | indigestion, rheumatism, sprain |
15 | bearberry | tea | urinary and venereal disease |
16 | beech | nut, oil, potherb | burn, infection, worms, tuberculosis, diabetes |
17 | benzoin | flavoring, beverage | sores, healing, croup, laryngitis, chap |
18 | bergamot | salad, tea, beverage, wine, stuffing, jam, jelly, meat, milk | congestion, flatulence, insomnia, menstrual pain, sore throat |
19 | betel palm | nut, salad | malaise, indigestion, gum disease, tapeworm |
20 | bistort | roasted rhizome, soup, flour, salad | enteritis, dysentery, skin irritation, bleeding |
21 | black birch | candy, oil | sore muscles, pain |
22 | black locust | tea | anemia, headache, stomach pain |
23 | black mustard | salad, condiment | bronchitis, congestion |
24 | blackberry | beverage, vinegar, wine, jelly, pudding, ice cream, meat sauce | edema, skin ulcer, sore throat, urinary infection |
25 | boneset | tea | flu, malaria, kidney disease, typhus, sweating |
26 | borage | salad, candy, garnish, beverage, yogurt, cheese, pickles, sandwich, stuffing, tea, wine | bruise, dry skin, fever, urinary pain, tension, inflammation |
27 | bouncing bet | beer | constipation, acne, boil, poison ivy, kidney pain |
28 | buckthorn | broth | constipation, bleeding, wart |
29 | bugloss | cordial, candy | headache, inflammation, malaise, rhinitis, tension |
30 | burdock | salad, vegetable, soup | rheumatism, gout, leprosy, sores |
31 | burnet | salad, butter, garnish, vegetable, vinegar, dressing, beverage | enteritis, dry skin, edema, bleeding, rheumatism, hemorrhoids, poor appetite, gout, plague, indigestion |
32 | calamint | tea | bruises, colic, cough, flatulence |
33 | calendula | food coloring, flavoring, cheese, yogurt, butter, cake, milk, bread, fish, game, garnish, fruit salad, pâté, stew | cracked nipples, halitosis, inflammation, sores, varicose veins, wound |
34 | camphor tree | veneer, candy, soap, soft drink, potpourri | hysteria, heart pain, epilepsy, bruise, rheumatism, emphysema, gout, sprain, cold |
35 | cañaigre | tea | sore throat, enteritis, bleeding |
36 | caraway | meat, game, soup, bread,cake, biscuit, pie, fruit, cheese, snack food, candy, liqueur | flatulence, halitosis, spasm, indigestion, poor appetite |
37 | catnip | meat, tea, salad, herb | bruise, colic, fever, toothache, insomnia, headache, upset stomach |
38 | celery | soup, stock, sauce, salad, oil flavoring | malaise, flatulence, scurvy, jaundice |
39 | chamomile | tea | arthritis, chapped skin, dandruff, eczema, gingivitis, indigestion, insomnia, malaise, menstrual pain, morning sickness, sore eyes, teething, windburn |
40 | chaparral | tea | cough, arthritis, cancer |
41 | chat | tea | malaise |
42 | chervil | omelette, salad dressing, roast fowl, eggs | congestion, poor appetite, poor circulation |
43 | chickweed | salad, vegetable, herb | constipation, eczema, hemorrhoids, inflammation, psoriasis, skin disease, sores, ulcer, tumor, sore eyes |
44 | chicory | salad, pickles, vegetable, beverage, coffee flavoring, soup, stew | edema, constipation, gallstone, inflammation, urinary infection, poor lactation, jaundice, kidney stone, swelling |
45 | Chinese lantern | jam, jelly | kidney stone, gout, infection, typhoid, worms |
46 | chives | salad, soup, poultry, meat, potato, cooked vegetable, fish, spread | congestion, hypertension |
47 | chocolate tree | candy, beverage, soap | skin irritation, burn |
48 | clary | wine, flavoring, potpourri, beer, omelet, soup | eye irritation, upset stomach, splinter |
49 | cleavers | coffee or tea substitute, soup | kidney stone, bladder pain, wounds, scurvy, malaise, psoriasis |
50 | clove | spice, flavoring, tea | toothache, nausea, athlete’s foot, hernia, flatulence, enteritis |
