Medicinal herbs are plants that are used for medicinal purposes. Other typesof herbs include culinary herbs, used to flavor food, and aromatic herbs, used to add fragrance. The parts of the plants used for medicine may be their leaves, flowers, roots, seeds or bark.

One simple way to consume medicinal herbs is to swallow them in capsules. To prepare capsules, simply grind the dried roots, leaves or blooms of the plant and fill capsules with the resulting powder. You can grind dried plants with an old-fashioned mortar and pestle, or try using an electric blender or coffee mill.