Category: Ingredients

Sambucus nigra fruits and flowers have been used in traditional Austrian medicine – internally (fruits as tea, jelly, juice, or syrup; flowers as tea or syrup) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, mouth, gastrointestinal tract, and skin, and for viral infections, fever, colds, and influenza.

  Sage is a silvery green shrub that has very fragrant leaves. The plant originally came from the Mediterranean, but can also be found growing in North America. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Most people know sage as a seasoning for food or as an herb. However, sage essential oil can […]

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds. Plants are 30 to 150 cm (12 to 59 in) tall with globular flower heads having yellow,orange, or red flowers. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Traditionally, the crop was grown […]

Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in thebluegrass subfamily of the grass family. It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Lolium contains some species which are important grasses for both lawns, and as pasture and […]

Rosa × damascena, more commonly known as the Damask rose, or sometimes as the Rose of Castile, is a rose hybrid, derived from Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata. Further DNA analysis has shown that a third species, Rosa fedtschenkoana, is associated with the Damask rose Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Culinary and pharmacological […]

Rhododendron /ˌroʊdəˈdɛndrən/ (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon “rose” and δέντρον déndron “tree”), often called rhodies, is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the Southern Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America. It is […]

Morus rubra, commonly known as the red mulberry, is a species of mulberry native to eastern and central North America. It is found from Ontario, Minnesota, and Vermontsouth to southern Florida, and west as far as southeastern South Dakota, Nebraska,Kansas, and central Texas. There have been reports of isolated populations (very likely naturalized) in New […]

Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Treating and preventing low levels of vitamin C. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor. Protexin solution is a vitamin. It works by supplementing vitamin C, which is used in many functions in the body. Benefits Protexin can be used […]

Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Potassium iodide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KI. Potassium iodide is used to loosen and break up mucus in the airways. This helps you cough up the mucus so you can breathe more easily if you have long-term lungproblems (e.g., asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema). […]

Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate is an ester of Capric Acid (q.v.) and Polyglycerin-4 (q.v.). Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Polyglyceryl 4 caprate is classified as EMULSIFYING. Benefits Skin-Conditioning Agent – Emollient; Surfactant – Emulsifying Agent Cautions No side effects are known. Interactions None are recorded. Other names DECANOIC ACID, MONOESTER WITH TETRAGLYCEROL; MONOESTER WITH […]