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Botanical Name: Magnolia glauca Magnolia is a plant. People use the bark and flower buds to make medicine. Magnolia is used for weight loss, proble...

Botanical Name: Malva silvestris Mallow is a plant. People use the flower and leaf to make medicine. Mallow is used for irritation of the mouth and...

Botanical Name: Podophyllum peltatum Podophyllum is a plant. The root and underground stem (rhizome) are used to make medicine. Podophyllum has bee...

Botanical Name: Calendula officinalis Calendula is a plant. The flower is used to make medicine. Calendula flower is used to prevent muscle spasms,...

Botanical Name: Origanum majorana Marjoram is a plant. You probably recognize it as a common cooking spice. People make medicine from marjoram’s fl...

Botanical Name: Althaea officinalis Marshmallow is a plant. The leaves and the root are used to make medicine. Marshmallow leaf and root are used f...

Botanical Name: Althaea officinalis Marshmallow is a plant. The leaves and the root are used to make medicine. Marshmallow leaf and root are used f...

Botanical Name: Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet is a plant. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Meadowsweet is used for...

Botanical Name: Melilotus vulgaris Sweet clover (Melilot) is an herb. The flowering branches and leaves are used to make medicine. Sweet clover is ...

Botanical Name: Viscum album European mistletoe is a plant that grows on several different trees. The berries, leaf, and stem of European mistletoe...

Botanical Name: Moringa olefera Moringa is a plant that is native to the sub-Himalayan areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. It is...

Botanical Name: Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort is a plant. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Motherwort is used for hea...

Botanical Name: Mucuna pruriens Cowhage (Mucuna Pruriens) is a bean-like plant. It grows wild in the tropics, including India and the Bahamas, and ...

Botanical Name: Ptycopetalum olacoides Muira puama is a plant. The wood and root are used to make medicine. Muira puama is used for preventing sexu...

Botanical Name: Morus alba White mulberry is an herb. The powdered leaves are most commonly used for medicine. The fruit can be used for food, eith...

Botanical Name: Verbascum thapsus Mullein is a plant. The flower is used to make medicine. Mullein is used for cough, whooping cough, tuberculosis,...

Botanical Name: Verbascum thapsus Mullein is a plant. The flower is used to make medicine. Mullein is used for cough, whooping cough, tuberculosis,...

Botanical Name: Myrtus communis Myrtle is a plant. The leaves and branches are used to make medicine. People take myrtle for treating lung infectio...

Botanical Name: Azadirachita indica Neem is a tree. The bark, leaves, and seeds are used to make medicine. Less frequently, the root, flower, and f...

Botanical Name: Urtica dioica Stinging nettle is a plant. People use the root and above ground parts as medicine. Stinging nettle is used for many ...

Botanical Name: Urtica dioica Stinging nettle is a plant. People use the root and above ground parts as medicine. Stinging nettle is used for many ...

Botanical Name: Quercus alba Oak bark is the bark from several types of oak trees. It is used to make medicine. Oak bark is used as a tea for diarr...

Botanical Name: Avena sativa Oat is a plant. People use the seed (oat), leaves and stem (oat straw), and bran (the outer layer of whole oats) to ma...

Botanical Name: Olea europaea Olive is a tree. People use the oil from the fruit and seeds, water extracts of the fruit, and the leaves to make med...

Botanical Name: Camellia sinensis Oolong tea is a product made from the leaves, buds, and stems of the Camellia sinensis plant. This is the same pl...

Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium Sweet orange is a fruit. The peel and juice are used to make medicine. The peel of sweet orange is used to increas...

Botanical Name: Citrus sinensis Sweet orange is a fruit. The peel and juice are used to make medicine. The peel of sweet orange is used to increase...

Botanical Name: Lippia graveolens Lippia graveolens, a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, is native to the southwestern...

Botanical Name: Berberis aquifolium Oregon grape is a plant. The root and root-like stem (rhizome) are used to make medicine. Oregon grape is used ...

Botanical Name: Iris germanica Orris is a plant. The root is used to make medicine. Orris root is generally used in combination with other herbs an...

Botanical Name: Viola tricolor Pansy is a plant. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Pansy is used for speeding up meta...

Botanical Name: Carica papaya Papaya is a plant. The leaves are used to make medicine. Papaya is used for preventing and treating gastrointestinal ...

Botanical Name: Petroselinum sativum Parsley is an herb. The leaf, seed, and root are used to make medicine. Be careful not to confuse parsley with...

Botanical Name: Petroselinum sativum Parsley is an herb. The leaf, seed, and root are used to make medicine. Be careful not to confuse parsley with...

Botanical Name: Passiflora incarnate Passionflower (Passiflora) is a plant. The above ground parts are used to make medicine. Passionflower is used...

Botanical Name: Tabebuia impetiginosa Pau d'arco is a tree with extremely hard wood. Its name is the Portuguese word for “bow stick,” an appropriat...

Botanical Name: Prunus persica Peach originates from China. Now, it is widely cultivated all around the world, in temperate climates. It grows on w...

Botanical Name: Hedeoma pulegioides Pennyroyal is a plant. The oil and leaves are used to make medicine. Throughout history, both American pennyroy...

Botanical Name: Paeonia officinalis Peony is a plant. The root and, less commonly, the flower and seed are used to make medicine. Peony is sometime...

Botanical Name: Mentha piperita Peppermint is a plant. The leaf and oil are used as medicine. Peppermint is used for the common cold, cough, inflam...

Botanical Name: Vinca major Periwinkle is an herb. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Periwinkle is used for “brain he...

Botanical Name: Diospyrus virginiana Persimmon is a plant. People eat the fruit, or use the fruit and leaf for medicine. Persimmon is used for high...

Botanical Name: Plantago major Great plantain is a plant. The leaves and seed are used to make medicine. Great plantain is used for bladder infecti...

Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberose Pleurisy is a plant. The root is used as medicine. Pleurisy root is used for coughs, swelling of the lining of t...

Botanical Name: Phytolacca americana Pokeweed (Poke) is a plant. The berry and root are used as medicine. Pokeweed root has been used for achy musc...

Botanical Name: Punica granatum Pomegranate is a tree. Various parts of the tree and fruit are used to make medicine. Pomegranate is used for condi...

Botanical Name: Xanthoxylum fraxineum Pirckly ash is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States an...

Botanical Name: Psoralea corylifolia Psoralea Corylifolia is valued in Chinese herbal medicine as a tonic remedy and is used to improve general vit...