Herb Library

Lupinus wyethii

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

Castilleja linariifolia

Native American medicinal plant used as contraceptive, gynecological aid, analgesic, gastrointestinal aid, blood medicine, cathartic. Documented among Hopi, Navajo, Ramah, Shoshoni.

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Caribbean and West African food plant with medicinal leaf preparations. Heated leaf applied as poultice for boils and abscesses in Caribbean folk medicine. Rhizome (corm) eaten as staple food after cooking. Contains calcium oxalate — must be cooked.

Ilex vomitoria

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, emetic, hallucinogen, cathartic, psychological aid. Documented among Alabama, Cherokee, Creek.

Clintonia borealis

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, disinfectant, burn dressing, heart medicine, misc. disease remedy, antidote. Documented among Algonquin, Quebec, Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule, Chippewa.

Pinguicula lutea

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

Ranunculus flabellaris

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, respiratory aid. Documented among Meskwaki.

Clinopodium douglasii

Native American medicinal plant used as cold remedy, febrifuge, anthelmintic, toothache remedy, kidney aid, love medicine. Documented among Cahuilla, Costanoan, Karok.

Tolmiea menziesii

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

Daphne genkwa

Traditional medicinal plant used for anthelminthic, antidote(mushroom), antiphlogistic, antitussive, ascites, bruise, bubo, cancer, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Satureja subspicata subsp. liburnica

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

Taxus yunnanensis

A medicinal plant (Taxus yunnanensis) from the Taxaceae family used in traditional medicine.

Zanthoxylum chalybeum

East African tree used by Maasai and other pastoralist communities for malaria, cough, and toothache. Bark chewed for dental pain (numbing effect from alkylamides). Contains pellitorine and chelerythrine. Important Maasai traditional medicine.

Desmodium incanum

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

Ziziphus mauritiana

Pan-tropical jujube relative used in Ayurveda, Unani, and African medicine. Bark decoction for diarrhea and wounds. Leaf paste for boils and abscesses. Root for fever. Different species from Chinese jujube (Z. jujuba). Fruit is popular snack across tropics.