Plant of the Day

Behind the scenes

How a plant is discovered

One plant arrives every morning for everyone. Anyone signed in can also request a plant from Search.

9

plants in the library

8

of 12 health areas covered

10

extra perspectives recorded

2

discovered by the community

Last discovery: Fenugreek on Oct 20, 2026

The daily journey

  1. 06:07 UTC — the daily run starts

    A scheduled job wakes once a day. If today's plant exists, it stops.

  2. A health area is picked

    Areas rotate so the same one never repeats two days in a row.

    Lungs & breathingCancer supportHeart & circulationDigestion & gutImmunitySleep & stressBrain & memorySkin & healingLiver & detoxJoints & inflammationBlood sugar & metabolismWomen's health
  3. AI chooses a new plant

    It is shown every plant already used, so it picks one that is new.

  4. Real sources are gathered

    PubMed, Europe PMC and Wikipedia are searched for the exact Latin name, then ranked by the rules below.

  5. The profile is written

    Description, traditional uses, compounds, graded research and safety.

  6. Turned into charts

    Evidence scores, body systems, native regions and safety flags.

  7. Three illustrations painted

    One main botanical plate and two detail studies.

  8. Narration recorded

    An Ayurveda-led story, read in a natural voice.

  9. You get notified

    Subscribers receive a push alert; the app shows a new-plant badge.

How sources are chosen

The AI doesn't pick its own sources. Code applies these rules, then the AI may only cite what passed, and any citation it makes up is removed.

  1. 1Right plant. It must name the exact Latin species. Common names like "ginseng" cover several plants.
  2. 2Strongest study type first. Meta-analyses, then randomised human trials, other human studies, reviews, lab and animal work, and finally encyclopedias.
  3. 3Recent first. Within a type, newer papers rank higher. Older classics are labelled as such.
  4. 4People over test tubes. A claim can only be Strong or Moderate if a human study backs it. Lab or animal results alone are always Preliminary.
  5. 5Reputable and not retracted. Only peer-reviewed papers indexed by PubMed or Europe PMC. Retracted papers are removed.
  6. 6Balanced. Studies that found no effect are kept and lower the grade.
  7. 7Limited and varied. At most 12 sources per plant and 3 from one journal.

Two ways in

Plant of the Day

Automatic, one a day, same for everyone, sends a notification.

Community

You type a name; AI checks it is a real plant, matches its Latin name to avoid duplicates, then builds it. Daily limits apply.

17 perspectives

Each one is recorded once per plant, then shared with everyone. If a tradition has no real history with a plant, the narration says so instead of inventing one.

Asian traditions

AyurvedaSiddhaTibetan / Sowa RigpaBuddhist mindfulnessChinese medicineKampo (Japan)Korean SasangUnani

Western & spiritual

Hildegard & monasticWestern folk herbalismAnthroposophicSufi & Prophetic

Indigenous traditions

Native AmericanAmazonian / CuranderismoAfrican traditionalHawaiian & Aboriginal

Modern

Modern science

Research grades

StrongSeveral good human trials agree.
ModerateSome human studies, mixed or small.
PreliminaryLab, animal or traditional evidence only.

Honest limits

Everything is written by AI and can contain mistakes. It is educational, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before using any plant for a health condition.
See it in action: today's plant