COMMON NAME: ALFALFA LATIN NAME: Medicago sativa FAMILY: Papilionaceae PARTS USED: Leaves, flowers, seeds, and sprouts. REGIONS: Southeast Asia and Southeast Europe SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, structural,

COMMON NAME: YARROW, woundwort, staunch weed, nosebleed, woundwort, carpenter’s weed LATIN NAME: Achillea millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Aerial parts REGIONS: regions of the Northern Hemisphere

COMMON NAME: PEPPERMINT LATIN NAME: Mentha × piperita FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: leaves REGIONS: Widespread SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, circulatory, respiratory HARVESTING GUIDELINES: Harvest the top 3 to

COMMON NAME: RED RASPBERRY LEAF LATIN NAME: Rubus spp. FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED: leaves, fruit, bark REGIONS: Widespread SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, urinary, circulatory HARVESTING GUIDELINES: Harvest a

COMMON NAME: OAT, oatstraw, milky oat, wild oats, oatgrass, catgrass  LATIN NAME: Avena sativa FAMILY: Poaceae, Graminaceae PARTS USED: Milky oat tops; oat stem REGIONS: throughout the

COMMON NAME: MULLEIN, Flannel Leaf, Mullein Dock, Aaron’s Rod LATIN NAME: Verbascum thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae PARTS USED: Leaves, flowers, roots REGIONS: Anywhere SYSTEM AFFECTED: respiratory, digestive

COMMON NAME: CALIFORNIA POPPY, golden poppy, California golden poppy, flame flower LATIN NAME: Eschscholzia californica Cham. FAMILY: Papaveraceae PARTS USED: flowers REGIONS: California poppy is native

COMMON NAME: CHAMOMILE LATIN NAME: Matricaria chamomilla FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Flower head REGIONS: Southern and Eastern Europe SYSTEM AFFECTED: urinary, nervous, digestive, circulatory HARVESTING GUIDELINES: flowers at

COMMON NAME: COMFREY knitbone, woundwort, knitback, blackwort, bruisewort, slippery root, boneset, and gum plant LATIN NAME: Symphytum officinale FAMILY: Boraginaceae PARTS USED: Leaves and root REGIONS: Europe

COMMON NAME: CRAMP BARK, Squaw bush, black haw. LATIN NAME: Viburnum opulus FAMILY: Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae) PARTS USED: Bark REGIONS: Europe, Northern Africa, and Northern Asia

COMMON NAME: MILK THISTLE, Carduus marianus, holy thistle, St. Mary’s thistle, our lady’s thistle,  Marian thistle LATIN NAME: Silybum marianum FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Seed,

COMMON NAME: MEADOWSWEET, Queen of the Meadow, Bridewort, Quaker Lady LATIN NAME: Filipendula ulmaria (syn Spirea ulmaria, Spirea tomentosa, Filipendula vulgaris) FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED:

COMMON NAME: LOBELIA, Indian-Tobacco. Pukeweed. Asthma Weed. LATIN NAME: Lobelia inflata L. FAMILY: Campanulaceae PARTS USED: Aerial portions, seeds, root REGIONS: Canada and to the eastern as

COMMON NAME: LEMONBALM, melissa, balm mint, balm, sweet balm LATIN NAME: Melissa officinalis FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: whole herb REGIONS: Southern and Central Europe, Mediterranean SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive,

COMMON NAME: LAVENDER  LATIN NAME: Lavandula spp. FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: flowers REGIONS: Mediterranean region, southern Europe, and parts of northern Africa, northeast India, and southeast

COMMON NAME: MARSHMALLOW ROOT, marsh mallow, mallards, mauls LATIN NAME: lthaea officinalis FAMILY: Malvaceae PARTS USED: roots, leaves REGIONS: Europe, western Asia, Africa SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, urinary,

COMMON NAME: HOREHOUND, White horehound, marrubio LATIN NAME: Marrubium vulgare FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: Leaf and flowering tops REGIONS: Europe, North Africa, Southwestern and Central Asia

COMMON NAME: HIBISCUS, Roselle, Jamaica Sorrel, red sorrel LATIN NAME: Hibiscus sabdariffa FAMILY: Malvaceae PARTS USED: flower, Calyces REGIONS: North Africa, Southeast Asia SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive,

COMMON NAME: HAWTHORN, Mayblossom, whitethorn, Red Haw; Mayflower LATIN NAME: Crataegus spp. FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED: Fresh or dried berries (technically pomes), flowering tops, leaves

COMMON NAME: ELDER, black elder, blue elderberry, bore tree, common elder, elderberry, elkhorn, sweet elder LATIN NAME: ambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) FAMILY: Adoxaceae

COMMON NAME: ELECAMPANE, Wild sunflower, Horseheal, Yellow Starwort LATIN NAME: Inula helenium FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Root; flowers and leaves REGIONS: Temperate regions of Europe, western

COMMON NAME: ECHINACEA, coneflower, purple coneflower, comb flower, Missouri snakeroot LATIN NAME: Echinacea angustifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Roots, flower heads, leaves REGIONS: North America, Europe

COMMON NAME: DANDELION, blowball, cankerwort, Irish daisy, monk’s head, priest’s crown, swine snout, wild endive, witch gowan, and yellow gowan LATIN NAME: Taraxacum officinale FAMILY:

COMMON NAME: GINGER ROOT, Luyang Dilaw  LATIN NAME: Zingiber officinale FAMILY: Zingiberaceae PARTS USED: Root REGIONS:  South Asia, East Africa, the Caribbean, India, Europe SYSTEM AFFECTED: