These small shade-loving plants cover our forest floors in spring and autumn. One of the first flowers of the season, violets have a lot to offer pollinators. As a medicinal herb used for thousands of years, they have a lot to offer us too.
Here are five powerful herbs to help you manage your symptoms this allergy season.
A common yard “weed” with an iconic yellow flower and puffy white seed heads, every part of the dandelion has a wealth of medicinal benefits.
This aromatic evergreen shrub is currently being researched for its potential benefits to alleviate complications caused by obesity and diabetes, inflammation-associated conditions, and neurological deficits.
Rosemary infused into vegetable glycerin provides a concentration of herbal constituents in a portable and convenient form.
This simple elderflower tea helps reduce pain and inflammation such as headache, sore throat, or general body aches.
Often referred to as the “herb of longevity” or “miracle elixir of life,” gotu kola is a staple in traditional Chinese (TCM), Indonesian, and Ayurvedic medicine.
Edible, nutritious, and medicinal this weed is a springtime favorite of herbalists.
Chickweed infused into vegetable glycerin provides the concentration of herbal constituents in a portable and convenient form.
Fire cider helps warm up the body, stimulates the immune system, and fights bacteria and viruses common during cold and flu season.
Pine trees are a common tree with a host of medicinal and utilitarian uses. There are seven varieties of pine native to Florida and countless more introduced varieties.
While they are sometimes considered a nuisance, pine needles have many uses.
This beach plant is widely used in tropical areas to treat several conditions.
A common tropical creeping vine that grows on the sandy parts of beaches, goat’s foot is salt tolerant and propagates naturally by ocean dispersal (reproduces by sending its seeds, sea beans, floating out by ocean currents).
This salve contains many herbs that are known to have positive effects on the skin, including nourishing the skin, aiding healing, relieving pain and itching, and fighting infections caused by funguses and bacteria on the skin.