Nutritive
Provides nourishing vitamins and minerals
Nutritives nourish the body with readily absorbed vitamins, minerals and other nourishment. They are foods as much as medicines, building strength and resilience — especially during recovery or depletion.
Nutritive is a sub-action of Tonic. Where tonic restores, nourishes and strengthens overall vitality, nutritive is its narrower, more targeted form.
Herbs with a nutritive action (11)
Amaranth mild Amaranthus blitum Black Ant mild Polyrhachis spp. Burdock mild Arctium lappa Camu-camu mild Myrciaria dubia Cashew mild Anacardium occidentale Codonopsis mild Codonopsis pilosula Dandelion mild Taraxacum officinale Horopito mild Pseudowintera colorata Kid Ginseng mild Pseudostellaria heterophylla Pine mild Pinus spp. Slippery Elm mild Ulmus fulva