What Herbs Are Listed on Herbal Health Information?

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Herbal Health Information has a dedicated Herb List section, but the site does not publish a complete index of every plant it covers on the homepage. What the site does make clear is the scope: medicinal plants growing in the countryside, presented through the personal knowledge and clinical experience of medical herbalist Linda Bostock, rather than as a definitive reference database. If you want to know exactly which herbs are listed, the Herb List page itself is the place to look — the homepage only confirms that the section exists.

What the site says about its herb content

The homepage describes the site as "herbal and natural health information for everyday use" and states plainly that it is not the definitive herbal medicine site. Linda Bostock writes that the content reflects "MY knowledge of plants, MY views on Herbal Medicine, MY experience and most of all MY passion for healing with plant medicine."

That framing matters if you are trying to use the site as a lookup tool. It is a practitioner's personal resource, not a standardized monograph collection. The emphasis is on plants growing locally in the countryside that have medicinal value, and on helping readers build up their own knowledge of those plants over time.

What the Herb List is likely to cover

Based on the homepage description, the Herb List sits alongside other sections including a Health Conditions List, Video Herb Walk List, and Picture Gallery. The site says it will record herb walks "weather permitting" and continue adding herbal health information, with the aim of helping visitors learn to identify and understand medicinal plants.

The homepage also states that it will show readers how to make herbal teas and decoctions and syrups. So the Herb List is best understood as part of a wider set of pages covering:

  • Which plants have medicinal value
  • What those plants look like in the wild and where they might be found
  • How to identify them
  • How to prepare them as teas, decoctions, and syrups

The site notes that Linda Bostock studied at the School of Phytotherapy in Bodle Street Green, East Sussex, where students learned about plants and their medicinal values but had to teach themselves wild plant identification independently. That background explains the site's practical, identification-focused approach.

How to find the specific herbs

The homepage excerpt does not name individual herbs, so the reliable route is:

  1. Go to the site and open the Herb List page from the main navigation.
  2. Cross-check any herb you find there against the Health Conditions List if you are looking for a specific complaint.
  3. Use the Video Herb Walk List and Picture Gallery if you want visual identification support.
  4. Read the Safety Warning page before acting on anything.

The site also lists a contact telephone number (0771 6013925) and notes that Linda Bostock sees patients in Reading during the week and in Eton on Saturdays. That is relevant if you want professional guidance rather than self-directed use.

A caution before you use any herb list

The site includes a Safety Warning page, and that placement is a signal worth taking seriously. A personal herb list built around countryside plants is not the same as a clinical prescription. Identification errors, interactions with medication, and dosage differences between a tea and a concentrated preparation are all real risks.

If you are pregnant, taking prescription medicine, managing a chronic condition, or considering herbs for a child, treat the Herb List as background reading and speak to a qualified medical herbalist or your doctor first. The site's own framing — one practitioner's experience and passion — supports that caution rather than contradicting it.

Bottom line

Herbal Health Information does maintain a Herb List, but the homepage does not enumerate it. Expect a personally curated, identification-oriented collection of medicinal countryside plants, supported by herb walks, videos, pictures, and preparation instructions for teas, decoctions, and syrups. For the actual plant names, go directly to the Herb List page, and read the Safety Warning before using anything you find there.