Herb Library

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.

Telosma cordata

Traditional medicinal plant used for poison.

Purshia mexicana

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

Diplazium meyenianum

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

Gnetum africanum

Central and West African nutritive leaf for anemia and malnutrition; also used medicinally for hemorrhoids and sore throat.

Terminalia brownii

East African Maasai remedy for malaria, stomach pain, and diarrhea; bark decoction is a primary antimalarial.

Mimulus sp.

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

Mirabilis albida

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

Pericome caudata

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, ceremonial medicine, cough medicine, dermatological aid, diaphoretic, emetic. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Dryopteris campyloptera

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, cancer treatment. Documented among Eskimo, Western, Hesquiat.

Baccharis salicifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gynecological aid, eye medicine, febrifuge. Documented among Cahuilla, Coahuilla, Costanoan.

Rosa multiflora

Traditional medicinal plant used for anodyne, astringent, bactericide, carminative, cathartic, diuretic, flux, laxative, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Prunus mume

A sour astringent fruit in TCM used for chronic cough, chronic diarrhea, parasites, and to generate body fluids. The smoked/dried form is used medicinally.

Myristica fragrans (bark)

Indonesian Maluku Islands use of nutmeg tree BARK (distinct from seed/aril spice) for rheumatism, stomach pain, and skin conditions. Applied as poultice or decocted. Contains different lignans than the seed. Traditional Moluccan remedy.

Desmodium nudiflorum

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

Murdannia nudiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as blood medicine. Documented among Hawaiian.

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid, laxative, other, anthelmintic. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Mahuna.

Brickellia oblongifolia

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

Typha angustifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid, urinary aid. Documented among Malecite, Micmac.

Melampyrum lineare

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

Mirabilis linearis

Native American medicinal plant used as diuretic, gastrointestinal aid, gynecological aid, panacea, burn dressing, cough medicine. Documented among Lakota, Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Lithospermum incisum

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, orthopedic aid, psychological aid, sedative, stimulant, antihemorrhagic. Documented among Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Hopi.

Ericameria linearifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, orthopedic aid, veterinary aid. Documented among Kawaiisu, Tubatulabal.

Collomia linearis

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

Pectis angustifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, psychological aid, carminative, ceremonial medicine. Documented among Keres, Western, Navajo.

Hosta lancifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as antihemorrhagic, cough medicine, dermatological aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Pityopsis graminifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as oral aid, cold remedy, febrifuge. Documented among Choctaw, Seminole.

Scutellaria angustifolia

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

Sophora angustifolia

Traditional medicinal plant used for astringent, dysentery, fever, jaundice, leprosy, restorative, scrofula, stomachic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Stephanomeria minor

Native American medicinal plant used as snake bite remedy, venereal aid. Documented among Apache, White Mountain, Shoshoni, Zuni.

Eriodictyon angustifolium

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid, laxative, orthopedic aid, antidiarrheal, antiemetic. Documented among Hualapai, Paiute, Shoshoni.

Yucca angustissima

Native American medicinal plant used as snake bite remedy, ceremonial medicine, dermatological aid, disinfectant, laxative. Documented among Apache, Hopi.

Erigeron concinnus

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, disinfectant, venereal aid. Documented among Navajo, Ramah, Shoshoni.

Celtis laevigata

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

Agastache urticifolia

A medicinal plant (Agastache urticifolia) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Woodsia neomexicana

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, dermatological aid. Documented among Keres, Western, Navajo, Ramah.

Erigeron neomexicanus

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

Silene noctiflora

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

Lomatium triternatum

Native American medicinal plant used as panacea, pulmonary aid, strengthener, cold remedy, throat aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Okanagan-Colville.

Abies procera

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, cough medicine, dermatological aid. Documented among Paiute.

Festuca subverticillata

Native American medicinal plant used as heart medicine, other. Documented among Iroquois.

Potentilla gracilis

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, antidiarrheal, antirheumatic (internal), blood medicine, dermatological aid, venereal aid. Documented among Okanagan-Colville, Thompson.

Potentilla norvegica

Native American medicinal plant used as throat aid, analgesic, venereal aid, cathartic. Documented among Chippewa, Navajo, Ramah, Ojibwa.

Helianthus nuttallii

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

Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Nigerian Igbo medicinal food for anemia, inflammation, and microbial infections; leaf is eaten in soups and also used therapeutically.

Galium uniflorum

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, diaphoretic, diuretic. Documented among Choctaw.

Lycopus uniflorus

A medicinal plant (Lycopus uniflorus) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Helianthella uniflora

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, orthopedic aid, analgesic, antirheumatic (external). Documented among Paiute, Shoshoni.