Ingredients & Uses

Discover useful ideas, practical guides, and inspiring content for everyday life.

By Tanya Choudhary • 3 min read

Plants offer tremendous medicinal value. Some of them are rare and unknown to us. Nettle is one such plant, which…

By Tanya Choudhary • 4 min read

Apple—the name itself reminds us of the old proverb – “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This yummy…

By Nilankeeta Roy Chowdhury • 4 min read

Kidney stones have become one of the biggest health concerns these days. According to scientists as well as doctors, the…

By Nilankeeta Roy Chowdhury • 4 min read

Acerola, scientifically known as Malpighia Glabra/Emarginata, is a bright red juicy berry with lots of seeds, good taste and numerous…

By Swathi Handoo • 7 min read

The Chinese first used star anise as a medicine. This dried medicinal herb is a permanent fixture in Asian spice…

By Nithya Shrikant • 12 min read

Shiitake mushrooms, a symbol of youth and longevity, has been prevalent as an inevitable part of Chinese medicine since…

By Nilankeeta Roy Chowdhury • 4 min read

Echinacea is an herb with a variety of species and numerous medicinal benefits. The root, the leaves, and the flowers…

By Nithya Shrikant • 6 min read

Wait! Do not confuse this plantain with the green skinned cousin of bananas. This is a weed or an herb…

By Pubali Mukherjee • 4 min read

Take a road trip through Southern Chile, and you’ll come across an overgrowth of bushes laden with these beautiful purple…

By Pubali Mukherjee • 4 min read

The aroma of freshly brewed barley tea is something that we must experience at least once in our life time!…

By Maanasi Radhakrishnan • 4 min read

You may use plenty of herbs and plant extracts for staying healthy, but it is hard to find one that…

By Swathi Handoo • 9 min read

‘Best out of waste’ is a phrase used quite casually by many of us. I never realized what it meant…