Herb Library

Artemisia cina

Traditional medicinal plant used for anthelminthic, ascaricide, sclerosis(spleen), vermifuge.

Galium circaezans

Native American medicinal plant used as cough medicine, expectorant, respiratory aid, throat aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Native American medicinal plant used as oral aid, throat aid, analgesic, respiratory aid, cold remedy, cough medicine. Documented among Bella Coola, Haisla, Haisla and Hanaksiala.

Tagetes micrantha

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, febrifuge, gastrointestinal aid, other. Documented among Navajo.

Senecio aureus

Traditional medicinal plant used for anodyne, astringent, circulation, cough, debility, diuretic, emmenagogue, female, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Bursera delpechiana

Traditional medicinal plant used for soap.

Aquilaria agallocha

Traditional medicinal plant used for abdomen, anodyne, aphrodisiac, asthma, cancer, cancer(thyroid), carminative, chest, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Convallaria majalis

Has antiangiogenic, antitumor, and diuretic properties. Used for hundreds of years as a heart tonic to treat heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and dropsy. Promotes increased oxygen delivery to the heart and reduces blood pressure.

Lonicera dioica

Native American medicinal plant used as cathartic, gynecological aid, kidney aid, diuretic, urinary aid, misc. disease remedy. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Chippewa, Cree, Woodlands.

Pinus flexilis

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, cough medicine, emetic, febrifuge, hunting medicine. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Cardamine douglassii

Native American medicinal plant used as antidote, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Iroquois.

Tilia europaea

A beloved European tea flower used for nervous tension, cardiovascular comfort, and as a gentle diaphoretic for fevers.

Monarda lindheimeri

A medicinal plant (Monarda lindheimeri) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Polemonium pulcherrimum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid. Documented among Thompson.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, cough medicine, throat aid. Documented among Tanana, Upper.

Leonotis leonurus

Traditional medicinal plant used for bite(snake), cold, cough, emmenagogue, purgative, skin, tapeworm, vermifuge.

Litsea glutinosa

Southeast Asian and Australian tree used in Indonesian, Indian, and Aboriginal Australian medicine for diarrhea, wounds, and bone fractures. Mucilaginous bark applied as poultice for sprains. Contains boldine and laurolitsine alkaloids.

Schizachyrium scoparium

Native American medicinal plant used as venereal aid. Documented among Comanche.

Hexastylis arifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, heart medicine. Documented among Catawba.

Nymphoides cordata

Native American medicinal plant used as cough medicine, other, respiratory aid, sedative. Documented among Seminole.

Heuchera parviflora

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid. Documented among Blackfoot.

Helenium microcephalum

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, heart medicine, hypotensive, respiratory aid. Documented among Comanche.

Crataegus spathulata

Native American medicinal plant used as dietary aid, heart medicine, preventive medicine. Documented among Cherokee.

Portulaca oleracea

Native American medicinal plant used as anthelmintic, ear medicine, strengthener, antidote, burn dressing, dermatological aid. Documented among Cherokee, Hawaiian, Iroquois.

Delphinium bicolor

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, dermatological aid, oral aid, pediatric aid, stimulant, poison. Documented among Blackfoot, Gosiute.

Heuchera parvifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, eye medicine, hemostat, oral aid, pediatric aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Penstemon fruticosus

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, kidney aid, orthopedic aid. Documented among Okanagon, Thompson.

Ranunculus abortivus

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, oral aid, sedative, throat aid, anticonvulsive, antidote. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Meskwaki.

Krameria erecta

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid. Documented among Pima.

Chimaphila menziesii

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, kidney aid, urinary aid. Documented among Karok.

Salix arbusculoides

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, eye medicine, oral aid. Documented among Eskimo, Inuktitut, Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut.

Quercus virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, analgesic, antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, hemorrhoid remedy, love medicine. Documented among Houma, Seminole.

Pyrola asarifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, antihemorrhagic, ceremonial medicine, pediatric aid, sedative, liver aid. Documented among Carrier, Southern, Cree, Woodlands, Karok.

Packera multilobata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, ceremonial medicine, gynecological aid, cold remedy, dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah, Yavapai.

Oxytropis sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, throat aid, gynecological aid, pediatric aid, misc. disease remedy, respiratory aid. Documented among Alaska Native, Blackfoot, Cheyenne.

Pinus contorta

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, heart medicine, tuberculosis remedy, eye medicine, orthopedic aid. Documented among Bella Coola, Blackfoot, Carrier, Northern.

Sisymbrium irio

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine. Documented among Pima.

Eremocrinum albomarginatum

Native American medicinal plant used as snake bite remedy. Documented among Navajo, Kayenta.

Helianthemum canadense

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid, throat aid, analgesic, tonic. Documented among Cherokee, Delaware, Delaware, Oklahoma.

Chrysothamnus depressus

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Eriogonum longifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Comanche.

Heliomeris longifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as panacea. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Crepis acuminata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, eye medicine, gynecological aid. Documented among Shoshoni.

Ephedra trifurca

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid, kidney aid, venereal aid, other. Documented among Cocopa, Navajo, Pima.

Catharanthus longifolius

A medicinal plant (Catharanthus longifolius) from the Apocynaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Phlox longifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), cold remedy, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid, blood medicine, cathartic. Documented among Havasupai, Okanagan-Colville, Paiute.

Pinus palustris

Traditional medicinal plant used for antiseptic, arthritis, bronchitis, carminative, colic, cystitis, dandruff, diarrhea, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Polygonum amphibium

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, gynecological aid, oral aid, pediatric aid, analgesic, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Meskwaki, Ojibwa.