Herb Library

Cordia subcordata

Polynesian medicinal tree used across Pacific Islands for cough, sore throat, and skin conditions. Leaf poultice for wounds. Bark decoction as gargle. Culturally important timber tree in Hawaii. Contains allantoin and pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Mitragyna speciosa

A Southeast Asian tree with dose-dependent stimulant/sedative effects. HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL — regulatory status varies. Significant safety concerns.

Mitragyna speciosa

Traditional medicinal plant used for delirium, fever, fumitory, masticatory, narcotic, sedative, splenomegaly, vermifuge, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Euphausia superba

Omega-3s bound to phospholipids for better absorption than fish oil. Also contains astaxanthin. Used for cardiovascular, joint, and brain health.

Blechnum orientale

Traditional medicinal plant used for anthelminthic, boil, dropsy, urinary.

Pueraria lobata

A TCM herb studied for cardiovascular support and alcohol consumption reduction. Invasive vine in the American South.

Aleurites moluccanus

Hawaiian state tree with extensive Polynesian medicinal use. Roasted nut oil for skin conditions, burns, and constipation. Bark decoction for oral thrush. Raw nuts are purgative and TOXIC. Oil is the primary safe medicinal form.

Aloe barbadensis

Ayurvedic cooling herb used for skin burns, constipation (latex), liver support, and menstrual regulation. Gel and latex have very different therapeutic profiles.

Thelypteris kunthii

Native American medicinal plant used as orthopedic aid, psychological aid. Documented among Seminole.

Elaeocarpus bancroftii

Aboriginal rainforest food-medicine from North Queensland. The blue fruit is edible and the kernels roasted for food. Traditionally used for general wellness.

Strobilanthes kunthiana

Tamil sacred flower that blooms once every 12 years; leaf decoction used in Siddha for fever, inflammation, and menstrual disorders.

Brachychiton populneus

Aboriginal food-medicine tree with the root used for diarrhea and stomach ailments. Seeds roasted as a coffee substitute and bark fibre used for string.

Sophora flavescens

TCM heat-clearing and damp-drying herb — for itchy skin conditions (eczema, scabies), vaginal infections, and diarrhea from damp-heat. Used topically as wash for genital itching. Contains matrine and oxymatrine (anti-tumor research in China).

Benincasa hispida

Ayurvedic cooling herb used for epilepsy, mental disorders, peptic ulcer, and urinary conditions. The juice is considered a brain tonic and anti-hemorrhagic.

Cypraea moneta

Central Asian Unani calcined shell preparation used for calcium supplementation, acid peptic disease, and bone weakness. Processed through traditional calcination.

Picrorhiza kurroa

A bitter Ayurvedic herb used for liver protection, immune modulation, and respiratory support. Studied for hepatoprotective properties similar to Milk Thistle.

Terminalia chebula var. citrina

Third myrobalan in Tibetan medicine, smaller yellow-colored variety specifically used for bile-humor disorders, eye conditions, and fever with bile involvement.

Catharanthus lanceus

A medicinal plant (Catharanthus lanceus) from the Apocynaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Lygodesmia grandiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as veterinary aid, gynecological aid, dermatological aid. Documented among Gosiute, Hopi, Navajo, Kayenta.

Consolida ajacis

A medicinal plant (Consolida ajacis) from the Ranunculaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Aconitum delphiniifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Eskimo, Inupiat.

Coreopsis leavenworthii

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

Arctium minus

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), antirheumatic (internal), febrifuge, misc. disease remedy, dermatological aid. Documented among Abnaki, Cherokee, Chippewa.

Goodyera repens

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

Selaginella densa

Native American medicinal plant used as antihemorrhagic, gynecological aid, narcotic, veterinary aid. Documented among Blackfoot.

Lonicera dioica

Native American medicinal plant used as cathartic, gynecological aid, kidney aid, diuretic, urinary aid, misc. disease remedy. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Chippewa, Cree, Woodlands.

Delphinium bicolor

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, dermatological aid, oral aid, pediatric aid, stimulant, poison. Documented among Blackfoot, Gosiute.

Quercus virginiana

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, analgesic, antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, hemorrhoid remedy, love medicine. Documented among Houma, Seminole.

Sisymbrium irio

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine. Documented among Pima.

Eriogonum longifolium

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

Crepis acuminata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, eye medicine, gynecological aid. Documented among Shoshoni.

Catharanthus longifolius

A medicinal plant (Catharanthus longifolius) from the Apocynaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Eriogonum elongatum

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine, hypotensive. Documented among Mahuna.

Hedysarum boreale

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Alaska Native, Eskimo, Inupiat, Tanana, Upper.

Cicuta virosa

Native American medicinal plant used as poison. Documented among Alaska Native, Eskimo, Inupiat, Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut.

Catharanthus roseus

Toxic herb used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and acute lymphocytic leukemia. Source of vincristine and vinblastine.

Euphorbia helioscopia

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid. Documented among Iroquois.

Magnesium chloride hexahydrate

Magnesium chloride flakes dissolved in warm bath — transdermal magnesium absorption. Used for muscle cramps, stress, sleep, and restless legs. Very relaxing.

Magnolia officinalis

A TCM herb for digestive stagnation and phlegm, now studied for its compounds honokiol and magnolol which support relaxation and sleep.

Coprosma sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Hawaiian.

Grifola frondosa

A culinary and medicinal mushroom used in Japanese medicine for immune support and blood sugar balance.

Tinospora rumphii

Philippine bitter vine for malaria, fever, and as an immunomodulator; stem decoction is a traditional febrifuge.

Peucedanum sandwicense

Native American medicinal plant used as laxative, pediatric aid, reproductive aid. Documented among Hawaiian.

Physocarpus malvaceus

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

Pipturus sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as pediatric aid, strengthener. Documented among Hawaiian.

Mandragora officinarum

Traditional medicinal plant used for anesthetic, asthma, cough, hayfever, hypnotic, mydriatic, narcotic, poison, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Centella asiatica

Ayurvedic Medhya Rasayana — the Ayurvedic name for Gotu Kola. For meditation support, wound healing, and cognitive enhancement. "Brahmi" in some Ayurvedic texts (naming is confused with Bacopa). Sattvic herb that balances all three doshas.

Leptospermum scoparium

Source of Manuka honey — the most antibacterial honey known (MGO/UMF ratings). For wound healing, MRSA, H. pylori, and sore throats. Essential oil is antimicrobial. New Zealand endemic — unique methylglyoxal activity.