Hot water is poured into the gourd at near-boiling point so as to not burn the herb and spoil the flavour.

An extract of the herb St John's Wort is commonly used as an antidepressant especially in Europe, although it is labeled as a dietary supplement in some countries.

Chervil ( Anthriscus cerefolium ), sometimes called garden chervil, is a delicate annual herb related to parsley.

It is commonly used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes.

Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family.

Chinese herb tea, also known as medicinal herbal tea, is a kind of tea-soup made from purely Chinese medicinal herbs.

Dill ( Anethum graveolens ), depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb.

Dill is the herb most often added to fish.

In Lao cuisine, the herb is typically used in mok pa ( steamed fish in banana leaf ) and several coconut milk-based curries that contain fish or prawns.

In Telugu, it is called soya and soya-kura ( for herb greens ).

In Sanskrit, this herb is called shatapushpa.

In Canada, dill is a favourite herb to accompany poached salmon.

The understory is further subdivided into the shrub layer, herb layer, and also the moss layer and soil microbes.

In Istria ham is protected by origin ( only Croatian ham that is protected ( PDO )), made only with natural herb ( garlic, sea salt, bay leaf, black papper ) and dried without smoke.

Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm ( which is genus Monarda ), is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Lemon balm should be avoided by those on thyroid medication ( such as thyroxine ), as it is believed the herb inhibits the absorption of this medicine.

Majorana hortensis Moench, Majorana majorana ( L .) H. Karst ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavors.

It is often used in herb combinations such as herbes de Provence and za ' atar.

Oregano is a perennial herb, growing from 20 – 80 cm tall, with opposite leaves 1 – 4 cm long.

Closely related to the herb marjoram, oregano is also known as wild marjoram.

Veronica from the herb garden was also used to stop bleeding, and rue was an antiseptic.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in Work Without Hope ( 1825 ), also refers to the herb, likely referencing Milton's earlier work.

Pace, a naturopathic doctor, also plans to make a wellness center out of Doyle's repossessed house and a health food / herb shop out of the visitors ' center.

This could also be achieved by using the whole herb or leaves rather than the volatile components alone.

The thymus was known to the Ancient Greeks, and its name comes from the Greek word θυμός ( thumos ), meaning heart, soul, desire, life — possibly because of its location in the chest, near where emotions are subjectively felt ; or else the name comes from the herb thyme ( also in Greek θύμος or θυμάρι ), which became the name for a " warty excrescence ", possibly due to its resemblance to a bunch of thyme.

The Spanish name is widely used, particularly in the US but it is also known as lucerne in the UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, erba medica in Italy, meaning medical herb, luzerne in France, and lucerne grass in South Asian English.

The two " fathers " of herbalism, Gerard and Culpeper, also recommended the herb.

The plant also has a long history as a powerful ' healing herb ' used topically for wounds, cuts and abrasions.

The leaves can also be dried and used as a herb in cooking.

Comfrey ( also comphrey ) is an important herb in organic gardening.

Fritillaria is also used as an herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine, known by the Chinese name Chuan Bei Mu, and Latin, Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae.

Of this herb, found near the Heraion of the Argolid, Pausanias noted " On its banks grows a plant, which also is called asterion.

In winter and monsoon, they feed on preferably fine and fresh grasses and herb species of the legume family, such as tick clover, but also browse on leaves of shrub species such as karvy, Indian boxwood, mallow-leaved crossberry, East-Indian screw tree and chaste tree.

As a medicinal herb, cinchona bark is also known as Jesuit's bark or Peruvian bark.

In Peru the name is sometimes applied to a shrubby aromatic marigold, Tagetes minuta also known as huacatay or " black mint "; in this case, despite some similarities of flavor, the herb in question is in the Sunflower family and is quite unrelated to any of the mints or mint-relatives with which it shares a name.

A pleasure garden had been built in the Lower Court by the 16th century, with several ornamental ponds and terraced walkways-the garden would probably have also had fruit trees, herb gardens and fountains.

It is also the name of a traditional bitter made from distilled alcohol seasoned with the herb Artemisia absinthium L. local to the province of Skåne, in which Lund is located.

Fingerroot ( Boesenbergia rotunda ), also known as Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia.

Flavored mate is also sold, in which the mate leaves are blended with another herb ( such as peppermint ) or citrus rind.

Filé powder, also called gumbo filé, for its use in making gumbo, is a spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the sassafras tree.

ThaiBev also makes Chinese herb spirits, with the brands Chiang-Chun and Sua Dum.