Supplement, Vitamin and Herb Ingredient Glossary
Ingredient Glossary: J
- Jaborandi
- An herb. Used for medicine,
- Also known as: Arruda Bravam, Arruda Do Mato, Jamguarandi, Juarandi, Maranhao Jaborandi, Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Pilocarpus microphyllus.
- Jacob’s Ladder
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Charity, English Green Valerian, Jacobs Ladder, Polemoine Bleue, Polemonium caeruleum.
- Jalap
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Convolvulus purga, Exogonium purga, Indian Jalap, Ipoméep, Ipomoea purga, Jalapa, Jalape, Mechoacan.
- Jamaican Dogwood
- A plant. The root bark is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Chijol, Dogwood Jamaica, Erythrina piscipula, Fishfudle, Fish Poison Bark, Fish-Poison Tree, Ichthyomethia piscipula, Jabín, Jamaica Dogwood, Jamaican Cornouiller, Piscidia, Piscidia communis, Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula, West Indian Dogwood.
- Jambolan
- A tree. The seed, leaf, bark, and fruit are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Badijamun, Black Plum, Duhat, Eugenia cumini, Eugenia jambolana, Indian Blackberry, Jaman, Jambol Tree, Jambolan, Jambolan Plum, Jambolao, Jambu, Jambul, Jamelonguier, Jamum, Java Plum, Jumbul, Kavika Ni India, Mahajambu, Mesegerak, Phadena, Plum, Rajajambu, Rose Apple, Syxygii cumini cortex, Syzygium cumini, Syzygium jambolanum, Syzygium jambos.
- Japanese Apricot
- A fruit tree.
- Also known as: Abricotier du Japon, Armeniaca mume, Apricot Tree, Beni Chidori, Japanese Flowering Apricot, Mae-Sil-Na-Moo, Mei, Pickled Ume, Ume Brandy, Wu-Mei Juice.
- Japanese Mint
- A plant. The oil is distilled and used to make medicine.
- Also known as: American Corn Mint, Brook Mint, Canadian Mint, Chinese Mint, Chinese Mint Oil, Corn Mint, Cornmint Oil, Field Mint Oil, Japanese Oil of Peppermint, Menta Japonesa, Mentha Arvensis Aetheroleum, Mentha arvensis var. piperascens, Mentha canadensis, Menthe Japonaise, Mint Oil, Minzol, Poleo, Pudina, Putiha.
- Japanese Persimmon
- A plant. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Chinese Persimmon, Chinese Plum, Diospyros Kaki, Diospyroskaki, Dried Persimmon, Fuyu, Hachiya, Hachiya Persimmon, Hanagosho, Jiro, Kaki, Kaki Persimmon, Korean Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Persimmon, Persimmon Fruit, Persimmon Japonais, Persimmon Juice, Persimmon Punch, Sharon Fruit.
- Jasmine
- A plant. The flower is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Catalonina Jasmine, Common Jasmine, Italian Jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum, Jasminum officinale, Jati, Jazmín, Jazmín Silvestre, Poet's Jessamine, Royal Jasmine, Spanish Jasmine.
- Java Tea
- A plant. The leaves and stem tips are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Arjak, Clerodendranthus spicatus, Clerodendrum spicatum, Java Thé, Ocimum aristatum, Orthosiphon, Orthosiphon aristatus, Orthosiphon Grandiflorus, Orthosiphonis Folium, Orthosiphon spicatus, Orthosiphon stamineus, Té de Java, Vantulsi.
- Jewelweed
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Alegria del Hogar, Balsam-Weed, Balsamina foemina, Feng Xian Hua, Garden Balsam, Herbal Impatiens Balsamihal, Impatiens, Impatiens balsamina, Impatiens biflora, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens giorgii, Impatiens pallida, Impatiente, Jewel Balsam Weed, Jewel Weed, Quick-In-The-Hand, Silverweed, Slipper Weed, Speckled Jewels, Spotted Touch-Me-Not, Tou Gu Cao, Touch-Me-Not, Wild Balsam, Wild Celandine, Wild Lady's Slipper.
- Jiaogulan
- A plant. The leaves are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Adaptogen, Amachazuru, Dungkulcha, Fairy Herb, Gynostemma, Gynostemma pedatum, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Immortality Herb, Jiao Chu Lan, Jiao Gu Lan, Miracle Grass, Penta Tea, Southern Ginseng, Vitis pentaphylla, Xian Cao, Xianxao.
- Jimson Weed
- A plant. The leaves and seeds are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Angel Tulip, Datura, Datura Inermis, Datura Lurida, Datura Parviflora, Datura Stramonium, Datura Tatula, Devil's Apple, Devil's Trumpet, Estramonio, Higuera del Diablo, Jamestown Weed, Locoweed, Mad-apple, Man Tao Luo, Nightshade, Peru-apple, Stinkweed, Stinkwort, Stramonium, Thorn-apple, Yiang Jin Hua.
- Job’s Tears
- A grass. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Adlay, Adlay Millet, Adlay Seed, Chinese Pearl Barley, Coix, Coix Lacryma, Coix Lacryma -jobi, Coix Lachrymal, Coix Ma-yuen, Coix Seed, Coix stenocarpa, Dehulled Adlay, Job's-tears, Larme de Job, Larmes de Job, Hiob's Tränen-Gras, Hiobsträne, Jobinkyynelheinä, Jobs Tårar, Juzudama, Lagrimas de Job, Lagrimas de San Pedro, Soft-shelled Job's Tears, Yi Hato-mugi, Yi Yi, Yi Yi Ren.
- Jojoba
- A plant. The seed and oil are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Buxus chinensis, Deernut, Goatnut, Jojoba Oil, Pignut, Simmondsia californica, Simmondsia chinensis.
- Jujube
- A shrub or small tree. The fruit is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Azufaifo, Badar, Ber, Black Date, Black Jujube, Chinese Date, Chinese Jujube, Da Zao, Date Seed, Fructus Jujubae, Fructus Ju Jubae, Hei Zao, Hong Zao, Jujube Plum, Jujubi, Red Date, Red Jujube Date, Rhamnus zizyphus, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Sour Chinese Date, Sour Date, Zao, Suan Zao Ren, Ziziphi Spinosae, Ziziphus jujuba, synonyms Ziziphus sativa, Ziziphus spinosa, Ziziphus vulgaris, Ziziphus zizyphus, Zizyphi Fructus, Zizyphus, Zizyphus jujuba, Zyzyphus jujube.
- Juniper
- An herb. The berry is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Common Juniper, Common Juniper Berry, Genévrier, Genévrier Commun, Genièvre, Juniper Berry Oil, Enebro, Extract of Juniper, Genievre, Ginepro, Juniper berry, Juniper extract, Juniper oil, Juniperi fructus, Juniperus communis, Oil of Juniper, Wacholderbeeren, Zimbro.