Medicinal Herbs: A Guide by Body System

All our articles on medicinal plants, grouped by the body system they support. Each one is based on herbal reference books and includes contraindications and when to see a doctor.

Heart and blood vessels

Blood-red hawthorn: beneficial properties →Motherwort: beneficial properties →

Kidneys and urinary tract

Silver birch: properties and uses →Lingonberry: beneficial properties and uses →Common juniper: beneficial properties →

Cough, colds and breathing

Elecampane Root: Uses, Benefits and Precautions →Common oregano: beneficial properties →Three-colored violet: beneficial properties and uses →

Bleeding and wounds

Water pepper: beneficial properties and uses →Medicinal burnet: benefits, uses and properties →Greater plantain: beneficial properties and uses →Common yarrow: beneficial properties →

Digestion and liver

Stinging Nettle: Benefits, Uses and Preparation →Upright cinquefoil (tormentil): beneficial properties →Dandelion: Benefits, Uses and Preparation →

Nerves and sleep

German chamomile: uses and beneficial properties →Valerian officinalis: beneficial properties and uses →

Vitamins, immunity and energy

May Rosehip: Beneficial Properties and Uses →Wild Strawberry: Properties and Uses →

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Where to start — step by step

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Boris Wydoff — naturopath and author, Ph.D. in nutrition. For over fifty years I have helped people restore health through nutrition, cleansing and the power of the mind — in Europe, America and Asia. About the author →