Alterative
Medicinal use · 130 plants
Historical medicinal uses. These records describe reported uses. They do not establish safety or effectiveness. Ask a qualified health professional before using any plant medicinally.
130 plants
- Aconitum ferox
- Aconitum fischeri
- Aconitum kusnezoffiiBei Wu Tou
- Aconitum lycoctonumWolfsbane
- Aconitum uncinatum
- Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut
- Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle
- Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle
- Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot
- Alnus glutinosaAlder
- Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder
- Angelica sinensisDang Gui
- Aralia hispidaBristly Sarsaparilla
- Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla
- Aralia racemosaAmerican Spikenard
- Aralia spinosaHercule's Club
- Arctium lappaGreat Burdock
- Arctium minusLesser Burdock
- Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy
- Arisaema ringens
- Arisaema serratum
- Arisaema thunbergii
- Aristolochia debilisMa Dou Ling
- Asparagus racemosusShatavari
- Baptisia bracteataPlains Wild Indigo
- Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo
- Bauhinia variegataMountain Ebony
- Berberis aristataChitra
- Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks
- Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu
- Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax
- Buxus sempervirensBox
- Carduus crispusWelted Thistle
- Carpesium abrotanoides
- Carthamnus tinctoriusSafflower
- Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine
- Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa
- Chionanthus virginicusFringe Tree
- Cimicifuga racemosaBlack Cohosh
- Colchicum luteum
- Collinsonia canadensisStone Root
- Coptis teetaYun Lian
- Corydalis ambigua
- Corydalis govaniana
- Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw
- Cuscuta reflexaDodder
- Delphinium denudatum
- Dicentra canadensisSquirrel Corn
- Dicentra cucullariaDutchman's Breeches
- Drosera peltataSundew
- Echinacea angustifoliaEchinacea
- Echinacea pallidaCone Flower
- Echinacea purpureaEchinacea
- Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo
- Euonymus europaeusSpindle Tree
- Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony
- Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida
- Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet
- Galium aparineGoosegrass
- Glycyrrhiza echinataWild Liquorice
- Glycyrrhiza glabraLiquorice
- Gynostemma pentaphyllumSweet Tea Vine
- Gypsophila struthium
- Helenium autumnaleSneezeweed
- Helianthemum canadenseFrostweed
- Hypericum monogynum
- Inula britannica chinensisXuan Fu Hua
- Inula heleniumElecampane
- Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris
- Iris versicolorBlue Flag
- Juglans nigraBlack Walnut
- Juglans regiaWalnut
- Juglans regia kamaoniaWalnut
- Larix laricinaTamarack
- Lemna minorDuckweed
- Leonurus japonicus
- Mahonia aquifoliumOregon Grape
- Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape
- Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree
- Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal
- Nymphaea tuberosaTuberous Water Lily
- Oldenlandia diffusaSnake-Needle Grass
- Onosma bracteatum
- Onosma echioides
- Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony
- Parthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia Creeper
- Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue
- Phytolacca americanaPokeweed
- Polemonium reptansAbcess Root
- Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fern
- Polypodium vulgarePolypody
- Populus albaWhite Poplar
- Populus nigraBlack Poplar
- Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen
- Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal
- Prunus persicaPeach
- Prunus persicaNectarine
- Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower
- Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia Mountain Mint
- Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach