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Joint & Muscle

Herbs traditionally used for joint comfort, muscle relief, and the musculoskeletal system.

60 herbs in this collection

Ashwagandha

Withania somnifera

A cornerstone adaptogen of Ayurvedic medicine, prized for over 3,000 years for restoring vitality, calming the nervous system, and building resilience to stress.

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Turmeric

Curcuma longa

The golden rhizome of Ayurveda and TCM — one of the most researched botanicals on earth for inflammation, joint health, and liver support.

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Ginger

Zingiber officinale

The universal warming digestive — used across every major healing tradition for nausea, digestion, circulation, and inflammation.

Cramp Bark

Viburnum opulus

The premier Western antispasmodic for smooth muscle — the herb of choice for period cramps, and safe enough for regular use.

African Ironwood

Lophira alata

One of the hardest timbers in Africa — also a powerful medicinal tree. Its bark and leaves are used across Central and West African traditions for fever, pain, dysentery, and infections.

African Mahogany

Khaya senegalensis

A prized timber and shade tree of the Sahel whose extremely bitter bark is a major antimalarial, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory remedy in West African medicine.

African Peach

Sarcocephalus latifolius

A widespread savanna tree whose root, bark, and sweet fruit are a major antimalarial and antidiabetic remedy across West Africa — the fruit is edible and nutritious, the bark intensely used for fever.

Allanblackia (Tallow Tree)

Allanblackia floribunda

A tall West-Central African rainforest tree whose large seeds yield a solid edible “tallow” fat, with bark and seeds used traditionally for pain, coughs and dysentery.

Baobab

Adansonia digitata

The iconic "tree of life" of the African savanna — its fruit pulp is a vitamin C powerhouse used as an immune tonic, antidiarrhoeal, and febrifuge; the bark and leaves treat malaria and inflammation.

Blue Squill (Merwilla)

Merwilla plumbea

A striking blue-flowered southern African bulb, a very popular but potent muthi plant used for many complaints — and one that contains cardiac bufadienolides, so used with care.

Boswellia

Boswellia serrata

Frankincense for the joints — Ayurveda’s resin for arthritis, now clinically validated for osteoarthritis and inflammatory bowel conditions.

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

A meadow flower that doubles as the West’s best-studied isoflavone source for menopause — and a classic lymphatic alterative for stubborn skin.

Buchu

Agathosma betulina

An aromatic South African fynbos shrub whose blackcurrant-scented leaves are one of the Cape’s most famous urinary and anti-inflammatory remedies.

Violet Tree

Securidaca longepedunculata

A small, violet-flowered savanna tree whose root is one of the most versatile — and most dangerous — medicines in West African pharmacopoeia, used for snakebite, cough, epilepsy, and sexually transmitted infections.

African Sarsaparilla

Smilax kraussiana

The African equivalent of the famous sarsaparilla — a thorny vine whose root and rhizome are used as a blood cleanser, tonic, and treatment for rheumatism, STIs, and skin conditions across West and Southern Africa.

African Ylang-Ylang

Cleistopholis patens

A West and Central African forest tree whose fragrant bark and leaves are used for malaria, fever, and pain. Related to Cleistopholis staudtii but with a wider distribution and distinct alkaloid profile.

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

The leading botanical for menopause — an Eastern woodland root long used by Indigenous nations for women’s health and rheumatism.

Oat Straw & Milky Oats

Avena sativa

The gentlest and most restorative nervine in Western herbalism — a mineral-rich trophorestorative for burnout, exhaustion and frayed nerves.

Ant Tree

Barteria nigritiana

A remarkable West African tree that hosts colonies of aggressive ants in its hollow stems — a classic example of ant-plant mutualism. The bark and leaves are used in traditional medicine for pain, infections, and inflammatory conditions.

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

A powerful North American uterine stimulant from Algonquian and Cherokee medicine — clinically potent, genuinely dangerous, and strictly practitioner-only.

Agnimantha

Premna serratifolia

A Dashamula root for swelling, digestion, and joint pain.

Atibala

Abutilon indicum

Atibala, an Ayurvedic mallow used as a soothing tonic for the nerves, urinary tract and joints.

Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi)

Achyranthes bidentata

Achyranthes root invigorates blood, expels stasis, strengthens the liver and kidneys, benefits the sinews and bones, and crucially guides other herbs downward to the lower body.

African Ginger (Wild Ginger)

Siphonochilus aethiopicus

A prized and now rare southern African wild ginger, its aromatic rhizome used for colds, flu, coughs, asthma and pain — and as a protective charm.

African Wild Asparagus

Asparagus africanus

A spiny climbing herb whose roots are a diuretic, fertility, and pain remedy across Africa.

Arjuna

Terminalia arjuna

Ayurveda's premier heart tonic — named after the great warrior of the Mahabharata, Arjuna bark has been used for cardiac conditions for over 2,500 years and now has clinical trial evidence for heart failure and angina.

Aspen

Populus tremula

Trembling poplar whose salicin-rich bark was used like willow for fevers, pain and rheumatism.

Bush Cane

Costus afer

A striking spiral-stemmed plant from African forests whose stem sap and rhizome are among the most commonly used remedies for coughs, sore throat, and inflammation across West and Central Africa.

Butter Tree (Tallow Tree)

Pentadesma butyracea

A West African forest tree whose large seeds yield an edible “butter” fat, with bark, seeds and resin used for skin complaints, pain and digestive ailments.

Cape Beech

Rapanea melanophloeos

A southern African evergreen tree whose bark is used for respiratory complaints, stomach ailments, muscular pain and as a traditional protective and emetic remedy.

Caper bush

Capparis spinosa

Caper bush, a Mediterranean plant whose root bark is used for the liver, spleen and rheumatism.

