Herb Library
Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.
Showing Herbs in Category: Bark & Wood
Kothala Himbutu (Salacia reticulata): The Diabetes Vine Science Took Seriously
(Salacia reticulata)
Kothala himbutu (Salacia reticulata) is that rare thing in herbal medicine: a Sri Lankan folk remedy
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Rath Handun (Pterocarpus santalinus): Red Sandalwood, and Why It Is Smuggled
(Pterocarpus santalinus)
Rath Handun (Pterocarpus santalinus) is ground on a stone into a deep red paste and smoothed onto sk
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Ceylon Cinnamon (Kurundu): True Cinnamon, Coumarin and the Evidence
(Cinnamomum verum)
Kurundu (Cinnamomum verum) is Sri Lanka's most famous export and the reason European fleets once fou
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Sudu Handun (Santalum album): White Sandalwood, Scarce and Adulterated
(Santalum album)
Sudu Handun (Santalum album) needs no introduction by smell — one whiff of the ground paste explains
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Munamal (Mimusops elengi): The Fragrant Flower for Gums
(Mimusops elengi)
Munamal (Mimusops elengi) drops small star-shaped cream flowers that keep their scent long after the
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Weniwelgeta (Coscinium fenestratum): The Yellow Vine of Sri Lankan Medicine
(Coscinium fenestratum)
Cut a stem of weniwelgeta (Coscinium fenestratum) and the inside is an astonishing sulphur yellow. T
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Rasakinda (Tinospora cordifolia): Guduchi, Immunity and the Liver Question
(Tinospora cordifolia)
Rasakinda (Tinospora cordifolia) is called amrita in Sanskrit — the nectar of immortality — and few
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