Tannins (commonly referred to as tannic acid) are water-soluble polyphenols that are present in many plant foods.
Herbal ingredients containing tannins
- Agrimony
- Apricot
- Arnica
- Artichoke
- Avens
- Bayberry
- Bilberry
- Blue Flag
- Boldo
- Borage
- Burnet
- Butterbur
- Calamus
- Cascara
- Cassia
- Chamomile (German)
- Cinnamon
- Clivers
- Cola
- Coltsfoot
- Comfrey
- Corn Silk
- Cowslip
- Damiana
- Drosera
- Elder
- Ephedra
- Eucalyptus
- Eyebright
- Feverfew
- Frangula
- Gentian
- Ground Ivy
- Hawthorn
- Holy Thistle
- Hops
- Horse-chestnut
- Ispaghula
- Juniper
- Lady’s Slipper
- Lime Flower
- Marshmallow
- Meadowsweet
- Motherwort
- Nettle
- Pilewort
- Plantain
- Poplar
- Prickly Ash (Northern)
- Prickly Ash (Southern)
- Queen’s Delight
- Raspberry
- Rhubarb
- Sage
- Sassafras
- Saw Palmetto
- Scullcap
- Slippery Elm
- Squill
- St. John’s Wort
- Stone Root
- Tansy
- Thyme
- Uva-Ursi
- Valerian
- Vervain
- Willow
- Witch Hazel
- Yarrow
- Yellow Dock
