Medicinal Herbs Database

European culinary and medicinal herb used for digestive complaints, urinary conditions, and as a general tonic. The root is diuretic and carminative.

Ancient spore-bearing plant used in homeopathy and folk medicine; spores used as dusting powder.

Climbing perennial cultivated since antiquity for red dye; roots used in European folk medicine for urinary and kidney conditions.

Malaysian and Indonesian herb widely used in Jamu and official herbal medicine across Southeast Asia; primary urinary and kidney herb.

TCM herb that drains heat and promotes urination through the heart and small intestine channels.

Herbaceous plant native to Southeast Asia widely used in Malaysian and Indonesian traditional medicine for kidney stones, urinary infections, and hypertension.

A Mexican folk herb used for kidney stones, urinary infections, and as a fluorescent beverage.

The roots of the coastal pandanus tree used across the Pacific for urinary conditions and inflammation.

A Mediterranean wall-growing herb historically used as a kidney tonic and for dissolving urinary calculi; one of the traditional Nine Sacred Herbs of European medicine.

Traditional British herb for dissolving urinary stones.

Alpine herb of Himalayan mountains; used in Ayurveda and traditional Tibetan medicine for kidney stones — name literally means "stone breaker".

Mediterranean rock plant with saponin content; used in folk medicine for kidney stones and skin.

Ornamental plant with papery orange husks used in European and Chinese folk medicine for urinary conditions and fever.

Southeast Asian pepper relative historically important in European medicine for urinary and respiratory conditions.

Spotted species of pipsissewa; Native American antireumatic and urinary herb similar to C. umbellata.

Ubiquitous weed used across European, TCM, and Native American medicine for urinary stones, respiratory, and wound healing.