Herbs - C

• Cabbage
  
  Use Cabbage to treat wounds, ulcers, inflammations, arthritic joints, and skin conditions. It is especially useful in the treatment of acne. Internally use for digestive disorders, lung disorders, migraines, fluid retention, and general aches and pains. Research shows that cabbage is also effective in the treatment of stomach ulcers.
• Cannabis
  
  Cannabis is an annual plant found growing wild in many parts of the world in warm climates. It is also widely cultivated. The small green flowers bloom from August through October. The male plant does not flower. The female plant blooms from August through October, producing small, ash colored fruit
• Caraway
  
  Caraway is a biennial plant native to North America, Central Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is also widely cultivated. The slender root stock, with its white taproot, produce hollow stems that grow to 3 feet, producing fine, feathery leaves. The whole plant is pleasantly aromatic.
• Cardamon
  
  Cardamon is a perennial plant native to the jungles of India and Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Ginger family. It grows 6 to 10 feet tall, producing small yellowish flowers followed by the three part capsule fruit which contains as many as 18 seeds.
• Carrot
  
  The Carrot is an annual plant widely cultivated and also found in the wild. The wild carrot has a tough, white root that is not edible. The delicate, white flowers appear on top of the carrot stalk from June through September.
• Cats Claw
  
  Cat’s Claw is a woody vine that grows to more than 100 feet, winding itself upward through the trees in the highlands of the Peruvian rain forest. Cat’s Claw grows best between 900 to 2900 feet above sea level.
• Catnip
  
  Catnip is a perennial herb of the mint family found all over the world. It grows 3 - 5 feet tall producing scalped edged leaves with whitish hairs on the bottom side, and white flowers are covered with purple spots, that bloom from June through September
• Cayenne
  
  Cayenne is a perennial plant native to the tropical areas of North America. It is also widely cultivate as an annual plant, growing to 3 feet or more.
• Celandine
  
  Celandine is a perennial plant native to Europe and also found throughout the north eastern United States. Celandine grows 12 to 20 inches tall, in damp rich soil along fences, roadsides, hedges, and wastelands.
• Celery
  
  Celery is a biennial plant native to North and South America, Europe, and Africa. It is also widely cultivated. In the second year the angular stalks will grow from 1 - 3 feet high, producing white flowers bloom from July through November, followed by the small ecliptic fruit
• Centaury
  
  Centaury grows in wooded meadows and along grassy banks. Early in the morning when the sun is shining the small pink flowers blossom.
• Chamomile
  
  Chamomile is a perennial plant native to Europe. It is also widely cultivated. It is a low, thick plant growing to 3 inches, producing fresh flowers with bright yellow centers, that look like miniature daisies. Because Chamomile grows rapidly it is often used as ground cover.
• Chickweed
  
  Chickweed is an annual weed found all over the world. It grows 4 to 12 inches tall producing ovate leaves and small white flowers that bloom all year long.
• Cinnamon
  
  Cinnamon is native to Asia and the West Indies were trees reach 30 feet in height. Collectors strip the aromatic bark from young branches
• Cleavers
  
  Cleavers is an annual plant native to Canada, the eastern United States, and Europe. It thrives in moist areas and along riverbanks. Cleavers is a vigorous growing weed that twists through hedges and shrubs producing a long sticky stem.
• Cloves
  
  Cloves is an evergreen tree native to Jamaica, Brazil, the Philippines and other tropical areas. It grows 15 - 30 feet tall producing huge leaves and clusters of red and white bell shaped flowers followed by a one or two seeded berry
• Comfrey
  
  Comfrey is a 5 foot perennial plant native to the United States and Europe. It thrives in moist meadows and fields. The black rootstock is fleshy and whitish on the inside.
• Cowslip
  
  Cowslip is a hardy perennial plant native to Europe and Asia, and some parts of North America. It is found growing in marshes and along stream banks.
• Cramp Bark
  
  Cramp Bark is a deciduous spreading shrub that grows to 13 feet. The reddish-brown bark, produces maple like leaves that turn purple in the fall.
• Cranberry
  
  Cranberry is a small evergreen plant that grows in mountain forests and damp bogs.
• Cucumber
  
  Cucumber is a climbing, bristly vine that is widely cultivated. The bell shaped, golden yellow flowers bloom August through September