Medicinal Herbs Database

TCM honey-processed licorice with enhanced tonic and harmonizing properties; used to tonify qi and restore pulse.

TCM fresh juice from heated bamboo; clears heat, transforms phlegm, and opens orifices; potent for phlegm-heat stroke.

Parasitic mushroom growing on oak and birch roots; used in TCM and Kampo as diuretic and immune modulator.

Perennial violet of East Asia; whole plant used in TCM to clear heat, detoxify and reduce swellings — specifically for skin infections and abscesses.

TCM mineral used for traumatic pain and fracture healing.

Toxic white-flowered bulb of North American meadows often confused with edible camas, causes livestock poisoning.

Highly toxic North American plant; fatal if confused with edible camas; no medicinal use.

Thorny shrub widespread across Zimbabwe and Southern Africa used medicinally for skin disease, toothache, and antifungal.

Southeast Asian highland ginger used in traditional medicine similarly to Cassumunar ginger.

Ornamental Malaysian ginger with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties; used in folk medicine.

Mexican ornamental Asteraceae with limited folk medicinal use for eye conditions and fever.

Tropical American herb used in folk medicine as fever remedy and analgesic.

Middle Eastern and Central Asian succulent herb used in traditional medicine for inflammation and skin conditions.