Herb Library

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.

Clausena anisum-olens

Philippine hilot aromatic leaf for flatulence, cough, and wound cleaning; leaf decoction as a bath for febrile children.

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.

Saururus cernuus

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, poultice, antirheumatic (external), gastrointestinal aid, panacea, emetic. Documented among Cherokee, Choctaw, Ojibwa.

Annona diversifolia

A medicinal plant (Annona diversifolia) from the Annonaceae family used in traditional medicine.

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.

Symplocos racemosa

Ayurvedic astringent herb used primarily for gynecological disorders including menorrhagia, leucorrhea, and uterine bleeding. Also used for diarrhea and eye disorders.

Lomatium dissectum

A powerful Native American immune herb, traditionally used by Western tribes for respiratory support during winter months.

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.

Coeloglossum viride

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, love medicine. Documented among Iroquois, Ojibwa.

Baptisia bracteata

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

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.

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.

Pycnanthemum loomisii

A medicinal plant (Pycnanthemum loomisii) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

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.