As one can see, most of the plant arzneyen that were traditionally used have warming and drying properties. This does not refer to the physicality of the plant itself (which took me a while to realize — and confused me greatly — how is mint considered hot?…), but rather than that, it describes the effect it has on the human body; mainly the digestion. Warming the digestion = aiding it. Thus, many herbs used for cooking are considered warming as well.

			hot
dry							wet
			cold