Herb Library

Solanum dulcamara

Traditional medicinal plant used for alterative, analgesic, anaphrodisiac, anodyne, antidote, bronchitis, cancer, cardiotonic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Nyssa sylvatica

Traditional medicinal plant used for cancer.

Solanum nigrum

Traditional medicinal plant used for abdomen, abscess, ache(stomach), alexiteric, alterative, amygdalitis, analgesic, anasarca, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Salvia mellifera

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, carminative, cough medicine, ear medicine, heart medicine, orthopedic aid. Documented among Costanoan, Mahuna.

Artemisia nova

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, cough medicine. Documented among Shoshoni.

Chenopodium capitatum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, eye medicine, pulmonary aid. Documented among Navajo, Kayenta, Potawatomi.

Pseudoroegneria spicata

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external). Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Iris versicolor

A North American alterative used by Eclectic physicians for lymphatic congestion, skin conditions, and liver/thyroid support. LOW DOSE ONLY.

Gilia sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, pediatric aid, analgesic, diuretic, emetic, febrifuge. Documented among Gosiute, Shoshoni, Zuni.

Bouteloua gracilis

Native American medicinal plant used as antidote, dermatological aid, gynecological aid, panacea, veterinary aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Baptisia australis

Native American medicinal plant used as antiemetic, cathartic, emetic, gynecological aid, toothache remedy. Documented among Cherokee.

Oclemena nemoralis

Native American medicinal plant used as ear medicine. Documented among Chippewa.

Menyanthes trifoliata

This aquatic plant targets the lymphatic tissues of the body, clearing obstruction and waste. It is also used to cleanse and tone the liver and gallbladder, relieve shingles, and regulate female hormones.

Betula nana

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

Vaccinium uliginosum

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

Solidago uliginosa

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

Ledum groenlandicum

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, nose medicine, analgesic, ceremonial medicine, tonic, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Abnaki, Algonquin, Quebec, Bella Coola.

Kalmia polifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, antihemorrhagic, dermatological aid. Documented among Hesquiat, Kwakiutl, Tlingit.

Platanthera ?media

Native American medicinal plant used as love medicine. Documented among Potawatomi.

Andromeda polifolia

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

Salix pedicellaris

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

Aconitum laciniatum

Highly toxic Tibetan aconite used only after extensive purification (detoxification) for severe cold disorders, arthritis, and neurological conditions.

Artemisia arctica

Native American medicinal plant used as cancer treatment, cold remedy, cough medicine, eye medicine, misc. disease remedy. Documented among Tanana, Upper.

Boscia senegalensis

West African drought-resistant shrub used in Sahelian medicine for diabetes, hypertension, and as famine food. Seeds processed to remove bitterness and eaten. Root decoction for syphilis and mental illness in Nigerian folk medicine.

Lagenaria siceraria

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, analgesic, psychological aid. Documented among Cherokee, Houma, Seminole.

Mentzelia nuda

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

Phacelia ramosissima

Native American medicinal plant used as emetic, gastrointestinal aid, venereal aid. Documented among Kawaiisu.

Feijoa sellowiana

A medicinal plant (Feijoa sellowiana) from the Myrtaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Angelica breweri

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, cold remedy, cough medicine, dermatological aid, kidney aid, throat aid. Documented among Miwok, Paiute, Shoshoni.

Penstemon rostriflorus

Native American medicinal plant used as orthopedic aid. Documented among Kawaiisu.

Heuchera flabellifolia

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

Eucalyptus bridgesiana

A medicinal plant (Eucalyptus bridgesiana) from the Myrtaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Ephedra nevadensis

Traditional medicinal plant used for ache(head), depurative, fumitory, tea, venereal.

Smilax tamnoides

Native American medicinal plant used as tonic, eye medicine, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Choctaw, Iroquois.

Heterotheca villosa

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, dermatological aid, nose medicine, toothache remedy. Documented among Isleta, Navajo, Ramah.

Asarum caudatum

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), gastrointestinal aid, cold remedy, laxative, dermatological aid. Documented among Bella Coola, Okanagan-Colville, Okanagon.

Iris sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, cough medicine. Documented among Seminole, Yana.

Circaea lutetiana

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, other. Documented among Iroquois.

Carex platyphylla

Native American medicinal plant used as other. Documented among Iroquois.

Andropogon sp.

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

Senecio spartioides

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, gynecological aid. Documented among Hopi, Keres, Western.

Andropogon virginicus

Traditional medicinal plant used for fever.

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Indo-Pacific mangrove tree used in Fijian, Samoan, and Indonesian coastal medicine for diarrhea, burns, and eye infections. Bark tea for shingles. Fruit starch eaten as famine food after leaching tannins. Contains triterpenoids and hydrolyzable tannins.

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Peruvian Amazonian plant used in Shipibo and Quechua medicine for arthritis, rheumatism, and as shamanic teacher plant. Root decoction induces chills (chiric) then warmth. Contains scopoletin and brunfelsamidine. CAUTION: Toxic at high doses.

Lysiphyllum hookeri

Aboriginal medicine tree used for diarrhea and dysentery. The astringent bark is boiled and the decoction drunk for gastrointestinal complaints.

Picrothamnus desertorum

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), cold remedy, cough medicine, dermatological aid, diuretic. Documented among Paiute, Shoshoni.

Solanum rostratum

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

Cucurbita foetidissima

Traditional medicinal plant used for laxative, soap.