Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Depurative

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Depurative, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Cleanses the blood, depurant, purify blood, purify the blood, to cleanse the blood

Plant Names

English

Latin
AbsinthiumArtemisia absinthium
AcaiEuterpe oleracea
Adam's needleYucca filamentosa
AlfalfaMedicago sativa
Aloe veraAloe vera
Aloe yuccaYucca aloifolia
Alpen roseRhododendron ferrugineum
Alpine bearberryArctous alpina
AmargoQuassia amara
American dodderCuscuta americana
American mountain ashSorbus americana
American muskwoodGuarea guidonia
American nightshadeSolanum americanum
American pokeweedPhytolacca americana
American wild carrotDaucus pusillus
AnattoBixa orellana
AngelicaAngelica archangelica
AñilIndigofera suffruticosa
Annual nettleUrtica urens
Apothecary's roseRosa gallica
AppleMalus domestica
Arabica coffeeCoffea arabica
Areca palmAreca catechu
Argentine pepperweedLepidium bonariense
Argentine sennaSenna corymbosa
Arrow bambooPseudosasa japonica
Ascending ludwigiaLudwigia adscendens
Asian lizard's tailSaururus chinensis
Asian mahoniaBerberis japonica
Asian netvein hollyfernCyrtomium fortunei
Asiatic dayflowerCommelina communis
AubergineSolanum melongena
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnale
Bai weiVincetoxicum atratum
BajaguaSenna reticulata
Bamble of the capeRubus rosifolius
Bambú.Bambusa vulgaris
Barbados nutJatropha curcas
Barbed skullcapScutellaria barbata
BarberryBerberis lycium
Bastard balmMelittis melissophyllum
Beach angelicaAngelica archangelica subsp. litoralis
Beale's barberryBerberis bealei
Beggar sticksBidens pilosa
Bengal arumTyphonium trilobatum
Bermuda grassCynodon dactylon
Bigleaf asterEurybia macrophylla
Bigseed alfalfa dodderCuscuta indecora
BirchBetula pubescens var. pubescens
BirchBetula
Bitter cherryPrunus emarginata
Bitter leafGymnanthemum amygdalinum
Bitter melonMomordica charantia
Bitter milkwortPolygala amara
Bitter orangeCitrus x aurantium
Bitter sweetSolanum dulcamara
BitterrootLewisia rediviva
Black bambooPhyllostachys nigra
Black carawayNigella sativa
Black horehoundBallota nigra
Black mulberryMorus nigra
Black pouiJacaranda mimosifolia
Black walnutJuglans nigra
BlackberryRubus fruticosus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Bladder cherryAlkekengi officinarum
Bloodwort dockRumex sanguineus
Blue porterweedStachytarpheta jamaicensis
Blue snakeweedStachytarpheta cayennensis
Blue sour plumXimenia americana
Bog labrador teaRhododendron groenlandicum
Bog stitchwortStellaria alsine
BoldoPeumus boldus
BorageBorago officinalis
Brazilian copalHymenaea courbaril
Brazilian ironwoodLibidibia ferrea
Brazilian orchid treeBauhinia forficata
Brazilian pepper treeSchinus terebinthifolia
Brazilian sassafrasOcotea odorifera
British yellowheadPentanema britannicum
Brittle false pimpernelTorenia crustacea
Broad-leaved dockRumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved pepperweedLepidium latifolium
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
BroomwoodMelochia tomentosa
Brown watercressNasturtium x sterile
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
BugbaneActaea cimicifuga
Burma ironwoodXylia xylocarpa
Burnet saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
BurweedAlternanthera pungens
Butcher's broomRuscus aculeatus
Butter-nutJuglans cinerea
CagaitaEugenia dysenterica
Candle bushSenna alata
Cape myrtleMyrsine africana
Caper bushCapparis spinosa
Cardinal climberIpomoea quamoclit
CardoonCynara cardunculus
Caribbean trumpet treeTabebuia aurea
Carnauba palmCopernicia prunifera
Carry me seedPhyllanthus amarus
Cashew treeAnacardium occidentale
Castor oil plantRicinus communis
