One herb. One page. Everything that matters.
A free herbal reference with over 200 herbs — what each one is for, how to use it, safety first, how to know the plant, and how to grow it. Search a name and you're reading in seconds.
Put it on your home screen: tap the Share button in Safari, then choose “Add to Home Screen.” It opens full-screen, like any app.
Gathering the herbs…
This reference began as a printed book — all 200 herbs, one full page per herb, in a big 8.5 × 11 in. format made to live on the kitchen counter and flip open flat while you work. The print edition is on its way in two versions:
The everyday printed edition: the complete book on heavy gloss-coated stock with a coil binding, so it stays open to the herb you're working with.
The durable edition, printed on synthetic stock that can take a wet counter, a potting bench, or a spill — and wipe clean afterward.
Found a plant and want to know what you're looking at? Put your photo beside the book's reference photo, work through the identifying marks in Know the Plant, and — most important — rule out the toxic look-alikes the book names before you trust any match.
This page never identifies a plant for you and never calls one safe. It teaches the check, the way an herbalist does it: feature by feature, with the dangerous look-alikes ruled out first. If anything doesn't match, treat the plant as unidentified — and never taste a plant on a photo match.
Take a clear photo of the whole plant, plus close-ups of a leaf, the stem, and any flowers or fruit — those are the features the book keys on.
Search the reference and pick your best guess. Not sure? Start with the dangerous ones below and rule them out first.
Still not certain? That's the honest answer for a lot of wild plants, and it's the safe one. Don't eat it or use it medicinally. If someone has already tasted a plant and feels unwell, call Poison Control (US: 1-800-222-1222) or emergency services right away — don't wait for symptoms.
Most of us don't think in herb names — we think in what's bothering us. This section flips the book around: start with the need, and find the herbs in Nonna's book traditionally used for it, with the preparations the book itself gives.
Plain words are fine. This looks up the remedies and herbs in the book traditionally used for everyday complaints — it suggests where to look; it doesn't diagnose anything.
Educational only — not medical advice. This app doesn't diagnose or prescribe. These are herbs traditionally used for each need, gathered from the book's own pages. Traditional use is not proof, and nothing here treats or cures any condition. For a medical condition, talk to a qualified clinician, and read each herb's Safety First notes on its page before any use.
The preparations people reach for first — each one made the way the book describes, with the book's own amounts.
Twelve needs, ordered the way people actually search for them. Every herb listed is there because its own book page supports the use.
One herb. One page. Everything that matters.
by Nicole “Nonna” Tallarico, herbalist
All 200 herbs from the book, in the same words as the printed page — what each herb is for, how to use it, safety first, how to know the plant, how to grow and harvest it, and where to get it. Page numbers match the printed A–Z edition, so this reference and the book stay side by side. Free for anyone to browse and search.
Add Nonna's Apothecary to your phone's home screen and it sits there with your other apps — one tap opens it full-screen, no browser bars, ready in the garden or the kitchen.
On iPhone or iPad: tap the Share button in Safari, then choose “Add to Home Screen.”
The complete book in print — 200 herbs, one full page per herb, 8.5 × 11 in. — coming soon in two editions:
The everyday printed edition on heavy gloss-coated stock with a coil binding.
The durable edition on synthetic stock, made for wet counters and potting benches.
This book is an educational reference only. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for the care of a qualified healthcare professional. Do not use it to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease, and do not delay seeking medical care because of anything in these pages.
Every herb page is summarized from the published references listed at the back of this book, strongest evidence first. Doses are typical adult amounts taken from those references; commercial products vary widely in strength and quality, and no dose in this book is a recommendation for any individual reader.
Some plants in this book are toxic, restricted, or both; they are included — clearly marked — so readers can recognize them and understand the record. Never eat or use a plant you have not identified with certainty. Laws on particular plants vary widely from place to place and change often; check the laws where you live before buying, growing, or using a regulated plant.
Consult a qualified healthcare professional before using any herb medicinally — especially during pregnancy or breastfeeding, for children, and whenever prescription medicines are involved, because herbs can interact with drugs.
The authors and producers have taken care to summarize the published record accurately as of October 2026, but medical knowledge changes, and they accept no liability for how the information in this book is used.
Copyright © 2026 Nicole Tallarico. All rights reserved. First edition — October 2026. Produced by Michael House. Research, fact-checking, and production assistance by Muse.
Photographs are credited in the caption on each herb page. All photographs are used under Creative Commons licenses or are in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Herb pages are summarized from standard references (German Commission E monographs; major clinical reviews), strongest evidence first.