Herb Library

Phlox subulata

Native American medicinal plant used as antirheumatic (internal). Documented among Mahuna.

Heuchera novomexicana

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

Sidalcea neomexicana

Native American medicinal plant used as internal medicine. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

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.

Agastache pallidiflora

Native American medicinal plant used as ceremonial medicine, cough medicine, dermatological aid, disinfectant, febrifuge, witchcraft medicine. Documented among Navajo, Ramah.

Packera neomexicana

Native American medicinal plant used as antidote, burn dressing, disinfectant, hunting medicine. Documented among Navajo, Kayenta, Navajo, Ramah.

Robinia neomexicana

Native American medicinal plant used as emetic. Documented among Hopi.

Phacelia neomexicana

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

Cirsium neomexicanum

Native American medicinal plant used as febrifuge, eye medicine, panacea, veterinary aid. Documented among Navajo, Navajo, Ramah.

Strychnos nux-vomica

Traditional medicinal plant used for abdomen, abortifacient, ague, amblyopia, aphrodisiac, asthma, avicide, cns stimulant, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Oxalis oregana

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, dietary aid, other, antirheumatic (external), dermatological aid, disinfectant. Documented among Cowlitz, Karok, Makah.

Liquidambar orientalis

Traditional medicinal plant used for antidote, antiseptic, cancer, cold, convulsion, cough, epilepsy, expectorant, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Leucanthemum vulgare

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, febrifuge, tonic, dermatological aid. Documented among Iroquois, Menominee, Mohegan.

Leucanthemum vulgare

European folk remedy for whooping cough, asthma, and as a wound wash; used similarly to chamomile in rural traditions.

Comandra umbellata

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, eye medicine, narcotic, oral aid, analgesic. Documented among Navajo, Navajo, Kayenta, Thompson.

Desmodium perplexum

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

Hymenoxys richardsonii

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

Linum puberulum

Native American medicinal plant used as eye medicine, gastrointestinal aid, panacea. Documented among Apache, White Mountain, Navajo, Ramah, Zuni.

Linum lewisii

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, eye medicine, analgesic, disinfectant, gastrointestinal aid, pediatric aid. Documented among Gosiute, Great Basin Indian, Navajo, Kayenta.

Saxifraga ferruginea

Native American medicinal plant used as urinary aid. Documented among Bella Coola.

Hura crepitans

Traditional medicinal plant used for anodyne, antidote, aperient, arrow, carcinogenic, dentifuge, elephantiasis, emetic, and other conditions. Known from ethnobotanical records across multiple cultures.

Oxytropis sericea

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

Agalinis tenuifolia

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

Phlox gracilis

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

Smilax corbularia

Thai traditional medicine plant for musculoskeletal conditions, joint pain, and gout. Distinct from American sarsaparilla. Contains steroidal saponins. Used in Thai traditional hospital formularies for anti-inflammatory preparations.

Heliopsis helianthoides

Native American medicinal plant used as stimulant, pulmonary aid. Documented among Chippewa, Meskwaki.

Aureolaria flava

Native American medicinal plant used as antidiarrheal, other. Documented among Cherokee.

Linum australe

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, gynecological aid. Documented among Hopi.

Phlox hoodii

Native American medicinal plant used as laxative, pediatric aid, pulmonary aid. Documented among Blackfoot.

Tetraneuris scaposa

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

Linum rigidum

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

Colubrina texensis

Traditional medicinal plant used for diarrhea, hematochezia.

Croton texensis

Native American medicinal plant used as cathartic, gastrointestinal aid, emetic, eye medicine, ear medicine, laxative. Documented among Apache, White Mountain, Hopi, Isleta.

Acanthopanax gracilistylus

Used for arthritis, backache, and beriberi in TCM. Has anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antipyretic effects.

Phlox caespitosa

Native American medicinal plant used as burn dressing, cathartic, ceremonial medicine, diuretic, gynecological aid, toothache remedy. Documented among Navajo.

Vitex doniana

West African savanna tree used in Nigerian and Ghanaian traditional medicine for hypertension, diabetes, infertility, and liver complaints. Bark decoction for rheumatism. Fruit edible (black plum). Contains vitexin, aucubin, and casticin.

Ribes cereum

Native American medicinal plant used as gastrointestinal aid, eye medicine, emetic, antidiarrheal, pediatric aid, strengthener. Documented among Hopi, Okanagan-Colville, Shoshoni.

Pyrola elliptica

Native American medicinal plant used as dermatological aid, anticonvulsive, antirheumatic (internal), blood medicine, eye medicine, gastrointestinal aid. Documented among Cherokee, Iroquois, Mohegan.

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.

Ximenia americana

Pan-tropical tree used in southern African and West African medicine for wound healing, skin conditions, and infections. Seed oil (ximenynic acid) for skin and hair. Bark for malaria and STIs. Contains cyanogenic glycosides in seeds — process before use.

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.