51 | clover, red | vegetable | insomnia, spasm, acne, cough, cold, burn |
52 | clover, sweet | cordial, sausage, meat, stuffing, beef, cheese, tea | cut, headache, indigestion, infection, pain, sore eyes, wound, spasm |
53 | coca shrub | beer | high blood pressure, pain, malaise |
54 | coffee | beverage, candy, flavoring | heart pain, malaise, headache |
55 | coltsfoot | salad | asthma, cough, flu, rhinitis |
56 | comfrey | tea, salad, vegetable | cough, diaper rash, dry hair, infection, skin damage, varicose veins, wound, bronchitis, psoriasis, broken bone |
57 | coriander | stir-fry, soup, sauce, cookies, vegetable, poultry, aperitif | indigestion, rheumatism, soreness, tension |
58 | cotton seed | oil | childbirth pain, menstrual pain |
59 | couch grass | coffee or tea substitute, grain | urinary disease |
60 | cow parsnip | vegetable, salt substitute | headache, toothache, acne, epilepsy |
61 | cowslip | jam, wine, pickles, salad, dessert, stuffing, vegetable | cough, headache, insomnia, tension, wound |
62 | cress | salad, sauce, garnish | infection |
63 | culver’s root | tea | blood thinner, tuberculosis, enteritis, liver disease, constipation |
64 | cup plant | tea, chewing gum | cold, neuralgia, bleeding, menstrual flooding, compress |
65 | dandelion | tea, salad, wine, coffee | constipation, dry skin, eczema, edema, gout, hypertension, insomnia, kidney or gallbladder pain, sallow skin |
66 | dianthus | salad, pie, sandwich, flavoring, jam, vinegar, wine, syrup | tension |
67 | dill | salad, pickles, apple pie, salmon, herbed butter, oil, mayonnaise, mustard, soup, flavoring, bread | colic, flatulence, hiccups, indigestion, stomach cramp |
68 | dittany | tea | fever, kidney stone, stomach cramp |
69 | dock | salad | toothache, itch, acne |
70 | dog rose | syrup, jelly | rabies, skin inflammation, fever, poultice |
71 | elderberry | wine, syrup | cough, skin inflammation, constipation, congestion, kidney disease |
72 | elecampane | candy, wine | indigestion, congestion, asthma, spasm, inflammation |
73 | English holly | tea substitute | jaundice, malaria, fever, malaise |
74 | Eucalyptus | syrup | bronchitis, infection, asthma, cough |
75 | European alder | smoking fish or meat | inflammation, fever, lice, scabies |
76 | European chestnut | nut, flour, soup, bread, cake, oil | enteritis, cough, cold, inflammation |
77 | evening primrose | vegetable, pickles, salad, aperitif | hypertension, menstrual pain, multiple sclerosis |
78 | eyebright | tea | red or sore eyes, eyewash, inflammation |
79 | fennel | fish, salad, vegetable, bread, tea, herb | chapped skin, constipation, flatulence, infection, obesity, sore eyes, toxicity, cataract, poor lactation, cough, blindness |
80 | fenugreek | salad, vegetable, roast meat, curry, chutney, spice | bruise, cough, enteritis, poor appetite, poor lactation, flatulence, inflammation, sciatica, swollen gland, tuberculosis, sore throat, impotence, malaise |
81 | feverfew | soup, stew, flavoring, tea | arthritis, fever, insomnia, malaise, migraine, sore throat, vertigo, impeded menstrual flow, bee stings, hysteria |
82 | fireweed | potherb, soup, vegetable, salad, tea substitute | spasm, skin disease, asthma, cough, hiccups |
83 | flax | snack food | boil, constipation, inflammation, lung infection |
84 | four-o’clock | tea | obesity, joint pain |
85 | garlic | salad, dressing, marinade, grilled meat, fish, spread | infection, cough, cold, snakebite, high blood pressure, kidney disease, plague, worms |
86 | geranium | sauce, custard, jelly, ices, soup, syrup, jam, vinegar, cake, wine, tea, pâté, fish, pastry, sandwich | dermatitis, dry skin, eczema, edema, premenstrual tension, herpes |
