Herbs in the botanical sense: plants with soft, non-woody stems that die back each year or hold on through mild winters. This section brings together our profiles of culinary herbs, medicinal species, and wild herbs of field and forest, from household names like cilantro and licorice to obscure species we have raised from field-collected seed. Every entry is written from work with the living plant: where it grows naturally, how its seed germinates, and what it needs in cultivation to thrive. If you want to understand an herb before you sow it, start with its profile here.
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Polygonum multiflorum Seeds | He Shou Wu
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Urtica dioica Seeds | Stinging Nettle
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Crotalaria cunninghamii Seeds | Green Birdflower
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Paeonia lactiflora Seeds | White Peony
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Dianthus superbus Seeds | Fringed Pink
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Leonurus cardiaca Seeds | Motherwort
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Sophora flavescens Seeds | Radix Sophorae
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Arctium lappa Seeds | Greater Burdock
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Angelica dahurica Seeds | Bai Zhi
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Atractylodes Seeds | Atractylodes Genus Overview
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Bupleurum chinense Seeds | Chai Hu, Growing Guide
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Achyranthes bidentata Seeds | Ox Knee, Niu Xi
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Isatis tinctoria Seeds | Isatidis Radix
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Schizonepeta tenuifolia Seeds | Schizonepeta
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Impatiens balsamina Seeds | Garden Balsam
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Senna tora Seeds | (syn. Cassia )
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Codonopsis pilosula Seeds | Poor Man’s Ginseng
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Anemarrhena asphodeloides Seeds | Zhi Mu
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Belamcanda chinensis Seeds | (syn. Iris Domestica)
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Adenophora tetraphylla Seeds | Radix Adenophorae
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Glehnia littoralis Seeds | Coastal Glehnia
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Campanulaceae Seeds | Bellflower Family Overview
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Astragalus membranaceus Seeds | Huang Qi, Milk Vetch
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Dodonaea viscosa Seeds | Herb