Chaney Root

Smilax balbisiana

A thorny Jamaican vine root prized as a strengthening tonic — the backbone of Jamaican "roots tonic", used for stamina, back pain, arthritis and as an aphrodisiac.

Chaparral

Larrea tridentata

A resinous desert shrub of Sonoran and Native American medicine — potent antioxidant and antimicrobial, but linked to serious liver injury when taken internally.

Cowfoot Leaf

Piper umbellatum

A broad-leaved pepper relative used across Jamaica, Africa and the Amazon for liver complaints, wounds, inflammation and — with real research behind it — skin photoprotection.

Cuscuta Seed

Cuscuta chinensis

A gentle Yang tonic from the dodder vine that nourishes both Yin and Yang of the Kidney and Liver — valued for its balancing action on reproductive health and vision.

Desmodium (Amor Seco)

Desmodium adscendens

A tropical creeping legume used for asthma, liver support, and muscle relaxation across Africa and the Americas.

Devil's Claw

Harpagophytum procumbens

The Kalahari’s anti-inflammatory root — San and Khoikhoi medicine now standard European phytotherapy for back pain and arthritis.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus globulus

The breath of the bush — Aboriginal fever medicine whose cineole-rich oil now anchors chest rubs, steam inhalations, and cough formulas worldwide.

Fagara

Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides

A thorny savanna tree whose root bark is one of West Africa's premier anti-sickle-cell remedies — with clinically demonstrated ability to reverse sickle-cell haemoglobin crystallisation.

Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

The migraine leaf — a bitter European daisy chewed daily for centuries to keep headaches at bay.

Galangal

Alpinia galanga

A towering relative of ginger central to Southeast Asian cuisine and traditional medicine — used for centuries across Thai, Indonesian and Malay healing traditions for digestive complaints, pain relief and as a warming circulatory stimulant.

Goat Weed

Ageratum conyzoides

A pan-tropical weed used in West African and Brazilian folk medicine as a wound healer, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic — particularly for burns, ulcers, and arthritic pain.

Grains of Selim

Xylopia aethiopica

A smoky, aromatic West African pepper pod used as both spice and medicine — famous in Nigerian post-partum care, and used for coughs, colds, digestion and pain.

Guaco

Mikania guaco

A Latin American and Caribbean climbing vine used as a bronchodilator for asthma and bronchitis, and traditionally as a snakebite remedy. Registered as a herbal cough medicine in Brazil.

Guinea Hen Weed

Petiveria alliacea

One of Jamaica's most famous and most researched bush medicines — a garlic-scented herb used for immune support, arthritis, pain, and studied extensively for anti-cancer activity.

Iron Bark

Bridelia ferruginea

A savanna tree whose rust-coloured bark is a pillar of Yoruba and Akan medicine — used as an antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antidiarrhoeal agent.

Kalawalla

Phlebodium aureum

A Caribbean and Central American fern rhizome with genuine clinical evidence behind it — widely studied as an oral sun-protectant and for psoriasis, vitiligo and autoimmune skin conditions.

Kava

Piper methysticum

Kava is the ceremonial root of the South Pacific, used for centuries to promote deep relaxation and social ease. Its kavalactones offer clinically studied support for anxiety without cognitive dulling.

Kencur

Kaempferia galanga

A small but potent aromatic ginger prized in Javanese Jamu tradition as a cough remedy, voice tonic and energy booster — the star ingredient of the famous Jamu Beras Kencur drink given to children and singers across Indonesia.

Lemongrass

Cymbopogon citratus

A fragrant tropical grass whose leaves are a universal fever remedy across West Africa and the Caribbean — brewed as tea for malaria, colds, and digestive spasms, and distilled for its citral-rich essential oil.

Luo Shi Teng (Star Jasmine Vine)

Trachelospermum jasminoides

The stem of star jasmine, used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to dispel wind-damp, cool the blood and unblock the channels for joint pain and sore throat.

Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

The plant that gave aspirin its name — a gentle, stomach-friendly anti-inflammatory that provides the benefits of salicylates without the gastric irritation, used for centuries as a fever remedy and digestive soother.

Mitragyna

Mitragyna inermis

A riverine tree of the West African savanna whose bark and leaves are used as an antimalarial, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory — a close relative of kratom (M. speciosa) but with a distinct, less controversial alkaloid profile.

Muira Puama

Ptychopetalum olacoides

The "potency wood" of the Amazon — a traditional aphrodisiac and nerve tonic of the Tupi and other indigenous peoples, now one of the most popular natural sexual health supplements in Brazil and Europe.

Nettle

Urtica dioica

The mineral-rich sting that heals — nourishing spring greens, allergy-easing leaf, and prostate-supporting root in one plant.

Noni

Morinda citrifolia

A Polynesian sacred healing plant with over 2,000 years of traditional use across the Pacific Islands — one of the most versatile remedies in Polynesian medicine, now backed by clinical evidence for anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating and analgesic effects.

Oil Bean Tree

Pentaclethra macrophylla

A towering rainforest legume whose fermented seeds (ugba/ukpaka) are a beloved West African condiment. The bark, seeds, and seed oil have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing properties.

Pink Lady

Dissotis rotundifolia

A beautiful trailing herb with vivid pink-purple flowers, used across West Africa for treating diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatism, and wound infections.

Pregnant Onion (False Sea Onion)

Ornithogalum longibracteatum

A southern African bulb popular as a houseplant, used in folk medicine as a topical remedy for wounds and inflammation — but toxic if eaten.

Prekese

Tetrapleura tetraptera

A four-winged pod fruit central to West African cuisine and postpartum care — used as a spice, anti-inflammatory, and uterotonic, with emerging evidence for antidiabetic and cardiovascular benefits.

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