medicinal roots
Curative plant parts
Medicinal roots are plant roots used for their therapeutic or healing properties.
Many traditional remedies and modern pharmaceuticals derive from roots—ginger for nausea, ginseng for energy, valerian for sleep.
The term appears in herbalism, folk medicine, and pharmacology: She studied the medicinal roots used by indigenous healers.
Some roots are consumed directly; others are processed into extracts or tinctures.
- decoctionBoiled herbal concentrate
- herbal teaSteeped plant infusion
- ginsengPerennial with tonic root
- turmericYellow rhizome spice
- goldensealAntimicrobial herb from eastern forests
ginger · bitter herbs · roots · rhizome · anti-inflammatory · healing plants · herbal · wildcrafting · burdock · adaptogen · phytochemicals · infusion · Ayurveda · traditional healer · dandelion · dug up · alkaloid · tuber
- herbal medicineherbal remedies, herbal remedy, herbal tea, herbal teas, herbal extracts
- herbal remediesechinacea, chamomile, valerian, ginseng, ginkgo biloba
- bush medicinefolk remedies, healing herbs, traditional healers, herbalists, sarsaparilla
medicinal rootssynthetic drugs
Artificially created psychoactive compounds
chemical compounds · synthetic chemicals · designer drugs · industrial chemicals
medicinal rootsdeadly nightshade
Toxic solanaceous plant
toxic plants · poison · poison hemlock · toxins · hemlock