Cathartic
Medicinal use · 91 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.
91 plants
- Abronia fragransSnowball Sand Verbena
- Acer glabrumRock Maple
- Allium canadenseCanadian Garlic
- Allium canadense mobilenseCanadian Garlic
- Allium vinealeCrow Garlic
- Alnus glutinosaAlder
- Alnus rubraRed Alder
- Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder
- Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane
- Arundinaria giganteaCane Reed
- Asarum europaeumAsarabacca
- Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root
- Baptisia lacteaWild Indigo
- Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch
- Bryonia dioicaRed Bryony
- Buxus sempervirensBox
- Chelone glabraBalmony
- Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus
- Convolvulus scammoniaScammony
- Cornus canadensisCreeping Dogwood
- Cornus rugosaRound-Leaved Dogwood
- Coronilla scorpioidesAnnual Scorpion Vetch
- Cytisus scopariusBroom
- Daphne mezereumMezereon
- Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre
- Euonymus americanusStrawberry Bush
- Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo
- Euphorbia helioscopiaMadwoman's Milk
- Frasera caroliniensisAmerican Columbo
- Fraxinus excelsiorAsh
- Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed
- Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue Weed
- Gillenia stipulataAmerican Ipecacuanna
- Gillenia trifoliataIndian Physic
- Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed
- Hedera helixIvy
- Hedera nepalensisNepal Ivy
- Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore
- Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore
- Hydrangea arborescensSeven Barks
- Ilex verticillataWinterberry
- Impatiens balsaminaRose Balsam
- Ipomoea pandurataWild Potato Vine
- Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket
- Iris foetidissimaStinking Gladwin
- Iris pallidaDalmation Iris
- Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag
- Iris versicolorBlue Flag
- Lathyrus sativusChickling Pea
- Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax
- Lobelia radicans
- Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia
- Lonicera caprifoliumItalian Honeysuckle
- Lonicera gracilipes
- Lonicera gracilipes glabra
- Lonicera morrowii
- Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle
- Lonicera sempervirensTrumpet Honeysuckle
- Mandragora officinarumMandrake
- Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean
- Morus rubraRed Mulberry
- Paeonia emodi
- Phytolacca americanaPokeweed
- Picrorhiza kurroaKuru
- Pinus contortaBeach Pine
- Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake
- Polygala senegaSenega Snake Root
- Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar
- Psoralea glandulosaCulen
- Quercus gambeliiShin Oak
- Rhamnus catharticaCommon Buckthorn
- Rhamnus frangulaAlder Buckthorn
- Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant
- Rubus occidentalisBlack Raspberry
- Salsola kaliSaltwort
- Sambucus callicarpaRed Coast Elder
- Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root
- Senna marilandicaWild Senna
- Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry
- Sinapis albaWhite Mustard
- Smilacena racemosaFalse Spikenard
- Solidago giganteaGiant Goldenrod
- Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod
- Stachys officinalisWood Betony
- Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber
- Streptopus roseusScootberry
- Tamus communisBlack Bryony
- Triosteum perfoliatumWild Coffee
- Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore
- Veronicastrum virginicumBeaumont's Root
- Viola caninaDog Violet