Herb Library

Carbo vegetabilis

Highly porous carbon used for acute poisoning (ER use) and digestive gas/bloating. ABSORBS medications — never take with other supplements or drugs.

Medinilla magnifica

Philippine ornamental with medicinal uses in Filipino folk medicine for wounds, skin infections, and stomach complaints. Crushed leaves applied to burns. Contains anthocyanins and triterpenoids. Primarily a Philippine ethnomedicinal plant.

Limonium vulgare

Native American medicinal plant used as tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Micmac.

N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine

Not an herb but a natural hormone the body produces at night. Supplemental melatonin resets circadian rhythm. 0.5-3mg is often more effective than higher doses.

Melatonin (gummy)

Melatonin in gummy format — the most popular sleep supplement form. LESS IS MORE with melatonin (0.5-3mg often better than 5-10mg). Take 30 min before bed.

Melatonin (0.5mg)

Low-dose melatonin — 0.5mg is often MORE effective than 3-10mg. Research shows physiological doses mimic natural production. Less morning grogginess. Start here.

Rosmarinus x mendizabalii

A medicinal plant (Rosmarinus x mendizabalii) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Silene menziesii

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

Delphinium menziesii

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

Merremia tridentata

Tropical Asian and African vine used in Indonesian jamu, Ayurveda, and African medicine for skin diseases, inflammation, and fever. Contains flavonoids and sterols. Used in Tamil Siddha medicine for rheumatism and urinary complaints.

Juncus mertensianus

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

Sophora secundiflora

Traditional medicinal plant used for ache(ear), fatality, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic, homicide, insecticide, intoxicant, narcotic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

MSM (organic sulfur)

An organic sulfur compound found in plants. Used for joint comfort, hair/skin/nail health, and exercise recovery. One of the most popular joint supplements.

Ageratum conyzoides

Traditional medicinal plant used for abdomen, abortifacient, ague, boil, burn, colic, collyrium, contraceptive, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Litsea glaucescens var. glaucescens

Traditional medicinal plant used for ache(stomach), colic.

Silene laciniata

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

Purshia mexicana

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, laxative, antirheumatic (internal), dermatological aid, cathartic, venereal aid. Documented among Havasupai, Hualapai, Paiute.

Rumex salicifolius

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, throat aid, antirheumatic (external), panacea, abortifacient, febrifuge. Documented among Apache, White Mountain, Blackfoot, Cree, Woodlands.

Physalis philadelphica

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

Sebastiania bilocularis

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

Pinus cembroides

A medicinal plant (Pinus cembroides) from the Pinaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Plantago australis

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid. Documented among Tolowa, Yurok.

Conopholis alpina

Native American medicinal plant used as tuberculosis remedy. Documented among Keres, Western.

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge, panacea, tonic, analgesic, anthelmintic, pediatric aid. Documented among Creek, Houma, Koasati.

Artemisia ludoviciana

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, herbal steam, throat aid. Documented among Kiowa.

Asclepias fascicularis

Native American medicinal plant used as snake bite remedy, poison. Documented among California Indian, Mendocino Indian.

Diplazium meyenianum

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

Citrus meyerii

A medicinal plant (Citrus meyerii) from the Rutaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Myrsine africana

East African and Ethiopian anthelmintic; dried fruit powder used to expel tapeworms; also for rheumatism and wounds.

Microcos paniculata

Southeast Asian tree used in Vietnamese, Bangladeshi, and Thai traditional medicine for diarrhea, dysentery, and fever. Contains microcosin flavanones. Bark decoction for stomach complaints. Young leaves eaten as vegetable.

Micromelum minutum

Southeast Asian and Pacific Island shrub used in Vietnamese, Filipino, and Samoan medicine for postpartum care, headache, and toothache. Contains coumarins (micromelone) and carbazole alkaloids. Leaf tea for fever across Pacific Islands.

Silybum marianum (tincture)

Alcohol-extracted milk thistle — silymarin is partially alcohol-soluble. 30-60 drops 3x daily. Ironic that the liver herb is in alcohol, but the dose of alcohol is tiny.

Gonolobus sp.

Native American medicinal plant used as antiemetic. Documented among Houma.

Millettia brandisiana

Thai traditional medicine root used for vitality, muscle building, and male sexual health. Distinguished from Pueraria mirifica (female tonic). Contains pterocarpans and isoflavonoids. Used as rejuvenating tonic in northern Thai traditional medicine.

Millettia thonningii

West African tree used in Ghanaian and Nigerian traditional medicine for cough, urinary schistosomiasis, and wound healing. Seed extract for parasites. Contains rotenoids and isoflavones. Seeds traditionally used as fish poison (ichthyotoxic).

Claytonia perfoliata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), eye medicine. Documented among Shoshoni, Thompson.

Mentha sp

Traditional medicinal plant used for catarrh, conception, fever, sedative, spasm, tumor, vermifuge.

Vernonia missurica

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

Mitragyna stipulosa

West and Central African tree related to kratom (M. speciosa) but with distinct alkaloid profile. Used in Ghanaian and Nigerian traditional medicine for malaria, pain, and hypertension. Contains rhynchophylline and mitraphylline rather than mitragynine.

Carya alba

Native American medicinal plant used as abortifacient, analgesic, cold remedy, dermatological aid, diaphoretic, emetic. Documented among Cherokee, Delaware, Ontario.

Eryngium alismifolium

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

Geranium lentum

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

Tetradymia stenolepis

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

Arenaria macradenia

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, respiratory aid. Documented among Kawaiisu.

Magnolia liliiflora

Kampo herb specifically for nasal congestion, sinusitis, and rhinitis. The dried flower buds are decocted and the warm vapor is also inhaled for sinus relief.

Mondia whitei

East and Central African root used across multiple African cultures as aphrodisiac, appetite stimulant, and tonic. Root has vanilla-ginger aroma. Used in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa for male fertility and libido. Contains 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde.

Taraxacum mongolicum

Traditional medicinal plant used for abscess, ache(stomach), appendicitis, boil, cancer, cancer(esophagus), congestion, dermatitis, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Mimulus sp.

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