Herb Library

Cardamine douglassii

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

Litsea glutinosa

Southeast Asian and Australian tree used in Indonesian, Indian, and Aboriginal Australian medicine for diarrhea, wounds, and bone fractures. Mucilaginous bark applied as poultice for sprains. Contains boldine and laurolitsine alkaloids.

Schizachyrium scoparium

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

Hexastylis arifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, heart medicine. Documented among Catawba.

Nymphoides cordata

Native American medicinal plant used as cough medicine, other, respiratory aid, sedative. Documented among Seminole.

Heuchera parviflora

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

Helenium microcephalum

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, heart medicine, hypotensive, respiratory aid. Documented among Comanche.

Crataegus spathulata

Native American medicinal plant used as dietary aid, heart medicine, preventive medicine. Documented among Cherokee.

Portulaca oleracea

Native American medicinal plant used as anthelmintic, ear medicine, strengthener, antidote, burn dressing, dermatological aid. Documented among Cherokee, Hawaiian, Iroquois.

Delphinium bicolor

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

Heuchera parvifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, eye medicine, hemostat, oral aid, pediatric aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Penstemon fruticosus

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, kidney aid, orthopedic aid. Documented among Okanagon, Thompson.

Ranunculus abortivus

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, oral aid, sedative, throat aid, anticonvulsive, antidote. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Meskwaki.

Krameria erecta

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

Chimaphila menziesii

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, kidney aid, urinary aid. Documented among Karok.

Salix arbusculoides

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, eye medicine, oral aid. Documented among Eskimo, Inuktitut, Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut.

Pyrola asarifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, antihemorrhagic, ceremonial medicine, pediatric aid, sedative, liver aid. Documented among Carrier, Southern, Cree, Woodlands, Karok.

Saururus cernuus

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, poultice, antirheumatic (external), gastrointestinal aid, panacea, emetic. Documented among Cherokee, Choctaw, Ojibwa.

Lomatium dissectum

A powerful Native American immune herb, traditionally used by Western tribes for respiratory support during winter months.

Sisymbrium irio

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

Coeloglossum viride

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, love medicine. Documented among Iroquois, Ojibwa.

Baptisia bracteata

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

Helianthemum canadense

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid, throat aid, analgesic, tonic. Documented among Cherokee, Delaware, Delaware, Oklahoma.

Chrysothamnus depressus

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

Eriogonum longifolium

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

Ephedra trifurca

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, gastrointestinal aid, kidney aid, venereal aid, other. Documented among Cocopa, Navajo, Pima.

Polygonum amphibium

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, gynecological aid, oral aid, pediatric aid, analgesic, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Meskwaki, Ojibwa.

Eriogonum elongatum

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

Osmorhiza longistylis

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, kidney aid, gynecological aid, veterinary aid, dietary aid, eye medicine. Documented among Cheyenne, Chippewa, Meskwaki.

Iris tenuissima

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid. Documented among Pomo.

Linnaea borealis

Native American medicinal plant used as gynecological aid, febrifuge, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid, sedative, cold remedy. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Iroquois, Potawatomi.

Pycnanthemum loomisii

A medicinal plant (Pycnanthemum loomisii) from the Lamiaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Lophira lanceolata

West African savanna tree whose bark is used in Nigerian and Cameroonian medicine for malaria, fever, and pain. Seed oil (meni oil) applied to skin. Contains lophirone alkaloids and biflavonoids with analgesic properties.

Ziziphus obtusifolia

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

Nelumbo nucifera

The seed of the sacred lotus, used in TCM for calming the spirit, stopping diarrhea, and strengthening the kidney. Also a culinary ingredient.

Artemisia ludoviciana

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, pediatric aid, pulmonary aid, respiratory aid, throat aid, veterinary aid. Documented among Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche.

Pulmonaria officinalis

Named for its lung-shaped spotted leaves (Doctrine of Signatures), traditionally used for respiratory support.

Lycium chinense (bark)

The root bark of the wolfberry plant — used differently from the berry. Clears deficiency heat, cools blood, and reduces steaming bone syndrome.

Macaranga tanarius

Southeast Asian and Pacific tree used in Filipino, Indonesian, and Melanesian folk medicine for wound healing, fever, and stomach complaints. Contains stilbenes (schweinfurthins) with antitumor properties. Leaf used as natural bandage.

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.

Asplenium trichomanes

Native American medicinal plant used as abortifacient, breast treatment, cough medicine, liver aid. Documented among Cherokee.

Anisomeles malabarica

Traditional medicinal plant used for bite(snake), colic, dyspepsia, fever, rheumatism, sting(scorpion), teething.

Justicia adhatoda

Traditional medicinal plant used for alterative, asthma, bronchitis, cough, expectorant, fever, spasm, tuberculosis, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Centaurea melitensis

Native American medicinal plant used as kidney aid. Documented among Mahuna.

Brunfelsia uniflora

Brazilian traditional remedy for arthritis, rheumatism, and syphilis. Root contains brunfelsamidine and scopoletin. Used by Amazonian tribes as ritual purgative. CAUTION: All parts contain toxic brunfelsamidine — narrow therapeutic window.

Ipomoea pandurata

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (external), cough medicine, diuretic, expectorant, kidney aid, laxative. Documented among Cherokee, Creek, Iroquois.

Ziziphus talanai

Philippine folk remedy for diarrhea and dysentery; bark is astringent; fruit is eaten for nutrition.