Hart Van Denburg/CPR News A bottle of Tingala at the Denver Press Club for a tasting event. The drink is distilled from the buds of the Spilanthes acmella plant, native to the Amazon River Basin ...

A Colorado family heard about the ‘toothache plant,’ so they made a liquor out of it By Dan Boyce, Colorado Public Radio Thursday, Jul 20, 2023 2:47 PM Updated Saturday, Jul. 22, 2023 7:35 PM ...

Toothache plant (Spilanthes) and gotu kola are unusual Asian herbs becoming more widely used in cooking, salads, tea and craft cocktails. It's fun and interesting to experiment and try new flavors.

The variety of folk names given to spilanthes — toothache plant, buzz button and electric daisy, for example — also makes it tricky to track down. click to enlarge ...

It is even more commonly known as a "toothache plant," since chewing any part of it ... crespedia and that thought blocked the name spilanthes, which is how I knew the plant when I grew ...

Toothache plant products are often labeled as “Spilanthes.” How to grow Acmella oleracea If you’d like to grow a toothache plant at home, follow these instructions: ...

Cousin to the daisy and sunflower, spilanthes hails from tropical Brazil and Peru. Seafarers brought the plant to India by way of Africa during the great Age of Discovery. The ...

LOUISVILLE (WAVE) --You will often hear me refer to herbs as the useful plants. Here are a couple of plants that you might find useful in your garden. Spilanthes oleracea is also known as the ...

Toothache Plant. The common name of Spilanthes oleracea or Acmella oleracea is influenced by its function, but it is also known as eyeball plant.