Caterpillar treePlumeria alba
Cat's clawUncaria tomentosa
CecropiaCecropia pachystachya
CeleriacApium graveolens
CentellaCentella asiatica
Century plantAgave americana
CestrumCestrum parqui
ChairataSwertia chirayita
Chamber bitterPhyllanthus urinaria
Chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei
Cherokee roseRosa laevigata
ChervilAnthriscus cerefolium
Chestnutleaf false crotonCaperonia castaneifolia
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Chili pepperCapsicum frutescens
China rootSmilax china
Chinese cabbageBrassica rapa
Chinese cucumberTrichosanthes kirilowii
Chinese elderSambucus javanica
Chinese fringe flowerLoropetalum chinense
Chinese gooseberryPhysalis peruviana
Chinese indigoPersicaria tinctoria
Chinese lespedezaLespedeza cuneata var. cuneata
Chinese lobeliaLobelia chinensis
Chinese motherwortLeonurus japonicus
Chinese rain bellStrobilanthes cusia
Chinese sumacRhus chinensis
Chinese tallowTriadica sebifera
ChivesAllium schoenoprasum
Chocolate vineAkebia quinata
Christmas berryArdisia crenata
CinquefoilPotentilla nepalensis
CleaversGalium aparine
Climbing senecioSenecio scandens
Coffee sennaSenna occidentalis
Colombian cupheaCuphea carthagenensis
Colorado pinyonPinus edulis
Colts footTussilago farfara
Comb bushmintMesosphaerum pectinatum
Common agrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common boxBuxus sempervirens
Common centauryCentaurium erythraea
Common chickweedStellaria media
Common comfreySymphytum officinale
Common dandelionTaraxacum vulgare
Common duckweedLemna minor
Common fumitoryFumaria officinalis
Common grape vineVitis vinifera
Common gromwellLithospermum officinale
Common hazelCorylus avellana
Common heatherCalluna vulgaris
Common hemp nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Common hopHumulus lupulus
Common juniperJuniperus communis
Common kidney-vetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common knot grassPolygonum aviculare
Common lady's mantleAlchemilla vulgaris
Common plantain variantPlantago major* var.
Common polypodyPolypodium vulgare
Common purslanePortulaca oleracea
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Common rushJuncus effusus
Common scurvy grassCochlearia officinalis
Common sea-lavenderLimonium vulgare
Common smilaxSmilax aspera
Common soapwortSaponaria officinalis
Common sorrelRumex acetosa
Common sow thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common toadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Common vervainVerbena officinalis
Common walnutJuglans regia
Common wood sorrelOxalis acetosella
Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
Confederate roseHibiscus mutabilis
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Cotton plantGossypium
Couch grassElymus repens
Cow slipPrimula veris
CrackopenCasearia sylvestris
Crape myrtleLagerstroemia indica
CreeperAmpelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata
Creeping beggarweedDesmodium incanum
Creeping lady's sorrelOxalis corniculata
Creeping mahoniaBerberis repens
Creeping saltbushAtriplex prostrata
Creeping saxifrageSaxifraga stolonifera
Creeping tick trefoilGrona triflora
Crepe gingerHellenia speciosa
Crimson beautyReynoutria japonica
Crown wood-fernDryopteris crassirhizoma
Cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensis
CucumberCucumis sativus
Cud weedHelichrysum luteoalbum
Curled dockRumex crispus
Dahurian patriniaPatrinia scabiosifolia
DaisyBellis perennis
DandelionTaraxacum officinale
Datil yuccaYucca baccata
Decumbent bugleAjuga decumbens
DeodeokCodonopsis lanceolata
Devil's clawHarpagophytum procumbens
Devil's-bitSuccisa pratensis
DewberryRubus caesius
DillAnethum graveolens
Dixie silverback fernPityrogramma calomelanos
