🌿Western Herbalism
Periwinkle
Vinca minor
About Periwinkle
Periwinkle (Vinca minor) is a herb used in the Western Herbalism tradition to help with Circulation, Brain Fog, Memory, and High Blood Pressure. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant native to central and southern Europe, from Portugal and France north to the Netherlands and the Baltic States, east to the Caucasus, and also southwestern Asia in Turkey. Other vernacular names used in cultivation include small periwinkle, common periwinkle, and sometimes in the United States, myrtle or creeping myrtle.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal