Jasmine is a vinelike plant indigenous to the warm parts of the eastern hemisphere and now cultivated also in gardens in the southern U.S. Jasmine has opposite, dark green, pinnate leaves and sweet-smelling white flowers.

According to old herbals, Jasmine flowers calm the nerves. However, others suggest that the scent arouses erotic interests, and a few drops of jasmine oil massaged on the body with some almond oil may help overcome frigidity. In India,jasmine is used as a remedy for snakebite, and the leaves are used for eye problems.

Indigenous to North America and Europe. The bluish black berries are the liquor's main flavouring ingredient. Juniper is a good diuretic and urinary antiseptic, helpful against urinary tract infections. It also contains a powerful virus-killing substance, deoxypodophyllotoxin, and other phytochemicals that can fight herpes and influenza.

Juniper can also help with Lack of appetite, stones, arthritis, diabetes, flu, gas, gout, heartburn, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, neuroses, psoriasis, and stomachache.