Herb Library

Lallemantia royleana

Unani cooling mucilaginous seed for fever, cough, and urinary burning; soaked seeds form a gel used as a refreshing drink.

Aleurites fordii

Traditional medicinal plant used for burn, edema, ejaculation, emetic, hemostat, masturbation, poison, scabies, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Phyla nodiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as orthopedic aid, pediatric aid. Documented among Houma.

Chorizanthe staticoides

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

Pteryxia terebinthina

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, tonic. Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Penstemon virgatus

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

Ratibida columnifera

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, dermatological aid, snake bite remedy, panacea, gynecological aid, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Cheyenne, Dakota, Keres, Western.

Meconopsis horridula

Himalayan blue poppy used in Tibetan medicine for liver-heat, pain, and fever. Contains isoquinoline alkaloids. Grows in high-altitude alpine meadows.

Vitis girdiana

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

Lessingia glandulifera

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic. Documented among Kawaiisu.

Boschniakia hookeri

Native American medicinal plant used as cough medicine. Documented among Hesquiat.

Equisetum variegatum

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

Nuphar lutea

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, disinfectant, analgesic, antirheumatic (external), panacea, venereal aid. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Cree, Woodlands, Flathead.

Embelia ribes

An Ayurvedic herb traditionally used for intestinal parasites, digestive support, and as a blood purifier.

Trichostema lanceolatum

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, febrifuge, misc. disease remedy, cold remedy, dermatological aid, disinfectant. Documented among Concow, Costanoan, Kawaiisu.

Mertensia virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as pulmonary aid, tuberculosis remedy, antidote, venereal aid. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois.

Salicornia virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external). Documented among Heiltzuk.

Physalis virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as stimulant. Documented among Meskwaki.

Hexastylis virginica

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

Iris virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, liver aid, urinary aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Triadenum virginicum

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

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Traditional medicinal plant used for diaphoretic, sclerosis(belly), spasm, spice.

Obolaria virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, cough medicine, diaphoretic, gastrointestinal aid, dermatological aid. Documented among Cherokee, Choctaw.

Lepidium virginicum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, pulmonary aid, veterinary aid, tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Cherokee, Houma, Menominee.

Pinus virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as anthelmintic, antidiarrheal, antirheumatic (external), antirheumatic (internal), ceremonial medicine, cold remedy. Documented among Cherokee, Choctaw, Rappahannock.

Rosa virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as anthelmintic, pediatric aid, dermatological aid, hemostat, eye medicine. Documented among Cherokee, Ojibwa, Ojibwa, South.

Tradescantia virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antihemorrhagic, cancer treatment, dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid, gynecological aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Claytonia virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as anticonvulsive, contraceptive, pediatric aid. Documented among Iroquois.

Fragaria virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, gastrointestinal aid, kidney aid, liver aid, misc. disease remedy, psychological aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Cherokee, Chippewa.

Acalypha virginica

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid, misc. disease remedy, urinary aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Voacanga africana

West and Central African tree whose bark and seeds contain the alkaloid voacangine (precursor to ibogaine). Used traditionally as a cerebral stimulant, aphrodisiac, and in local medicine for infectious diseases.

Asplenium rhizophyllum

Native American medicinal plant used as breast treatment, emetic. Documented among Cherokee.

Teucrium chamaedrys

Traditional medicinal plant used for alterative, antiseptic, aperient, astringent, bactericide, cancer, depurative, diuretic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Warburgia ugandensis

East African medicinal tree widely used by the Kikuyu people to expel tapeworms and improve appetite. The peppery bark is used for coughs, colds, fever, stomachache, and joint pains across multiple African traditional medicine systems.

Teucrium scordium

Traditional medicinal plant used for actinomycosis, alterative, antiseptic, astringent, cancer, cough, diuretic, fever, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Glyceria fluitans

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine. Documented among Crow, Montana Indian.

Catabrosa aquatica

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, stimulant, tonic. Documented among Crow, Montana Indian, Shoshoni.

Salix ?pendulina

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

Sisyrinchium bellum

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge, gastrointestinal aid, cathartic, respiratory aid. Documented among Costanoan, Luiseno, Pomo, Kashaya.

Clematis occidentalis

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

Cornus sericea

Native American medicinal plant used as tonic, gynecological aid. Documented among Hoh, Quileute, Thompson.

Physostegia parviflora

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy. Documented among Meskwaki.

Pentagramma triangularis

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gynecological aid, toothache remedy. Documented among Karok, Miwok.

Lithospermum ruderale

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), diuretic, kidney aid, contraceptive, antihemorrhagic. Documented among Cheyenne, Gosiute, Navajo.

Sisyrinchium albidum

Native American medicinal plant used as antidote, veterinary aid, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Menominee.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid. Documented among Eskimo, Western.

Chamaesyce albomarginata

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, snake bite remedy, veterinary aid, eye medicine, gynecological aid, analgesic. Documented among Diegueno, Kawaiisu, Keres, Western.

Caltha leptosepala

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