Herbs

We didn’t just arrive to this era of advanced technology in the blink of an eye, and most of what we need in order to survive depends on our surroundings. Flora and fauna are still undergoing research and discovery phases, since we’re far from identifying every organism that shares the same planet. What’s more, applications like Herbs let you review some commonly known plants, especially for their medical purposes.

By default, the application covers up most of your screen, but this can easily be adjusted. As frustrating as it may seem, this is only to help you get a better preview of text and pictures, because the built-in database has a lot to offer.

Contrary to your expectations, the application isn’t just an encyclopedia of some herbs, but rather a study of different disorders or diseases, and how plants can be used to fight them. However, you’re free to either loop up specific plants for their beneficial effects, or search the disease and what might be needed to make it go away.

Most navigation windows are split into multiple panes, one of which provides a thorough description of the plant itself, as well as actions. There’s even a built-in search engine to make navigation a bit easier, but all this is only done offline, which leaves a bit more to be desired.

Unfortunately, the application makes it a little difficult to move around, especially since every function brings up a new window, making navigation frustrating at times. Details can be exported, with options to grab text and images, and there’s even a database to better visualize data as a whole, rather than items individually.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Herbs is a practical utility that offers the possibility to look up alternative medicine and methods to make it practical. Although it comes with a decent database, it feels a little rough around the edges, with the difficult navigation system, and no option to go online, or check for info you can’t find here.