Dotted smartweedPersicaria punctata
Dove milkEuphorbia hirta
Downy birchBetula pubescens
Downy burdockArctium tomentosum
Downy hemp nettleGaleopsis segetum
DracontiumDracontium asperum
DrymaryDrymaria cordata
Du zhongEucommia ulmoides
Dwarf everlastHelichrysum arenarium
Dwarf milkwortPolygala amarella
Dyer's broomGenista tinctoria
East asian arrowrootPueraria montana var. lobata
Eastern cottonwoodPopulus deltoides
Eastern purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
Eastern swamp saxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
EcliptaEclipta prostrata
Edible amaranthAmaranthus tricolor
ElderSambucus nigra
ElecampaneInula helenium
EmblicPhyllanthus emblica
EscorzoneraCraniolaria annua
European ashFraxinus excelsior
European columbineAquilegia vulgaris
European silver firAbies alba
Extra long staple cottonGossypium barbadense
False elephantfootPseudelephantopus spicatus
FameflowerTalinum paniculatum
Female ginsengAngelica sinensis
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
FenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecum
Field eryngoEryngium campestre
Field horsetailEquisetum arvense
Field scabiousKnautia arvensis
FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Fish poisonTephrosia purpurea
Five-seeded plume-poppyMacleaya cordata
Five-stamen tamariskTamarix chinensis
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum x morifolium
Forking larkspurDelphinium consolida
Four leaf cloverMarsilea quadrifolia
Four o'clock flowerMirabilis jalapa
Fragrant angelicaAngelica anomala
Fragrant inulaDuhaldea cappa
FrangipaniPlumeria rubra
Fuller's teaselDipsacus fullonum
Fynbos aloeAloe succotrina
Garden anchusaAnchusa azurea
Garden asparagusAsparagus officinalis
Garden cressLepidium sativum
Garden nasturtiumTropaeolum majus
Garden oracheAtriplex hortensis
GarlicAllium sativum
GenipapoGenipa americana
German chamomileMatricaria chamomilla
Germander speedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Giant granadillaPassiflora quadrangularis
Giant joshuaYucca brevifolia
GinsengPanax ginseng
Glossy buckthornFrangula alnus
Golden japanese sedumSedum makinoi
Golden rodSolidago virgaurea
Golden trumpet treeHandroanthus chrysotrichus
GrapeVitis
Grass-leaved saw-wortSaussurea graminifolia
Great st. johnswortHypericum ascyron
Great valley gumplantGrindelia hirsutula
Great yellow gentianGentiana lutea
Greater burdockArctium lappa
Greater burnet saxifragePimpinella major
Greek oreganoSalvia fruticosa
Green chiraytaAndrographis paniculata
Green mormon teaEphedra viridis
Ground ivyGlechoma hederacea
Guinea hen weedPetiveria alliacea
Guyanese wild coffeeCasearia guianensis
Ha-chikuPhyllostachys nigra var. henonis
Hairy yerba santaEriodictyon trichocalyx
Heart-leaved houttuyniaHouttuynia cordata
HeartseaseViola tricolor
Heath speedwellVeronica officinalis
Hemp agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
HenbaneHyoscyamus niger
Herb parisParis polyphylla
Himalayan peonyPaeonia emodi
Hoary plantainPlantago media
Hobble-bushViburnum lantanoides
Holy basilOcimum tenuiflorum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
HoneyweedLeonurus sibiricus
Horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Husk tomatoPhysalis pubescens
Inch-plantTradescantia zebrina
Indian borageTrichodesma indicum
Indian chrysanthemumChrysanthemum indicum
Indian leadwortPlumbago indica
Indian-hempCrotalaria juncea
Iron fernRumohra adiantiformis
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noonTragopogon pratensis
JalapIpomoea purga
Jamaican gooseberry treePhyllanthus acuminatus
Jamaican sarsaparillaSmilax ornata
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica
Japanese irisIris ensata
Japanese knotweedPersicaria japonica
Japanese peppervineAmpelopsis japonica
Japanese snake gourdTrichosanthes ovigera
Japanese sugi pineCryptomeria japonica
Japanese violetViola japonica
Java waterdropwortOenanthe javanica
Jin qian caoLysimachia christinae
Job's tearsCoix lacryma-jobi
KānukaKunzea ericoides
KasundaSenna sophera
Key limeCitrus x aurantiifolia
KurodakePhyllostachys nigra punctata
Kurogane hollyIlex rotunda
Lady's bedstrawGalium verum
Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllos
Large-leaved limeTilia rubra
Lawn marsh pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Leaf of lifeKalanchoe pinnata
Least pepperwortLepidium virginicum
LemonCitrus x limon
Lemon grassCymbopogon citratus
Leopard lilyIris domestica
Leopard's baneArnica montana
Lesser burdockArctium minus
Lesser celandineRanunculus ficaria
Licorice weedScoparia dulcis
Lilac tasselflowerEmilia sonchifolia
Little ironweedCyanthillium cinereum
Lodgepole pinePinus contorta
Longroot smartweedPersicaria amphibia
Long-stamen chiveAllium macrostemon
LopseedPhryma leptostachya
LueheaLuehea speciosa
LuffaLuffa operculata
Madagascar periwinkleCatharanthus roseus
Mama-cadelaBrosimum gaudichaudii
MammeeMammea americana
ManacaBrunfelsia uniflora
MarlberryArdisia japonica
Martinique trimeziaTrimezia martinicensis
MasterwortPeucedanum ostruthium
Masuri berryCoriaria napalensis
Matted st. john's wortHypericum japonicum
Meadow sweetFilipendula ulmaria
Medium-flowered winter-cressBarbarea intermedia
MenyanthesMenyanthes trifoliata
Michaelmas-daisyAster amellus
Mile-a-minutePersicaria perfoliata
Milk thistleSilybum marianum
MilkweedAsclepias curassavica
MilkwortsPolygala
Minnie rootRuellia tuberosa
Moa treeMadhuca longifolia var. latifolia
Mock strawberryPotentilla indica
Mohave yuccaYucca schidigera
Mongolian dandelionTaraxacum mongolicum
Monkey nutAnacardium humile
Mountain avensDryas octopetala
Mountain sprayHolodiscus discolor
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Musk thistleCarduus nutans
Narrow leaved peppergrassLepidium ruderale
Narrow-leaved purple coneflowerEchinacea angustifolia
Native pennyroyalMentha satureioides
NeedlebushPhyllanthus puber
NettleUrtica dioica
Nevada ephedraEphedra nevadensis
Never dieKalanchoe crenata
Night blooming jasmineCestrum nocturnum
Nippon lilyRohdea japonica
Noble rhubarbRheum nobile
Old fusticMaclura tinctoria
OldenlandiaScleromitrion diffusum
OliveOlea europaea
Orange daylilyHemerocallis fulva
Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium
Oriental bittersweetCelastrus orbiculatus
OrtigaUrera baccifera
Pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallida
PariparobaPiper umbellatum
Pasque flowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Pearl fruitMargyricarpus pinnatus
Pepper elderPeperomia pellucida
Perennial buckwheatFagopyrum cymosum
Peruvian dodderCuscuta obtusiflora
Picea abiesPicea abies
PickleweedBatis maritima
Pig's headCarpesium abrotanoides
Pineland plantainPlantago sparsiflora
Pink ipêHandroanthus impetiginosus
Pink shower treeCassia grandis
PitangaEugenia uniflora
PlantainPlantago major
Polished maidenhairAdiantum concinnum
PomegranatePunica granatum
Pot marigoldCalendula officinalis
Prickly ashZanthoxylum rhoifolium
Prickly sow thistleSonchus asper
Provence roseRosa x centifolia
PunarnavaBoerhavia diffusa
Purple betonyBetonica officinalis
Purple gromwellLithospermum erythrorhizon
Queen coralbeadCocculus orbiculatus
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus
RamsonsAllium ursinum
RapeBrassica napus
Rashed treeCopaifera langsdorffii
Red cloverTrifolium pratense
Red elderSambucus racemosa subsp. kamtschatica
Red elderberrySambucus racemosa
Red lucky seedAdenanthera pavonina
Red sageLantana camara
Red sandersPterocarpus santalinus
Redstem filareeErodium cicutarium
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata
Roman nettleUrtica pilulifera
Rose mossPortulaca grandiflora
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
Rough bryonyCucumis maderaspatanus
Roughbark lignum-vitaeGuaiacum officinale
Rough-leaved hollyIlex asprella
Roundleaf leather rootHoita orbicularis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Roxburgh's foldwingDicliptera bupleuroides
SageretiaSageretia thea
Salad rocketEruca vesicaria
SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Sand leekAllium scorodoprasum
Sand sedgeCarex arenaria
SanicleSanicula europaea
Santa maria feverfewParthenium hysterophorus
Santolina-leaved sneezewortAchillea tenuifolia
São caetano melonCayaponia espelina
SassafrasSassafras albidum
Scarlet spiral-flagCostus spiralis
Scots pinePinus sylvestris
Sea wormwoodArtemisia maritima
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Shepherd's purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Shiny-leaf prickly-ashZanthoxylum nitidum
Shortawn foxtailAlopecurus aequalis
Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile
Siam weedChromolaena odorata
Silver birchBetula pendula
Skunk vinePaederia foetida
Small leaved limeTilia cordata
Small pasque flowerPulsatilla pratensis
Small soapweedYucca glauca
Small teaselDipsacus pilosus
Smooth rupture wortHerniaria glabra
Southern maidenhair fernAdiantum capillus-veneris
Spanish sageSalvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia
Spiked spirlaflag gingerCostus spicatus
SpikenardNardostachys jatamansi
SpindleEuonymus
Spiny rest harrowOnonis spinosa
Spring pasque flowerPulsatilla vernalis
St. benedict's thistleCentaurea benedicta
Staghorn sumacRhus typhina
Sticky waxweedCuphea glutinosa
StryphnodendronStryphnodendron adstringens
Sugar caneSaccharum officinarum
Sweet fernComptonia peregrina
Sweet flagAcorus calamus
Sweet violetViola odorata
SyringaMelia azedarach
Tahitian gardeniaGardenia taitensis
TaroColocasia esculenta
TarragonArtemisia dracunculus
Tefé roseCochlospermum orinocense
Thunder god vineTripterygium wilfordii
Thyme-leaf sandwortArenaria serpyllifolia
Tian kuiSemiaquilegia adoxoides
Tibetan sea buckthornHippophae tibetana
Tooth-ache plantAcmella oleracea
Trailing spurgeEuphorbia humifusa
TurmericCurcuma longa
Twin-flowerLinnaea borealis
Veiny dockRumex venosus
Velvet leafCissampelos pareira
Victory onionAllium victorialis
Vietnamese balmElsholtzia ciliata
VilcaAnadenanthera colubrina
Violet wood sorrelOxalis violacea
VioletillaPombalia parviflora
Wall germanderTeucrium chamaedrys
Water cressNasturtium officinale
Water hyacinthPontederia crassipes
Water hyssopBacopa monnieri
Water willowRostellularia procumbens
West indian elmGuazuma ulmifolia
Western larchLarix occidentalis
Western skunk cabbageLysichiton americanus
White cloverTrifolium repens
White dead-nettleLamium album
White rose of yorkRosa x alba
Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wild cherryPrunus avium
Wild endiveCichorium pumilum
Wild garlicAllium vineale
Willow dockRumex salicifolius
Wingleaf soapberrySapindus saponaria
Winter daphneDaphne odora
Wood sageTeucrium scorodonia
Woodland strawberryFragaria vesca
WoodruffGalium odoratum
WormseedDysphania ambrosioides
Xing an sheng maActaea dahurica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Yellow archangelLamium galeobdolon
Yellow irisIris pseudacorus
Yerba buenaMicromeria douglasii
Yerba mansaAnemopsis californica
YopoAnadenanthera peregrina
YuccaYucca
Zarzabacoa de monteDesmodium axillare
Zarzabacoa peludaGrona barbata
ZedoaryCurcuma zedoaria

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn0086
Copyright Erik Gotfredsen