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)

Key herbs

Herbs for which nutritive is a headline action.

Amaranth

Amaranthus blitum

NutritiveDemulcentAnti-inflammatoryAntioxidant

Codonopsis

Codonopsis pilosula

AdaptogenAntihypertensiveNootropicHypolipidemic

Amaranth

Amaranthus blitum

NutritiveDemulcentAnti-inflammatoryAntioxidant

Black Ant

Polyrhachis spp.

AdaptogenNutritiveImmunomodulatorNootropic

Burdock

Arctium lappa

AlterativeBitterDiureticLymphatic

Camu-camu

Myrciaria dubia

NutritiveAntioxidantDiureticMucolytic

Cashew

Anacardium occidentale

HypolipidemicAntidiabeticAnti-inflammatoryAntimicrobial

Codonopsis

Codonopsis pilosula

AdaptogenAntihypertensiveNootropicHypolipidemic

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

BitterCholagogueCholereticDiuretic

Horopito

Pseudowintera colorata

AnalgesicAntibacterialAntifungalAnti-inflammatory

Kid Ginseng

Pseudostellaria heterophylla

TonicAdaptogenNutritiveDemulcent

Pine

Pinus spp.

AnalgesicAnti-inflammatoryHypolipidemicAstringent

Slippery Elm

Ulmus rubra

DemulcentEmollientNutritiveExpectorant