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Sogut - Willow

Willow - Söğüt This large tree with its deeply fissured bark and hanging branches are a well-known site in river and wetland areas. The bark is normally used, although the leaves can also be used. It is a bitter, astringent herb with cooling properties, which relieves pain, lowers fever and reduces inflammation...

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Su Teresi - Watercress

Watercress - Su Teresi This water-loving herb contains a volatile mustard oil and has pungent tasting leaves. Tiny white flowers are produced. The leaves and shoots are used. It is a pungent bitter herb, which helps to remove toxins, boosts digestion and has both diuretic and expectorant properties....

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Kediotu - Valerian

Valerian - Kediotu It is a perennial herb with short rhizomes and aromatic, feathery leaves, with small pink or white flowers. The rhizomes, roots, and essential oil are used, but it is mostly the dried root that is used for internal applications. Valerian (kediotu) is a warming and sedative herb with...

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Zerdecal - Turmeric

Turmeric - Zerdeçal This is a perennial herb with a large rhizome and large leaves with yellow flowers and is a close relative to the ginger plant. The rhizomes are used. It is a bitter herb with a pungent smell with astringent, anti-biotic, anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant properties. It is used...

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Kekik - Thyme

Thyme - Kekik Thyme (kekik) is a variable shrub with white to purple flowers. Some plants have variegated leaves and grow to about 25 cm in height. The leaves, flowering tops and essential oil are used. It is a warming herb that is astringent, aromatic, anti-septic, and anti-fungal. It helps to improve...

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Soya - Soy

Soy - Soya Soybeans are harvested from this erect bushy annual with small white or mauve flowers, followed by dark to nearly black pods, containing the seeds. The seeds and oil are used. Soybean is a sweet, cooling and slightly bitter herb used in Chinese medicine for a variety of ailments. It has sedative...

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Biberiye - Rosemary

Rosemary - Biberiye Rosemary (biberiye) is a hardy bushy perennial shrub with aromatic, evergreen leaves and pale-blue flowers around the stem. The leaves and flowers as well as the essential oil are used. Rosemary (biberiye) is a tonic, astringent, restorative herb that relaxes spasm and increases the...

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Gül - Rose

Rose - Gül All roses (gül) are deciduous scrubs with fragrant flowers ranging from white to deep red in color. The flower petals are used. It is an astringent, toning and aromatic herb which helps to control bacterial infections and promotes healing. Health and Rose (Gül) Rose (gül) is used for colds...

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Kabak Cekirdegi - Pumpkin Seed

Pumpkin Seed - Kabak Çekirdeği Pumpkin is an herbaceous, annual vine native to America, now cultivated worldwide in warm temperate regions. Pumpkin has been cultivated in Mexico and North America since at least 14 000 BC. The ripe dried seeds are used. It is a sweet herb, which soothes irritated tissues...

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Sinirotu - Plantain

Plantain - Sinirotu Plantain (sinirotu) is a well-known herb that grows in rich, moist places, in fields, by the roadsides, and is common in Europe and America. Plantain (sinirotu) is a perennial herb with almost no stem. The leaves are smooth, oval, and toothed, narrowing sharply and abruptly to the...

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