Herb Library

Satureja cuneifolia

A medicinal plant (Satureja cuneifolia) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Cercocarpus ledifolius

Native American medicinal plant used as burn dressing, ear medicine, gynecological aid, venereal aid, analgesic, antidiarrheal. Documented among Gosiute, Kawaiisu, Paiute.

Grindelia nuda

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, emetic, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid, veterinary aid, poultice. Documented among Navajo, Ramah, Zuni.

Polygonum lapathifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, ceremonial medicine, febrifuge, cathartic, emetic. Documented among Keres, Western, Navajo, Ramah, Potawatomi.

Erigeron compositus

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

Cynomorium songaricum

Improves immunity and stimulates endocrine system. Used in TCM as an aphrodisiac and to tonify Kidney Yang, nourish blood, and moisten the intestines.

Cyperus articulatus

Pan-tropical sedge used in Amazonian shamanic medicine and West African healing. Rhizome for fever, malaria, digestive complaints, and as anticonvulsant. Contains mustakone and alpha-cyperone sesquiterpenoids. Important Peruvian curandero plant.

Cupressus sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (internal), cold remedy, strengthener. Documented among Miwok, Navajo.

Teucrium cyprium

A medicinal plant (Teucrium cyprium) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Dacryodes edulis

West and Central African fruit tree whose bark and leaf are used in Cameroonian and Congolese traditional medicine for wound healing, dysentery, and anemia. Fruit is major food source ('bush butter'). Resin applied to parasitic skin infections.

Micromeria myrtifolia

A medicinal plant (Micromeria myrtifolia) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Lophatherum gracile

Traditional medicinal plant used for anxiety, apprehension, carminative, chancre, diuretic, dysuria, fever, flu, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Liatris spicata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Cherokee, Menominee.

Centaurium exaltatum

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, toothache remedy, tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Miwok.

Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

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

Symphoricarpos longiflorus

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

Erigeron linearis

Native American medicinal plant used as tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Okanagan-Colville.

Dichrostachys cinerea

Pan-African shrub with distinctive two-toned flower clusters. Used in Tanzanian, South African, and West African medicine for snakebite, toothache, dysentery, and gonorrhea. Root chewed for cough. Contains tannins and flavonoids.

Diospyros malabarica

South and Southeast Asian persimmon relative used in Ayurvedic and Thai medicine. Unripe fruit astringent — for diarrhea and dysentery. Bark decoction as gargle for oral infections. Fruit pulp used to preserve fishing nets. Contains betulinic acid.

Diospyros mespiliformis

Pan-African ebony tree used widely in Sahelian and East African traditional medicine for malaria, pneumonia, and intestinal worms. Bark for dysentery. Root chewed for toothache. Contains naphthoquinones (plumbagin) with antimicrobial activity.

Matricaria discoidea

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, carminative, gastrointestinal aid, laxative, panacea, tonic. Documented among Aleut, Blackfoot, Cahuilla.

Origanum creticum

Traditional medicinal plant used for medicine, scrofula, spasm, tumor.

Erythronium grandiflorum

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

Liatris punctata

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid, urinary aid, venereal aid, veterinary aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Comanche, Meskwaki.

Paeonia officinalis

Traditional medicinal plant used for alterative, antispasmodic, bilious, depurative, diarrhea, dropsy, emetic, emmenagogue, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Chaenactis douglasii

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, orthopedic aid, heart medicine, pediatric aid, dermatological aid, snake bite remedy. Documented among Gosiute, Great Basin Indian, Okanagon.

Satureja douglasii

Traditional medicinal plant used for blood, deodorant, tea.

Dovyalis caffra

Southern African thorny shrub whose fruit is edible (Kei apple) and whose root/leaf have traditional medicinal uses in Xhosa and Zulu medicine for skin conditions and menstrual complaints. Root decoction for infertility. Contains phenolic compounds.

Betula pubescens

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, adjuvant. Documented among Cree, Hudson Bay, Potawatomi.

Galeopsis segetum

A medicinal plant (Galeopsis segetum) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Galactia volubilis

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antidiarrheal, antiemetic, dietary aid, febrifuge, pediatric aid. Documented among Seminole.

Blephilia ciliata

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

Castilleja sessiliflora

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

Phlox pilosa

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine, dermatological aid, love medicine. Documented among Meskwaki.

Solidago squarrosa

Native American medicinal plant used as burn dressing, emetic, gastrointestinal aid, venereal aid. Documented among Iroquois.

Goodyera pubescens

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine, burn dressing, cold remedy, dietary aid, emetic, eye medicine. Documented among Cherokee, Delaware, Delaware, Oklahoma.

Stachys germanica

A medicinal plant (Stachys germanica) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Aureolaria virginica

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

Viola pubescens

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antidiarrheal, blood medicine, cold remedy, cough medicine, dermatological aid. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Ojibwa, South.

Hedeoma drummondii

A medicinal plant (Hedeoma drummondii) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Aconitum naviculare

Rare Tibetan aconite species used for epidemics, poisoning, and infectious fevers. One of the 'heroic' medicines in Tibetan practice requiring expert administration.

Ruellia tuberosa

Jamaican folk remedy for kidney stones, gonorrhea, and fever; root decoction is strongly diuretic.

Salix melanopsis

Native American medicinal plant used as adjuvant, antirheumatic (external), cold remedy, febrifuge. Documented among Montana Indian.

Rubus arcticus

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

Rubus pubescens

Native American medicinal plant used as antiemetic, antihemorrhagic, gastrointestinal aid, tonic. Documented among Okanagon, Thompson.

Genista tinctoria

Traditional medicinal plant used for cancer, diuretic, emetic, home-remedy, laxative, purgative, sudorific, wen.

Solidago nemoralis

Native American medicinal plant used as liver aid, kidney aid, burn dressing, dermatological aid, disinfectant. Documented among Houma, Iroquois, Mahuna.

Solidago gigantea

A medicinal plant (Solidago gigantea) from the Asteraceae family used in traditional medicine.