Free Herb Information
Certain herb information extracts from select chapters have been chosen by Isabell to whet your appetite. These are indicated by the links in the menu above or on the left. They are not complete chapters but only excerpts taken from Isabell Shipard’s well acclaimed book How can I use HERBS in my daily life?
The following is a listing of just some of the 500 main herbs, spices and edible plants talked about in Isabell Shipard’s herb book.
ACEROLA CHERRY
AGRIMONY
ALEHOOF
ALFALFA
ALLSPICE
ALOE VERA
AMERICAN GROUND NUT
ANGELICA
ANISE
ARRACACHA
ARROWHEAD
ARROWROOT
ASAFETIDA
ASPARAGUS
ASTRALGUS
BAY
BERGAMOT
BETEL LEAF
BETONY
BITTER MELON
BLACK MUSTARD
BLOSSOM BOUQUET
BLUE FLAG
BORAGE
BRAHMI
BROOKLIME
BUCKWHEAT
BUGLE
BURDOCK
CAFFEINE
CALENDULA
CAPE GOOSEBERRY
CARAWAY
CARDAMOM
CAROB
CASSAVA
CAT NIP
CAT THYME
CAT’S WHISKERS
CELENDINE, GREATER
CELERIAC
CELERY
CEYLON SALAD LEAVES
CHASTE TREE
CHERVIL
CHIA
CHICKWEED
CHICORY
CHILLIES
CHINESE ARTICHOKES
CHINESE KEYS
CHINESE LANTERN
CHINESE RHUBARB
CHINESE WATER CHESTNUTS
CHINESE WATERCRESS
CHOP SUEY GREENS
CINNAMON
CNIDIUM
CODONOPSIS
COLTSFOOT
COMFREY
CORIANDER
CORN
CRESS
CULINARY MYRTLE
CUMIN
CURRY LEAF TREE
DANDELION
DAY LILY
DILL
DRAGON FRUIT
DRUMSTICK TREE
DYER’S CHAMOMILE
ECHINACEA
ELDERBERRY
ELECAMPANE
EPAZOTE
EUCALYPTS
EVENING PRIMROSE
FENNEL
FENUGREEK
FEVERFEW
FORGET-ME-NOT
FRAGRANCE ACACIA
FRENCH TARRAGON
GALANGALS
GARLIC
GERMAN CHAMOMILE
GINGER
GINKGO
GINSENG
GLOBEARTICHOKE
GOLDEN ROD
GOLDEN SEAL
GOTU KOLA
GOURDS
HAWAIIAN BABY WOODROSE
HAWTHORN
HEARTSEASE
HERB ROBERT
HOPS
HOREHOUND, WHITE
HORSERADISH
HORSETAIL
HOUSE LEEK
HYACINTH BEAN
HYSSOP
INCENSE GRASS
INDIAN FIG
INDIAN GINSENG
JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE
JASMINE
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE
JICAMA
JOB’S TEARS
JUNIPER
KAFFIR LIME
KEFIR
KENCUR
LADY’ BEDSTRAW
LADY’S MANTLE
LADY’S SMOCK
LAVENDER
LAWN CHAMOMILE
LEEKS
LEGUMES
LEMON BALM
LEMON GRASS
LEMON MYRTLE
LEMON TEA TREE
LEMON VERBENA
LESSER CELANDINE
LICORICE
LIZARD TAIL
LOBELIA
LONGBEAN
LOOFAHS
LOVAGE
MALLOW
MARJORAM
MEADOWSWEET
MILK THISTLE
MINT
MIRACLE FRUIT
MITSUBA
MONEY PLANT
MONEYWORT
MOTHER OF HERBS
MOTHERWORT
MOUSE EAR
MUGWORT
MUKUNU-WENNA
MUSHROOM PLANT
NARDOO
NASTURTIUM
NEEM TREE
NETTLE
OATS
OCA
OKRA
OLIVE
ONION
ONION CHIVES
ORRIS ROOT
PANDAN
PARSLEY
PASSIONFRUIT
PATCHOULI
PEPPER
PERILLA
PETTY SPURGE
PIE MELON
PINTO PEANUT
PLANTAIN
POMEGRANATES
POPPIES
PURSLANE
PYRETHRUM
QUASSIA
QUEENSLAND GREENS
RASPBERRY
RATALA
RAU OM
RED CLOVER
RHUBARB
RICE BEAN
ROCK SAMPHIRE
ROCKET
ROSE
ROSELLA
ROSEMARY
RUE
SACRED BAMBOO
SACRED LOTUS
SAFFRON
SAGE
SALAD BURNET
SALAD MALLOW
SAW PALMETTO
SAWTOOTH CORIANDER
SCENTED GERANIUMS
SCULLCAP
SELF HEAL
SENSITIVE PLANT
SESAME
SHEEP SORREL
SHEPHERDS PURSE
SHOO-FLY PLANT
SMALL FLOWERED WILLOW
HERB
SNAKE GOURD
SOAPWORT
SORREL FRENCH & GARDEN
SOUTH AMERICAN
ARROWROOT
SOUTHERNWOOD
SPANISH MOSS
ST BENEDICT THISTLE
ST. JOHNS WORT
STAR ANISE
STEVIA
STRAWBERRY
SUMMER SAVORY
SUNFLOWERS
SWEET BASIL
SWEET CICELY
SWEET FLAG
SWEET FRUIT ROOT
SWEET LEAF
SWEET WOODRUFF
TADE
TAMARIND
TANSY
TARO
THE LIPSTICK TREE
THYME
TOOTHACHE PLANT
TRIBULUS
TUMERIC
VALERIAN
VANILLA
VANILLA GRASS
VAP CA
VEGETABLE HUMMINGBIRD
VERVAIN
VETIVER GRASS
VIETNAMESE HOT MINT
VIOLETS
WALL PEPPER
WASABI
WATERCRESS
WAX GOURD
WHEAT
WHITE MULBERRY
WHITE MULLEIN
WILD YAM
WILLOW
WITCH HAZEL
WORMWOOD
YARROW
YELLOW DOCK
YERBA MATE
YUCCA