Herb Library

Triteleia grandiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, adjuvant. Documented among Okanagan-Colville, Thompson.

Epilobium parviflorum

A European herb used for prostate health and urinary comfort. Popular in Austrian/German folk medicine. Maria Treben popularized its use.

Willughbeia edulis

Southeast Asian climbing plant used in Thai and Malay traditional medicine. Fruit is edible and eaten for digestive health. Root decoction for fever and malaria. Latex applied to wounds. Contains indole alkaloids.

Eriogonum alatum

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, dermatological aid, panacea, antidiarrheal, ceremonial medicine, cough medicine. Documented among Navajo, Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Lythrum alatum

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

Cucurbita maxima

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gynecological aid, laxative, psychological aid, diuretic. Documented among Hawaiian, Ojibwa.

Vicia villosa

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Rappahannock.

Acacia kempeana

Aboriginal medicine plant famous as host of witchetty grubs. The root bark decoction is used for colds, headaches, and body aches. Bark poultice applied to sores.

Panicum capillare

Native American medicinal plant used as emetic, dietary aid. Documented among Keres, Western, Mahuna.

Hylotelephium telephium

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, liver aid, other, pediatric aid, veterinary aid, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Iroquois, Malecite, Micmac.

Prostanthera rotundifolia

Aboriginal bush medicine plant used for headache, colds, and muscular pain. The aromatic leaves contain cineole and other terpenes with analgesic properties.

Picradeniopsis woodhousei

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

Equisetum sylvaticum

Native American medicinal plant used as antihemorrhagic, hemostat, kidney aid. Documented among Eskimo, Alaska, Menominee, Ojibwa.

Luzula sp.

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

Hudsonia tomentosa

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine. Documented among Montagnais.

Eriophyllum lanatum

Native American medicinal plant used as love medicine, dermatological aid. Documented among Chehalis, Skagit.

Sphenosciadium capitellatum

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

Astragalus mollissimus

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Mahuna.

Astragalus purshii

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, disinfectant, hunting medicine. Documented among Thompson.

Wyethia mollis

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, blood medicine, cathartic, cold remedy, febrifuge. Documented among Klamath, Paiute, Shoshoni.

Euodia rutaecarpa

A medicinal plant (Euodia rutaecarpa) from the Rutaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Baccharis wrightii

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, emetic, venereal aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Aloysia wrightii

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (internal), psychological aid, venereal aid. Documented among Havasupai, Walapai.

Cordylanthus wrightii

Native American medicinal plant used as venereal aid, ceremonial medicine, gynecological aid, analgesic. Documented among Navajo, Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Pseudognaphalium canescens

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, dermatological aid. Documented among Keres, Western.

Lotus wrightii

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, cathartic, disinfectant, gastrointestinal aid, panacea, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Navajo, Ramah, Zuni.

Thelypodium wrightii

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

Acanthopanax gracilistylis

A medicinal plant (Acanthopanax gracilistylis) from the Araliaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Lomatium ambiguum

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, throat aid. Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Lupinus wyethii

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

Castilleja linariifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as contraceptive, gynecological aid, analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, blood medicine, cathartic. Documented among Hopi, Navajo, Ramah, Shoshoni.

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Caribbean and West African food plant with medicinal leaf preparations. Heated leaf applied as poultice for boils and abscesses in Caribbean folk medicine. Rhizome (corm) eaten as staple food after cooking. Contains calcium oxalate — must be cooked.

Betula alleghaniensis

Native American medicinal plant used as diuretic. Documented among Ojibwa, South.

Platanthera ciliaris

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antidiarrheal, snake bite remedy. Documented among Cherokee, Seminole.

Agastache nepetoides

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

Hieracium fendleri

Native American medicinal plant used as diuretic, hunting medicine. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Evernia sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Modesse.

Caltha palustris

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, cold remedy, dermatological aid, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic. Documented among Abnaki, Alaska Native, Chippewa.

Cirsium ochrocentrum

Native American medicinal plant used as burn dressing, dermatological aid, contraceptive, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic. Documented among Kiowa, Zuni.

Draba incerta

Native American medicinal plant used as abortifacient, nose medicine. Documented among Blackfoot.

Cirsium horridulum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, expectorant, throat aid. Documented among Houma.

Liparis loeselii

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

Cimicifuga simplex

Traditional medicinal plant used for anodyne, bronchitis, febrifuge, rheumatism, sedative, throat, uteritis.

Tolmiea menziesii

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

Daphne genkwa

Traditional medicinal plant used for anthelminthic, antidote(mushroom), antiphlogistic, antitussive, ascites, bruise, bubo, cancer, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Zanha golungensis

East African tree from the soapberry family used in Mozambican and Tanzanian traditional medicine for malaria, stomachache, and wound treatment. Roots prepared as decoction for fever.

Zanthoxylum chalybeum

East African tree used by Maasai and other pastoralist communities for malaria, cough, and toothache. Bark chewed for dental pain (numbing effect from alkylamides). Contains pellitorine and chelerythrine. Important Maasai traditional medicine.

Zephyranthes sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as toothache remedy. Documented among Seminole.