Materia Medica

A material medica is list of individual herbs and how to use them. In addition to this list, there are many materia medicas already on-line that are excellent. You will find links to several others below.

• Algae (Chlorella. spirulina, blue-green algae)
• Allium sativum (garlic)
• Aloe spp.
• Angelica sinensis (dong quai)
• Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)
• Centella asiatica (gota kola)
• Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh)
• Cranberry (Vaccinium spp.)
• Crataegus (hawthorn)
• Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)
• Echinacea purpurea (purple cone flower)
• Eleutherococcus senticosus (eleuthro, Siberian ginseng)
• Ephedra sinica (ephedra)
• Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo)
• Ginseng spp.
• Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice)
• Grape seed extract (Vitis viniferea)
• Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal)
• Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
• Lobelia inflata (lobelia)
• Mentha piperita (peppermint)
• Oenothera biennis (evening primrose)
• Passiflora incarnata (passion flower)
• Pausinystalia yohimbe (yohimbe)
• Piper methysticum (kava kava)
• Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
• Silybum marianum (milk thistle)
• Valeriana officinalis (valerian)
• Vitex agnus-castus (chasteberry)
• Zingiber officinale (ginger)

• A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve
• David Hoffmann
• Christopher Hobbs
• Stephen Foster