#medicinal herb

• Aegopodium — A genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the carrot family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), native to the temperate zones of Eurasia, remarkable for its highly vigorous and invasive underground rhizomes. Its type species is Aegopodium podagraria (commonly known as ground elder), a medicinal plant historically used to treat gout, characterized by compound leaves and flat-topped umbels of small white flowers.
• Dropworts — Plural form of the regional noun aglică, denoting multiple specimens of plants belonging to the species Filipendula vulgaris (dropwort). In a folklore or dialectal context, the term is used to describe the bushes or inflorescences harvested from wild flora and used in traditional Carpathian phytotherapy.
• Ajuga chamaepitys — A species of small, annual or biennial herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Ajuga, family Lamiaceae, commonly known as yellow bugle or ground pine. It is characterized by its deeply three-lobed, narrow, hairy leaves that emit a strong resinous or pine-like fragrance when crushed, and by its yellow flowers with purple spots, typically growing in dry, calcareous soils and sunny meadows.
• Cornflower — An annual or biennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family (Centaurea cyanus), with a fibrous and branched stem, narrow leaves, and flowers grouped in flower heads of an intense blue color, which usually grows as a weed in cereal fields (wheat, rye); cornflower. In traditional phytotherapy and cosmetics, infusions of its dried flowers are recognized for their anti-inflammatory, soothing, and astringent properties, being used especially for eye care.
• Aloysia triphylla — The scientific Latin designation (a valid synonym for Aloysia citrodora) denoting lemon verbena, a perennial shrub species in the Verbenaceae family. This aromatic plant stands out structurally due to its lanceolate leaves arranged in whorls of three (triphylla), which emit a powerful lemon scent when crushed, intensely utilized in the perfume industry, medicinal teas, and gastronomy.
• Alpinia calcarata — The scientific Latin designation for a perennial herbaceous plant species within the Alpinia genus, Zingiberaceae family, native to India and Sri Lanka. This aromatic and medicinal plant stands out structurally due to its long, narrow leaves and decorative greenish-white flowers with a red and yellow striped labellum, intensely utilized in traditional medicine (Ayurveda) as an anti-inflammatory and digestive remedy.
• Althaea — Scientific name or archaic Romanian variant for the marshmallow plant (Althaea), especially the common marshmallow; an herbaceous plant of the Malvaceae family, recognized for its emollient and medicinal properties, used since ancient times in treating respiratory conditions.
• Althaea — A genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Malvaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia; includes well-known species such as the common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), extensively cultivated for ornamental and pharmaceutical purposes due to its rich mucilage content with emollient and anti-inflammatory effects.
• Bitterwort — A popular name attributed to certain wild herbaceous plant species (such as Polygala amara), structurally characterized by an intensely bitter taste and used in folk medicine. As an adjective, it is the feminine singular form of 'amăruț', describing a slightly bitter substance or a mildly melancholic mood.
• Medicinal herb — A rare or regional popular name used in certain rural areas to designate a medicinal herbaceous plant or a local variety of grass used in traditional empirical medicine to heal wounds or soothe inflammations. The exact meaning varies depending on the subdialect, being part of the archaic lexical treasure of folk botany.
• Angelica archangelica — The scientific name (in Latin) for garden angelica, a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family, native to temperate regions of Northern Europe and Asia. The plant features a robust, cylindrical, and hollow stem that can reach heights of 2 to 2.5 meters, bearing large, globular umbels of small greenish-white flowers. Its fleshy rhizome and roots yield an aromatic milky juice and are extensively used in the pharmaceutical industry for their antispasmodic, carminative, tonic, and digestive properties, as well as in the production of fine liqueurs, bitters, or confectionery (candied stems).
• Angelica — A regional folk name used for angelica, an herbaceous plant of the umbellifer family known for its highly aromatic and medicinal properties. In Romanian phytotherapeutic tradition, the term refers to the wild or cultivated variants of the plant, whose roots and rhizomes are harvested in autumn to be used in preparing digestive, tonic, and antispasmodic remedies.
• Angelica — A regional or archaic folk variant for 'angelică' (garden angelica) or 'angelină', denoting a robust herbaceous plant in the umbellifer family, historically prized in Romanian villages for its outstanding medicinal and aromatic properties. Its roots and fleshy stems are utilized in traditional phytotherapy as a digestive tonic, stomachic, and antispasmodic, popularly recognized under the metaphorical name of angel herb.
• Anthyllis — A genus of herbaceous plants or subshrubs in the family Fabaceae, commonly known as kidney vetch, characterized by odd-pinnate leaves and papilionaceous flowers grouped in dense heads surrounded by large, often pubescent bracts.
• Spurge (regional) — A rare regional popular name used in certain dialects for a species of herbaceous plant in the genus Euphorbia (spurge), characterized by the secretion of a white, toxic, and caustic latex used in empirical folk medicine.
• Thistle — A popular name assigned to several species of herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, characterized by prickly or toothed leaves and flowers grouped in globose heads, most often purple or yellow. In an extended phytotherapeutic sense, the term is historically linked to medicinal thistle-like plants, valued in traditional medicine for its tonic and hepatoprotective properties.
• Milk thistle herb — A popular regional name synonymous with milk thistle or blessed thistle; a spiny medicinal plant in the Asteraceae family. In some rural areas, it also identifies closely related thistle species used in folk medicine to treat gallbladder disorders and livestock infections.
• Milk thistle — A biennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family (Silybum marianum), featuring large, glossy, spiny leaves mottled with white along the veins and purple flowers. Its seeds are highly valued in modern medicine for containing silymarin, a potent hepatoprotective complex.
• Artemisia — A genus of herbaceous plants or shrubs in the Asteraceae family, intensely aromatic and often with a very bitter taste, including species of great ecological and pharmaceutical importance such as wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) or mugwort. Many of these plant varieties contain volatile oils and bioactive compounds utilized since antiquity in traditional medicine, tonic liquor production, or as antiparasitic agents.
• Astragalus — A gigantic genus of herbaceous plants or small shrubs in the Fabaceae family, comprising over 3000 species distributed primarily throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Many species hold major structural importance in ecosystems, and the roots of some (such as Astragalus membranaceus) have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine as immunostimulants, general tonics, and antioxidants, due to their high content of polysaccharides, saponins, and flavonoids.