This bushy, often thorny tree grow throughout Europe and north eastern North America. From Native Americans to nineteenth-century folk physicians, hawthorn has been almost regarded as a heart tonic.

Hawthorn can also help with Cardiovascular insufficiency, hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, anemia, heart disease, insomnia, palpatations, seborrhea, buerger's disease, myocardial inflammation, rapid and slow heart rate, and sore throats.

Although evidence suggests that the astringent fruit might help skin problems, hawthorn is, for practical purposes, mostly a cardiovascular supplement, and a supreme one at that.

Holy Thistle also known as milk thistle contains several chemicals with possible medical effecs. Most current research focuses on one of them, silymarin, which may have specific protective effects on cells in the liver. Silymarin has antioxidant properties. Antioxidants are thought to prevent or lesson damage to body cells that is caused by a chemical process called oxidation. Silymarin and other chemicals from milk thistle have also been teasted involving various types of human cancer cells.

Most reasearch has centered on breast cancer and prostate cancer, it is also being teasted for treating other cancers such as leukemia.

The plant a close relative of stinging nettle and the cannabis genus, which gives us marijuana - is native to North America, Europe, and Asia. Its always been used to sooth and settle.

A number of phytochemicals in hops possess sedative and muscle-relaxing qualities. Other compounds depress the central nervous system. The bitterness helps trigger appetite. If you have been diagnosed with depression, think twice about taking the herb because of its sedative action.

Hops can also help with Anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, diarrhea, neuroses, stress, tuberculosis, colitis, leprosy, and priapism.

Indigenous to Albania, Buglaria, and othe Balkan countries, the horse chestnut tree and its nuts supposedly sooth equine respiratory afflictions. Although the bark, leaves, and flowers have been used in folk remedies, the nuts' pulp contains the strongest concentration of medicinal ingredients.

Horse chestnut's value is vascular. It bucks up week, leaky veins and capillaries that allow blood to ooze out, pool under the skin, and give rise to problems such as hemorrhoids, varicose veins, spider veins, and other circulatory disorders indicative of a lack of blood flow.

Horse chestnut can also help with Arthritis, flu, hematoma, malaria, prostatitis, liver disease, backache, intestinal disease, dysentery, eczema, and congestion.

This plant, a flowerless leftover from prehistoric times, is rich in silica, a natural abrasive. Once the maturing plant forms and releases cases of reproductive spores, it grows bushy stems that resembles a horse's tail. Silicon is an underappreciated, health promoting mineral. Advocates point out that silicon contributes to healthy bones; cartilage, tendons, and connective tissue, silicon could also assist in preventing osteoporosis and in speedin the healing of fractured bones.

Horsetail can also help with Bladder stones, cysitis, gravel, kidney stones, Brittle nails, stomach disease, constipation, gonorrhea, gout, hair loss, sprains, and respiratory problems.

Found in marshy areas along the East Coast of the United States, hydrangea features small white flowers and a rough bark that peels off easily. Native Americans and early settlers used hydrangea's roots to treat gravel, stones in the urinary tract, and other calcified accumulations in the body.

Hydrangea can also help with Tumors, bladder stones, bronchitis, burns, cancer, cystitis, infections, kidney inflammation, kidney stones, muscle pain, prostatitis, stones, urethritis, urinary stones, and sprains.

Indigenous to Europe and Asia, this member of the mint family now grows naturally across much of North America. Because of its strong fragrance,hyssop has been used in everything from colognes to liquers. The plant's essential oils apparently help break up phlegm and soothe irritated mucous membranes in the respiratory tract. The phytochemical marrubiin also helps break up congestion.

Hyssop can also help with Colds, fever, gallbladder problems, HIV, arthritis, asthma, colic, gout, heart disease, lung disease, menstrual pain, obesity, and wounds.