Herb Library

Eriogonum elongatum

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine, hypotensive. Documented among Mahuna.

Osmorhiza longistylis

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, kidney aid, gynecological aid, veterinary aid, dietary aid, eye medicine. Documented among Cheyenne, Chippewa, Meskwaki.

Iris tenuissima

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid. Documented among Pomo.

Linnaea borealis

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, febrifuge, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid, sedative, cold remedy. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Iroquois, Potawatomi.

Lophira lanceolata

West African savanna tree whose bark is used in Nigerian and Cameroonian medicine for malaria, fever, and pain. Seed oil (meni oil) applied to skin. Contains lophirone alkaloids and biflavonoids with analgesic properties.

Arum maculatum

Traditional medicinal plant used for bite(snake), cancer(face), cancer(lip), carcinoma, diaphoretic, dyspepsia, expectorant, incisive, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Ziziphus obtusifolia

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

Nelumbo nucifera

The seed of the sacred lotus, used in TCM for calming the spirit, stopping diarrhea, and strengthening the kidney. Also a culinary ingredient.

Orobanche ludoviciana

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

Artemisia ludoviciana

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, pediatric aid, pulmonary aid, respiratory aid, throat aid, veterinary aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche.

Solanum mammosum

Traditional medicinal plant used for bite(dog), bladder, burn, cold, colic, diuretic, elephantiasis, heart, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Cystopteris protrusa

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge. Documented among Cherokee.

Lupinus sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, misc. disease remedy, respiratory aid, veterinary aid, diuretic, urinary aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Paiute, Shoshoni.

Litchi chinensis

Used in TCM as a remedy for gland enlargement and tumors. The seed has astringent and analgesic effects for gastralgia, colic, and orchitis.

Lycium chinense (bark)

The root bark of the wolfberry plant — used differently from the berry. Clears deficiency heat, cools blood, and reduces steaming bone syndrome.

Berlandiera lyrata

Native American medicinal plant used as psychological aid, sedative. Documented among Keres, Western.

Salvia lyrata

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, antidiarrheal, cold remedy, cough medicine, diaphoretic, gynecological aid. Documented among Catawba, Cherokee.

Verbena macdougalii

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

Hedysarum boreale

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Alaska Native, Eskimo, Inupiat, Tanana, Upper.

Cicuta virosa

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Alaska Native, Eskimo, Inupiat, Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut.

Macropiper excelsum

New Zealand pepper tree closely related to kawakawa. Maori rongoā for stomach complaints, bladder issues, and as topical pain reliever. Leaves often characteristically riddled with insect holes. Contains myristicin and elemicin. Important cultural plant.

Micromeria varia subsp. thymoides

A medicinal plant (Micromeria varia) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Anredera baselloides

A medicinal plant (Anredera baselloides) from the Basellaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Maerua crassifolia

Sahelian tree used in Sudanese, Nigerien, and Malian traditional medicine for stomachache, wounds, and fever. Leaves eaten as famine food. Bark decoction for malaria. Important in Tuareg and Hausa folk medicine systems.

Ambrosia magdalenae

A medicinal plant (Ambrosia magdalenae) from the Asteraceae family used in traditional medicine.

Afzelia africana

West African anti-inflammatory bark decoction for edema, hernia, and body pain; leaf poultice for wounds.

Adiantum capillus-junonis

Used in TCM to treat colds and influenza. Contains adipedatol, adiantone, and various fern-derived compounds.

Asplenium trichomanes

Native American medicinal plant used as abortifacient, breast treatment, cough medicine, liver aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Alyxia oliviformis

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

Coprosma sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Hawaiian.

Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri

A medicinal plant (Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri) from the Crassulaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Syzygium malaccense

Traditional medicinal plant used for bactericide, bronchitis, cough, diuretic, flu, glossitis, itch, laxative, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Dryopteris filix-mas

Traditional medicinal plant used for aperient, astringent, cyanogenetic, pectoral, poison, taenifuge, tumor, vermifuge.

Physocarpus malvaceus

Native American medicinal plant used as hunting medicine. Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Centaurea melitensis

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid. Documented among Mahuna.

Mammea americana

Caribbean and South American tree used in traditional medicine for intestinal parasites, skin infections, and as insecticide. Seed extract for head lice. Bark decoction for fevers. Contains mammein coumarins with antiparasitic activity.

Hippomane mancinella

Traditional medicinal plant used for arrow, cancer, cathartic, dermatitogenic, diaphoretic, diuretic, dropsy, emetic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Aquilegia micrantha

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

Mandragora officinarum

Traditional medicinal plant used for anesthetic, asthma, cough, hayfever, hypnotic, mydriatic, narcotic, poison, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Melicope cinerea

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

Cephalotaxus mannii

A medicinal plant (Cephalotaxus mannii) from the Cephalotaxaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Ipomoea pandurata

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), cough medicine, diuretic, expectorant, kidney aid, laxative. Documented among Cherokee, Creek, Iroquois.

Ipomopsis polycladon

Native American medicinal plant used as sedative, tonic. Documented among Navajo, Kayenta.

Ipomopsis multiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, analgesic, dermatological aid, pulmonary aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah, Zuni.

Lithospermum multiflorum

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

Mentzelia multiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as diuretic, psychological aid, tuberculosis remedy, emetic. Documented among Keres, Western, Navajo.

Schkuhria multiflora

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

Hydrocotyle umbellata

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