87 | ginger | spice, flavoring, tea, oil | cold, flu, cough, hangover, malaise, sore muscle, sinusitis, cramp, kidney pain, flatulence |
88 | ginseng | tea, candy | anemia, congestion, cough, malaise, poor appetite, tension, impotence |
89 | golden orach | salad, vegetable, soup garnish | gout, jaundice, sore throat |
90 | goldenrod | tea | dropsy, bruise, colic, sweating, flatulence, kidney disease |
91 | goldenseal | tea | morning sickness, eyewash, stomachache, ulcer, vaginal infection, tuberculosis, cancer |
92 | Good King Henry | flour, gruel, vegetable, salad, casserole, stuffing, soup, pie | cough, sores |
93 | goosefoot | vegetable, potherb, salad | sores, constipation, anemia, kidney disease |
94 | gum arabic | wax, candy | sore throat, enteritis, cough, chap |
95 | heather | liqueur, sweetener | snakebite, kidney stone, insomnia, cough |
96 | heliotrope | food fragrance | epilepsy, hysteria, cough, convulsion |
97 | hibiscus | tea | menstrual cramp, indigestion, asthma |
98 | highbush cranberry | jelly, dried fruit | cramp, mumps, spasm, palpitation,childbirth pain |
99 | hops | flavoring, beer, salad, soup, vegetable | indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, pain, poor appetite, toothache |
100 | horehound | candy, tea | cold, asthma, snakebite, poor lactation, hysteria, jaundice, constipation |
101 | horseradish | salad, roast meat, fish, slaw, dip, pickles, cheese, mayonnaise, stuffing | chapped skin, cough, edema, sore muscle, worms, rheumatism, sciatica |
102 | horsetail | tea | infection, split fingernail, thin blood |
103 | houseleek | salad | burn, corn, cut, sore throat, stings, ulcer, wound |
104 | hyssop | tea, seasoning, salad, oil, stew, pâté, pie, soup, pulses, fish, game, liqueur, wine | bruise, cough, indigestion, bronchitis, cut, poor appetite, skin disease, rheumatism |
105 | Iceland moss | vegetable | malaise, poor appetite, bronchitis, asthma |
106 | Irish moss | thickening, vegetable, stew, jelly | chap, constipation, sore throat, skin irritation |
107 | jack-by-the-hedge | meat, cheese, sandwich, sauce | edema |
108 | juniper | pâté, marinade, stuffing, gin, sauerkraut, ham, game dressing, stew | plague, leprosy, cold, worms, dropsy, cystitis, stomachache, sores, scurvy, childbirth pain |
109 | karaya tree | dressing, cheese, dessert | infection, constipation |
110 | kava | beverage | heart pain, malaise, urinary disease, nerves, infection |
111 | kelp | vegetable, salt substitute | asthma, skin irritation, arthritis, constipation, radiation poisoning |
112 | khella | toothpicks | heart pain, bronchitis, kidney stone, allergy, asthma |
113 | knotweed | meal | skin irritation, kidney pain, hemorrhoids |
114 | kola nut | beverage, soft drink | obesity, heart pain, nausea, headache, asthma |
115 | lady’s bedstraw | cheese, food coloring | insomnia, malaise |
116 | lady’s mantle | salad/td> | enteritis, menstrual dysfunction, pain |
117 | laurel | tea, herb, food fragrance | rheumatism, headache, pain |
118 | lavender | candy, garnish, oil | asthma, enteritis, eczema, hypertension, hay fever, headache, insomnia, stroke, nausea, oily hair, sallow skin, sinusitis, sprain, swelling, tension, fainting |
119 | lavender cotton | oil | snakebite, infection, worms, itch |
120 | lemon | beverage, salad, poultry, stirfry, baking | congestion, cough, fever, rheumatism, rhinitis, headache, infection |
121 | lemon balm | beverage, salad, custard, roast meat | congestion, cough, fever, headache, sores, stings, tension |
122 | lemon grass | salad, tea | oily skin, tension |
123 | lettuce | salad, soup | allergy, congestion, insomnia |
124 | licorice | candy, flavoring, beer, sweetening, tea | congestion, constipation, cough, fever |
125 | lovage | meat, pâté, broth, cheese, stew, candy, salad, bread, pastry, poultry, tea, soup, vegetable | edema, rheumatism, menstrual pain, halitosis, flatulence |
126 | marjoram | soup, pasta, fish, game, sausage, meat loaf, tea, vegetable, omelette, cheese, stuffing, herb | chill, hay fever, muscle cramp, tension, upset stomach, toothache, itch, snakebite, flatulence |
127 | marsh marigold | vegetable, food dye, pickles | wart, rheumatism |
128 | marshmallow | cheese, salad, vegetable | burn, cough, enteritis, inflammation, insomnia, skin disease, teething |
129 | maté | beverage | malaise, fatigue |
130 | mayapple | fruit | liver cancer, constipation |
131 | meadowsweet | beer, wine, mead, herb, flavoring, jam, fruit | enteritis, edema, fever, gastritis, inflammation, heartburn, pain, tension, ulcer, skin |
132 | milkweed | vegetable | asthma, insomnia, ringworm, dropsy, poison ivy, venereal disease |
133 | mint | sauce, syrup, vinegar, tea, potato, cream cheese, yogurt, dessert, pastry, candy, garnish, liqueur | acne, enteritis, flu, halitosis, muscle pain, sinusitis, indigestion, morning sickness, nausea, oily hair |
134 | moonseed | soft drink | tuberculosis, lymph infection, arthritis, malaise, constipation, kidney disease |
135 | mormon tea | beverage | syphilis, cold, fever, headache, sores, burn, bleeding, asthma, sunburn |
136 | motherwort | beverage/td> | palpitation, cramp, rabies, childbirth pain, convulsion |
137 | mouse-ear | tea | liver disease, intestinal pain, asthma, sore throat, nosebleed |
138 | mountain ash | pie, jelly, jam, wine | enteritis, hemorrhoids, scurvy, inflammation |
139 | mugwort | tea, herb | sore feet, childbirth pain, palsy, menopause, tension, epilepsy |
140 | mulberry | jam, wine | constipation, edema, weakness |
141 | mullein | liqueur | congestion, cough, earache, hoarseness, migraine |
142 | mustard | spread, flavoring, eggs, mayonnaise, sandwich, salad, pickles, syrup | arthritis, chapped skin, chill, pain, laryngitis, pleurisy, congestion, inflammation, sciatica, poison |
143 | myrtle | beer, soup, stew, grilled and roast meat, barbecue, flavoring | bruise, hemorrhoids, infection, psoriasis, sinusitis, upset stomach |
144 | nasturtium | salad, flavoring, garnish, sauce | rhinitis, scurvy |
145 | nettle | salad, soup, beer, tea, vegetable | acne, edema, indigestion, scrofula, bleeding, gout, oily skin, inflammation, menstrual pain, tuberculosis |
146 | oats | cereal, flour, beer | indigestion, spasm, skin inflammation, depression, high cholesterol |
147 | onions | vegetable, herb, flavoring, salad, pickles | high blood pressure, wart, acne, infection, flatulence, kidney disease, diabetes, pneumonia |
148 | oregano | pizza, chili, eggs, cheese, vegetable, fish, stuffing, barbecue | cough, gallbladder disease, menstrual pain, headache, irritability, rheumatism, stiff neck, seasickness, toothache, upset stomach |
149 | Oswego tea | oil, tea | cold, sore throat, sinus pain |
150 | pansy | candy, salad, garnish | congestion, toxins, skin inflammation |
151 | papaya | juice, fruit wrap, meat tenderizer | back pain, anticoagulant |
152 | parsley | salad, garnish, bouquet garni, sandwich, soup, fried fish, eggs | acne, dandruff, dry hair, dry skin, halitosis |
153 | pepper, black | condiment, oil, flavoring | flatulence, heart pain, kidney disease, infection |
154 | pepper, chili | flavoring, salad, pickles | bursitis, rheumatism, infection, poor circulation |
155 | periwinkle | tea | cancer, stings, eye pain, congestion, sore throat |
156 | pine nut | snack, thickener | bronchitis, eczema, constipation, enteritis |
157 | pineapple | fruit, beverage, tenderizer | skin inflammation, abscess, ulcer, anticoagulant |
158 | pipsissewa | root beer, candy | kidney stone, sore eyes, leg swelling, rheumatism, infection |
