Herb Library

Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.

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Herbs for: Digestion

Fruits & Seeds

Karawila (Momordica charantia): Bitter Gourd and the Diabetes Trials That Disagree

(Momordica charantia)

Karawila (Momordica charantia) is the vegetable Sri Lankan children are bribed to eat and Sri Lankan

Fruits & Seeds

Goraka (Garcinia gummi-gutta): The Sour Spice, the Diet Pill, and the Liver Warning

(Garcinia gummi-gutta (syn. G. cambogia))

Goraka (Garcinia gummi-gutta) leads a double life. In Sri Lanka it is a kitchen staple: the smoky, s

Roots & Rhizomes

Sudu Lunu (Allium sativum): Garlic, the Kitchen Medicine With 80 Clinical Trials

(Allium sativum)

Sudu lunu (Allium sativum) is the rare traditional medicine that modern science has tested to exhaus

Fruits & Seeds

Uluhal (Trigonella foenum-graecum): Fenugreek for Blood Sugar — and the Breast Milk Question

(Trigonella foenum-graecum)

Uluhal (Trigonella foenum-graecum) is the small, amber, maple-scented seed that goes into the temper

Fruits & Seeds

Siyambala (Tamarindus indica): Tamarind, the Sour Fruit With a Sweet Pharmacology

(Tamarindus indica)

Siyambala (Tamarindus indica) shades half the temple courtyards and village junctions of the dry zon

Fruits & Seeds

Divul (Limonia acidissima): Wood Apple, the Hard-Shelled Fruit of the Dry Zone

(Limonia acidissima)

Divul (Limonia acidissima) is the fruit you crack open with a stone. Behind its grey, wooden shell l

Fruits & Seeds

Kaluduru (Nigella sativa): Black Seed and the 82-Trial Verdict

(Nigella sativa)

Kaluduru (Nigella sativa) arrived in Sri Lanka along the spice routes and settled into two places at

Fruits & Seeds

Dummella (Trichosanthes cucumerina): Snake Gourd, the Cooling Vegetable

(Trichosanthes cucumerina)

Dummella (Trichosanthes cucumerina) hangs from village trellises like a bundle of pale green snakes,

Roots & Rhizomes

Kohila (Lasia spinosa): The Spiny Marsh Vegetable That Fights Inflammation

(Lasia spinosa)

Kohila (Lasia spinosa) is the vegetable that bites back: a marsh plant whose leaf stalks and rhizome

Fruits & Seeds

Suduru (Cuminum cyminum): Cumin, the Digestive Seed With Metabolic Trials

(Cuminum cyminum)

Suduru (Cuminum cyminum) is the warm, earthy backbone of Sri Lankan curry powder and of the digestiv

Fruits & Seeds

Dehi (Citrus aurantifolia): Lime, the Sour Fruit in Every Sri Lankan Remedy

(Citrus aurantifolia)

Dehi (Citrus aurantifolia) is squeezed into more Sri Lankan remedies than any other plant: into the

Flowers

Nelum (Nelumbo nucifera): The Sacred Lotus, From Temple Offering to Pharmacology

(Nelumbo nucifera)

Nelum (Nelumbo nucifera) is the national flower of Sri Lanka and the offering laid before every Budd

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