Common anise (Pimpinella anisum or Anisum vilgare), umbrella family – Umbelliferae, or celery – Apiaceae. Other names of anise that can be found are bedrenets, chanush, atikhatra, ganus (Ukrainian), sira (Kyrgyz), jire (Azerbaijani), ganiz, anison (Armenian), anisuli (Georgian), atihatra, anes. Common …
Calamus, Tatar potion, flat cake, calamus root, javr, Indian reed, irny, calamus ordinary or odorous – these are all names of one plant, calamus marsh. Its Latin name comes from the Greek words akoros (plant with fragrant root) and Calamos …
Cichorium intybus, other names – wild chicory, roadside grass, blue flower. A perennial herbaceous plant of the Aster family (Asteraceae), up to 120 cm high. The stem is straight, rough, branched in the upper part, the stem leaves are sharp-toothed lanceolate, …
Shepherd’s purse (Carselia bursa pastoris) belongs to the cruciferous family – Cruciferae, or cabbage – Brassicaceae. The plant got its name back in ancient Rome for its similarity with a bag tied at the top with a rope. The word …
Calendula is a very unpretentious plant to the soil: it is enough to sow seeds in the ground in the fall, and in the spring, green shoots will begin to sprout from the ground. From the beginning of summer until …
Sandy immortelle, popularly also called Dried Blossom, is truly an amazing herb because of its miraculous property, which is fraught with tremendous benefits for the human body. This is an unsightly plant that does not attract attention because of its …
Birch Leaves: Since ancient times, Great Russia has been associated with a wonderful tree – a birch. Poets dedicated poems to her, girls on holidays led round dances around the white-trunked beauty, and healers believed in the mighty properties of …
Raspberry Leaf: Basically, people consider raspberries as a tasty and healthy berry, but few people attach importance to the fact that the benefits of raspberry leaves are also great. But the healing properties of raspberry leaves are very important for …
Peony Evading: The evading peony is a beautiful perennial shrub with spreading leaves and bright flowers that spread a refined, delicate, pleasant aroma around them. There is a legend that in Ancient Greece, the God of medicine Asclepius Peon healed …
Horsetail Field: Probably, many, walking through the vast fields of our vast Motherland, noticed on their way an attention-grabbing plant that looks like a small Christmas tree. And few people thought, or perhaps did not even guess, that the healing …
