Medicinal Herb InfoA reference archive of plants and their traditions
Not medical advice. This site documents how plants have been described and used historically. It is a botanical and folklore reference, not guidance for treating illness, and it carries no dosing instructions. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before using any plant medicinally — herbs interact with medication and some are toxic.

A reference archive of plants and their traditions

This site catalogues medicinal and culinary plants: what they look like, what they are called, where they grow, what they are made of, and what people have historically done with them.

It is a botanical and folklore reference. Entries describe traditional and historical use in the past tense, because that is what they are — a record of practice, not a recommendation. There are no dosages here and no treatment advice. Please read the caution notice.

681Plant entries
108Articles
5Glossaries

Start browsing

Herb indexAll 681 plant entries, A to Z. ArticlesGrowing, foraging, food and the history of herbal traditions. GlossaryBotanical and medical terminology used across the entries.

A few entries

`Ohi`a Lehua`Ohi`a Lehua is endemic to the six largest Hawaiian Islands: Hawai`i (Big Island), Maui,... BirchFound in rich woods; southern Quebec; southwestern Maine to northern Georgia, Alabama, north to... CeleryCultivated and also grows wild in salty soils of North and South America, Europe, and Africa. EphedraIts various species can be found in the arid areas of the Northern Hemisphere, including the... HollyhockNative to India and southern Europe but widely cultivated as a garden plant for its flowers. MasterwortGrows on wet ground in Canada and the northern half of the United States. Rattlesnake PlantainNative to evergreen woods and rich soils of the eastern United States. Maine to Florida,... SundewGrows in wet, acid, and moist places in North America, Europe, and Asia. In the United States,...

Recent articles