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Herbs Containing Tannins

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