# HerbaPulse Herb Profile API

> HerbaPulse Herb Profile API is a paid API for AI agents from herbapulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns PubMed-grounded botanical profiles for herbs, including traditional medicine context, safety data, and drug-herb interactions across Ayurveda, TCM, and other herbal traditions

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://herbapulse.vercel.app/api/herba/herb
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/herbapulse-herb-profile-api-d8dc1114
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_g5pfbTn9bWXReiH3Tgml0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability herbapulse-herb-profile-api-d8dc1114
```

Example prompt: Look up a full herb profile for ashwagandha — I want to know its Ayurvedic and TCM uses, any drug interactions (especially with thyroid medications), safety ratings, and where I can buy quality supplements.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, research-grounded herb profiles with traditional medicine context across multiple systems (Ayurveda, TCM, Western). Prefer this over general web search when you need consolidated safety, interaction, and traditional use data in a single structured response with multilingual support.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled herb name returns empty or error response
- Obscure regional herbs with no PubMed data may return minimal profiles
- Drug interaction data may be incomplete for rare herb-drug combinations
- Language parameter not supported may fall back to English without notice
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 returns 402 or 429 status

## How this service works

Global herbal medicine and botanical intelligence API. PubMed-grounded herb profiles, drug-herb interaction checker, traditional medicine system guides (Ayurveda, TCM, Amazonian, African), herbal remedy builder, skin/cosmetic botanical analysis, cannabis strain intelligence, herbal practitioner finder, and ingredient safety checker. Covers Ayurvedic, TCM, Western herbalism, Indigenous, and integrative medicine traditions. iHerb, Mountain Rose Herbs, Gaia Herbs, Herb Pharm, and Leafly (cannabis) affiliate links included. All endpoints support any language via ?lang=. Pricing: $0.08–$0.15 USDC/call via x402 micropayment.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing the herb's botanical identity, traditional uses across medicine systems (Ayurveda, TCM, Western herbalism), PubMed-grounded evidence summary, drug-herb interaction warnings, safety profile, and affiliate purchase links from partners like iHerb, Mountain Rose Herbs, or Gaia Herbs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "herb"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "herb": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "herb"
  },
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "lang"
  },
  "tradition": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "tradition"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/herbapulse-herb-profile-api-d8dc1114/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from herbapulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/herbapulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)