159 | poppy | bread, cake, biscuit, soup, oil, garnish, condiment, food dye, wine, pastry | cough, enteritis, pain, insomnia |
160 | prickly lettuce | salad, vegetable | poor lactation, chapped skin, kidney disease |
161 | pumpkin | vegetable, oil, snack, pie, fruit butter | worms, burn, urinary pain |
162 | purslane | salad, vegetable, soup, pickles, flavoring | edema, poor appetite |
163 | pussytoes | chewing gum | cough, fever, skin irritation |
164 | quassia | dessert | malaise, liver disease, gall bladder pain, leukemia |
165 | raspberry | syrup, tea, fruit, jam, jelly | spasm, plaque on teeth, heart disease, childbirth pain, cramp, cold, fever, enteritis, skin irritation |
166 | rose | pickles, pie, salad, garnish, liqueur, wine, tea, syrup, jam, sauce | conjunctivitis, poor circulation, tension |
167 | rosemary | roast meat, game, pâté, bread, vinegar, orange, sausage, herb, oil, potato | asthma, chill, dandruff, gout, rheumatism, indigestion, infection, soreness, baldness, malaise, oily hair, toothache, poor circulation |
168 | rue | milk, cheese, marinade, eggs, fish, sauce | diabetes, edema, epilepsy, worms, spasm, fever, hysteria, wound, poor lactation, rheumatism, skin ulcer, menstrual pain |
169 | safflower | cooking oil, food dye | edema, hypertension, skin disease, fever, constipation |
170 | saffron | food coloring, curry, cake | Alzheimer’s disease, tumor, depression, breast cancer, antihistamine, immunity |
171 | sage | cheese, dip, soup, vinegar, bread, biscuit, omelette, vegetable, tea, beer, herb | dirty pores, dry hair, fever, sweating, tension, sore throat, menstrual pain, dysentery, halitosis, poor lactation, colic |
172 | sagebrush | liqueur | enteritis, flatulence, sores, bullet wound |
173 | Saint-John’swort | salad, tea | anemia, bruise, headache, insomnia, pain, ulcer, rheumatism, tension, varicose veins, wound, tuberculosis, depression |
174 | sassafras | tea, oil, syrup, root beer | malaise, blood disease, syphilis |
175 | scurvy grass | herb, salad, potherb | scurvy, gout, rheumatism, kidney stone, acne |
176 | sea holly | vegetable | cystitis, malaise, prostatitis, sexual dysfunction, urethritis, wound |
177 | sea onion | stock, vinegar | congestion, cough, kidney problems, heart disease, poison |
178 | seneca snakeroot | syrup, tea, candy | pleurisy, cough, cold, asthma, infection |
179 | sesame | snack food, bread, oil, vegetable, casserole, sauce, pâté, biscuit | constipation, hemorrhoids |
180 | shepherd’s purse | vegetable, salad, stew, herb | bleeding, hemorrhoids, skin inflammation |
181 | silverweed | vegetable, tuber | cramp, indigestion, sore gums, sore throat, toothache |
182 | skirret | stir-fry vegetable, meat, stew, pie, pickles, salad | edema, indigestion, jaundice, urinary disease |
183 | slippery elm | tea | kidney disease, childbirth pain, enteritis, skin disease, diphtheria |
184 | smallage | salad, cheese, poultry, stuffing, garnish, fish, soup | colic, diabetes, flatulence, indigestion, insomnia, kidney disease, poor appetite, urinary disease |
185 | smartweed | seasoning, food coloring | cholera, earache, epilepsy, toothache, skin irritation, contraception |
186 | soapwort | garnish, fruit salad, beer, salad | acne, psoriasis |
187 | sorrel | sauce, soup, meat, salad, fish, poultry, eggs, flavoring, vegetable, herb | boil, dry skin, fever, kidney disease, liver disease, gout, sunburn, ulcer, wound, constipation |
188 | soursop blueberry | fruit, tea | bladder disease, diabetes, worms, skin irritation |
189 | speedwell | tea substitute | congestion, skin irritation |
190 | spicebush | spice, tea | cold, malaise, worms, dysentery, bruise, rheumatism, menstrual pain |
