Herb Library

Erodium sp.

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

Lesquerella rectipes

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, eye medicine, respiratory aid, toothache remedy. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Viola striata

Native American medicinal plant used as witchcraft medicine. Documented among Iroquois.

Acer pensylvanicum

Native American medicinal plant used as respiratory aid, veterinary aid, emetic, laxative, orthopedic aid, antihemorrhagic. Documented among Abnaki, Algonquin, Quebec, Iroquois.

Abies lasiocarpa

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, ceremonial medicine, cold remedy, dermatological aid, emetic, febrifuge. Documented among Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow.

Erigeron peregrinus

Native American medicinal plant used as orthopedic aid, other, stimulant. Documented among Cheyenne.

Athyrium filix-femina

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge, reproductive aid, venereal aid. Documented among Iroquois.

Trifolium dubium

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

Acer saccharum

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine, dermatological aid, eye medicine, pulmonary aid, cough medicine, expectorant. Documented among Iroquois, Mohegan, Potawatomi.

Potentilla recta

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

Eriogonum umbellatum

Native American medicinal plant used as burn dressing. Documented among Klamath.

Lupinus sulphureus

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

Eriogonum umbellatum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, venereal aid, gastrointestinal aid, disinfectant, emetic, cold remedy. Documented among Kawaiisu, Mahuna, Navajo, Kayenta.

Ferula sumbul

Traditional medicinal plant used for antispasmodic, apertif, hysteria, nerves, nervine, sedative, spasm, stimulant, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Corallorrhiza maculata

Native American medicinal plant used as basket medicine, hunting medicine, love medicine, tuberculosis remedy, veterinary aid, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Iroquois, Navajo, Kayenta, Nevada Indian.

Lupinus perennis

Native American medicinal plant used as antiemetic, antihemorrhagic, veterinary aid, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Cherokee, Menominee.

Cordylanthus sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as emetic. Documented among Luiseno.

Flagellaria indica

Aboriginal vine medicine used for stomach cramps, headache, and topically for sores. The roots are crushed and soaked for internal use.

Tylophora indica

Traditional medicinal plant used for anodyne, asthma, bronchitis, cathartic, diaphoretic, diarrhea, dysentery, emetic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Lonicera oblongifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gynecological aid, psychological aid, sedative, urinary aid. Documented among Iroquois.

Asclepias incarnata

Native American medicinal plant used as pediatric aid, strengthener, dermatological aid, diuretic, kidney aid, orthopedic aid. Documented among Chippewa, Iroquois, Meskwaki.

Osmorhiza berteroi

Native American medicinal plant used as cathartic, emetic, cold remedy, throat aid, veterinary aid, adjuvant. Documented among Bella Coola, Blackfoot, Cheyenne.

Osmorhiza sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as emetic, pulmonary aid, analgesic, antidiarrheal, blood medicine, cathartic. Documented among Bella Coola, Iroquois, Miwok.

Malus coronaria

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, hemorrhoid remedy, oral aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Myrica gale

Native American medicinal plant used as diuretic, venereal aid. Documented among Bella Coola.

Cymopterus newberryi

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

Dianthus barbatus

A medicinal plant (Dianthus barbatus) from the Caryophyllaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Tacca leontopetaloides

Polynesian medicinal and food plant — one of the original canoe plants brought by Pacific voyagers. Starch extracted for food; whole rhizome used medicinally for stomachache and as poultice for stings. Important famine food across Pacific Islands.

Abies spectabilis

Ayurvedic and Unani herb from Himalayan fir needles used for respiratory conditions including bronchitis, asthma, and cough. The leaves are aromatic and expectorant.

Lactuca biennis

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antidiarrheal, antiemetic, antihemorrhagic, heart medicine, gynecological aid. Documented among Bella Coola, Ojibwa.

Eriogonum tenellum

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge, gynecological aid. Documented among Keres, Western.

Ranunculus acris

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, dermatological aid, oral aid, sedative, throat aid, antidiarrheal. Documented among Abnaki, Bella Coola, Cherokee.

Potentilla arguta

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid. Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Eriophorum angustifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as panacea. Documented among Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut.

Agrimonia gryposepala

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, blood medicine, dermatological aid, dietary aid, febrifuge, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Meskwaki.

Delphinium scaposum

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, emetic, gynecological aid, veterinary aid. Documented among Hopi, Navajo, Kayenta.

Dodecatheon jeffreyi

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

Ximenia americana

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), oral aid, orthopedic aid. Documented among Seminole.

Prenanthes altissima

Native American medicinal plant used as snake bite remedy. Documented among Iroquois.

Astragalus kentrophyta

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

Anemone virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as pulmonary aid, antidiarrheal, emetic, love medicine, tuberculosis remedy, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Menominee.

Cirsium altissimum

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

Coreopsis tripteris

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antihemorrhagic. Documented among Meskwaki.

Sisymbrium altissimum

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

Eriogonum elatum

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

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, stimulant, gastrointestinal aid, respiratory aid. Documented among Hopi, Navajo, Ramah.

Camissonia tanacetifolia

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

Brickellia grandiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as poison, antirheumatic (external), carminative, dietary aid, liver aid, analgesic. Documented among Gosiute, Keres, Western, Navajo, Ramah.