Share on Pinterest Yarrow tea is brewed from a popular medicinal herb. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) has been used for thousands of years for its potential health benefits. Its genus name ...

Scientists are especially intrigued by several key components in green tea — an amino acid called theanine and a group of plant antioxidants known as catechins. Theanine, which can cross the ...

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Herbs make such rewarding plants, whether you grow them out in the backyard or indoors in pots. Most are easy to grow, have ...

Plants help people and animals to live. Plants provide food for people and animals to eat. They also make oxygen. All people and animals need oxygen to breathe. Plants are a very important part of ...

Tea is a beverage made from the Camellia sinesis plant. Tea is the world’s most consumed drink, after water. It is believed that tea originated in northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...

We’ve all been stumped for the name of a plant at times, whether shopping at a garden centre, visiting a garden or on holiday. Plant-id apps promise to identify plants from a picture taken on your ...

It's not just milk and sugar that make a tasty cuppa, research suggests. Scientists say the secret to brewing a delicious pot ...

Many people wonder whether hemp tea is safe — or legal — to drink, given that hemp comes from the same plant as cannabis. Hemp tea is well-known for its potential calming effects on the heart ...

Chinese mythology states that a leaf from a Camellia sinensis, or tea plant, fell into the water and Shen Nung decided to taste the concoction. And so, tea was born. Tea originated in China and ...

Or do you prefer a slightly less caffeinated nudge from a warm and gentle cup of tea? Whatever your preference, scientists have found that regularly drinking coffee or tea can provide a variety of ...