191 | spikenard | root beer, syrup | malaise, rheumatism, gout, deafness, syphilis, earache, broken bone, angina |
192 | summer savory | beans, sauce, roast meat, soup, vinegar, beverage | indigestion, nausea |
193 | sundew | syrup | cough, spasm, tuberculosis |
194 | sunflower | snack food, oil, salad, sandwich, vegetable | cough, kidney disease |
195 | sweet cicely | stew, fruit, jam, salad, cake, pudding, fruit salad, stir-fry,dressing, sweetener | indigestion, inflammation, poor appetite |
196 | sweet flagcandy | candy | cramp, flatulence, malaise, fever, toothache |
197 | sweet herb | sweetener, potherb | diabetes |
198 | sweet woodruff | beverage, wine, cordial, herb | stomach pain, tension, poison, wound |
199 | sweetgum | flavoring | congestion, infection, ringworm, herpes, acne, hemorrhoids |
200 | tansy | stew, flavoring, sausage, meat, pie, omelette, food coloring, stuffing | bruise, sprain, rheumatism, menstrual pain, cold, stomachache, spasm |
201 | tarragon | fines herbes, sauce, soup, fish, vegetable, eggs, roast chicken, grilled meat | indigestion, poor appetite, menstrual pain, scurvy, toothache, malaise |
202 | thistle | vegetable, oil, salad, tea | cancer, rhinitis, skin ulcer, fever, liver disease, contraception |
203 | thyme | bouquet garni, meat, fish, game, meat, vegetable, fruit salad, jam, oil | arthritis, chill, dandruff, hay fever, indigestion, infection, malaise, poor appetite, nightmares, sore throat, athlete’s foot, enteritis |
204 | trefoil | tea | nerves, spasm |
205 | turmeric | pickles, mustard, food dye | bruise, gas, worms, skin lesion, infection, liver disease, arthritis |
206 | valerian | soup, stew | cramp, exhaustion, headache, insomnia, tension |
207 | vervain | liqueur, stew | bruise, exhaustion, fever, liver disease, sore throat, urinary infection |
208 | violet | garnish, candy, cake, food dye, ice cream, salad, syrup, pudding, punch | bruise, constipation, cough, pleurisy, jaundice, headache, insomnia, stress, epilepsy, skin cancer, kidney disease |
209 | water lily | stir-fry vegetable, boiled tuber | enteritis, skin irritation, excessive libido |
210 | watercress | salad, soup, sandwich, garnish | scurvy, malaise, cough, asthma, acne, contraception |
211 | white oak | nut, tea | sores, wound, skin irritation, hemorrhoids |
212 | wild cherry | syrup, jam, jelly, wine, gin | enteritis, lung inflammation, worms, ulcer, abscess |
213 | wild ginger | candy, flavoring | menstrual pain, flatulence, malaise, fever |
214 | wild licorice | sugar substitute, candy | pain, earache, fever, ulcer, rheumatism, cough, childbirth pain, arthritis |
215 | wild strawberry | meat, gravy, fruit, jam, candy, cake, pie, syrup, cordial, liqueur, tea | anemia, enteritis, edema, poor appetite, fainting, fever, gout, kidney disease |
216 | willow | mashed vegetable | pain, nausea, cold, fever, insomnia, indigestion, inflammation |
217 | winter savory | vegetable, jelly, herb, flavoring | fever, flatulence, indigestion, pain, sore throat, stings |
218 | wintergreen | beverage, tea, candy | headache, infection, pain, rheumatism, sore throat, skin disease, inflammation |
219 | witch hazel | snack seed, oil | strain, fever, bruise, bleeding, menstrual pain, hemorrhoids, eyewash, postpartum soreness, acne |
220 | wormwood | liqueur, bitters, wine, beer, food dye, flavoring | gout, malaise, bruise, worms, swelling, menstrual pain |
221 | woundwort | tuber, vegetable, pickles | wound, bleeding, vertigo, dysentery |
222 | yarrow | tea, spice, food dye | cystitis, flu, hangover, hypertension, infection, oily hair, oily skin, wound, earache |
223 | yellow bedstraw | food dye, cheese, beverage | sore feet, bleeding, styptic, kidney disease, epilepsy |
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