Name: Cayenne
Biological Name: Capsicum frutescens, capsicum annuum
Other Names:
Africa pepper, American pepper, bird pepper, capsicum, chili pepper, cockspur pepper, goat's pepper, pod pepper, red pepper, chillies, chili pepper, garden pepper, African red pepper, American red pepper, Spanish pepper, Zanzibar pepper, capsicum,
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Name: Chamomile
Biological Name: Matricaria recutita, Matricaria chamomilla, Anthemis nobilis
Compositae

Other Names:
Camomile, matricaria, anthemis, ground apple, Roman camomile, garden camomile, low camomile, whig plant, German camomile, wild camomile

Parts Used: Flowers
Active Compounds:
The flowers of chamomile pro
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Name: Chickweed
Biological Name: Stellaria media
Other Names:
Addre's mouth, Indian chickweed, satin flower, starwort, stitchwort, tongue-grass, winterweed, starweed, star chickweed, tongue grass, Chickweed

Parts Used: herb
Active Compounds:
The active constituents are largely unknown. Chickweed contains relatively high
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Name: Cranberry
Biological Name: Vaccinium macrocarpon, Oxycoccus quadripetalus
Ericaceae

Other Names: Cranberry
Parts Used: Juice from the berries
Active Compounds:
Cranberry prevents E. coli, the most common cause of Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and recurrent UTIs, from adhering to the cells lining the wall of the bla
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Name: Damiana
Biological Name: Turnera diffusa
Other Names: Damiana
Parts Used:
Active Compounds:
Most research has been done on the essential oil of damiana, which includes numerous small, fragrant substances called terpenes. As yet, it is unclear if the essential oil is truly the main active fraction of damiana.
The lea
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Name: Dandelion
Biological Name: Taraxacum officinale, Taraxaci mongolici
Compositae

Other Names:
Blowball, cankerwort, lion's tooth, priest's crown, puffball, swine snout, white endive, wild endive, dandelion, Pu gong ying

Parts Used: leaves and root
Active Compounds:
The principal constituents responsible for dandeli
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Name: Devil's Claw
Biological Name: Harpogophytum procumbens
Other Names: Devil's Claw
Parts Used:
Active Compounds:
Devil's claw tuber contains three important constituents belonging to the iridoid glycoside family: harpagoside, harpagide, and procumbide.
The secondary tubers of the herb contain twice as much harpagoside
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Name: Echinacea
Biological Name: Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia
Other Names: Narrow-leaved purple coneflower, Sampson root, Black Sampson, Red sunflower, Echinacea
Parts Used: roots
Active Compounds:
Echinacea supports the immune system. Several constituents in echinacea team together to increase the production a
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Name: Elderberry
Biological Name: Sambucus nigra
Other Names:Black elder, black-berried European elder, boor tree, bountry, elder, ellanwood, ellhorn, European elder, German Elder, elderberry
Parts Used: root, bark, young shoots, leaves, flowers, fruit
Active Compounds:
The flavonoids, including quercetin, are believed to ac
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Name: Eleuthero
Biological Name: Eleutherococcus senticosus, Acanthopanox senticosus
Araliaceae

Other Names: Siberian ginseng, ci wu ju, Eleuthero, touch-me-not, devil's shrub
Parts Used: Root and rhizomes
Active Compounds:
The constituents in eleuthero that have received the most attention are the eleutherosides. Seven pr
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