Classification of Herbs by Action

Alterative anemone Pulsatilla, bethroot, betony (wood), bitter root, bittersweet, blue flag, brooklime, burdock, burr marigold, caroba, celandine, clivers, clover (red), cohosh (black), dock (yellow), drop wort (water), echinacea, elder, fire weed, fringe tree, frost wort, golden seal, Jacob's ladder, meadowsweet, mezeron, pipsissewa, plantain (common), poke root, polypody root, rosinweed, sarsaparilla (Jamaica), sassafras, soap tree, soapwort, speedwell, spindle tree, tag alder, walnut.

Anodyne aconite, camphor, chamomile, coca, figwort, gladwyn, henbane, hemlock, hops, hound's tongue, lettuce (wild), mandrake, poppy (red), poppy (white), sassy bark, stramonium, valerian.
Anthelmintic aloes, balmony, camphor, cedar (yellow), cohosh (blue), gentian (yellow), groundsel, hellebore (black), knotgrass, lupin (white), male fern, savine, tansy, walnut, wormseed (American), wormwood.
Antiperiodic lilac, willow (white).
Antiscorbutic groundsel, lemon, lime fruit, radish, rowan tree, scurvy grass, shepherd's purse, sorrel, spinach, watercress.
Antiseptic avens, barberry, beech, bergamot, bethroot, black root, camphor, cinnamon, costmary, echinacea, elecampane, eucalyptus, garlic, gentian (yellow), horseradish, myrrh, oak, olive, sandalwood, Stockholm tar, thyme, violet, woundwort.
Antispasmodic anemone Pulsatilla, arrach, baneberry, belladonna, bergamot, camphor, chamomile, clover (red), cohosh (blue), cowslip, cramp bark, cumin, daisy (ox-eye), ephedra, eucalyptus, gelsemium, gladwyn, hemlock, henbane, master wort, mayweed, mistletoe, motherwort, musk seed, oats, passionflower, peony, peppermint, pleurisy root, poppy (white), primrose, red root, rosinweed, rue, scullcap (Virginian), skunk-cabbage, spearmint, stramonium, sumbul, thyme, tree of heaven, valerian, vervain, woundwort, yam (wild).

Aperient butcher's broom, clivers, club moss, costmary, couchgrass, dandelion, elder, feverfew, fringe tree, fumitory, germander (wall), horseradish, jewelweed, olive, parsley, rhubarb, rose (pale), scurvy grass.
Aphrodisiac celery, coca, damiana, guarana, musk seed.
Aromatic allspice, angelica, angostura, asarabacca, avens, basil, bergamot, betony (wood), birthwort, bugle, calamint, calamus, camphor, caraway, cardamom, cedar (yellow), cicely (sweet),cinnamon,cloves, coriander, dill, eryngo, eucalyptus, fennel, gale (sweet),golden rod, hops, lavender, lovage, magnolia, meadowsweet, melilot, musk seed, orange (bitter), orange (sweet), pepper, pine oils, sage (common), St. John's wort, sandalwood, sassafras, savory (summer), saxifrage (burnet), spearmint, wintergreen, yerba santa.

Astringent agrimony, alder, apple, avens, bayberry, bearberry, bethroot, betony (wood), birch, bistort, blackberry, bugle, burnet (greater), cassia, cedar (yellow), chestnut (horse), chestnut (sweet), cinnamon, cohosh (black), columbine, comfrey, costmary, cudweed, dog-rose, elder, elecampane, elm, evening primrose, eyebright, fireweed, frostwort, gale (sweet), golden rod, hawthorn, horsetail, hound's tongue, houseleek, ivy (ground), Jacob's ladder, knotgrass, lady's mantle, larch, lily (Madonna), loosestrife, lungwort, maple (red), matico, meadowsweet, mullein, myrrh, nettle, oak, olive, pipsissewa, plantain (common), poppy (white), primrose, quince, ragwort, raspberry, red root, rhubarb, rose (pale), rose (red), rosemary, rowan tree, rupturewort, sage (common), sassy bark, scullcap (Virginian), self-heal, St. John's wort, silverweed, Solomon's seal, speedwell (common), strawberry, tag alder, tea, thistle (scotch), tree of heaven, vervain, vine, walnut, willow (white), wintergreen, witch hazel, balsamic larch.

Bitter angostura, bugle, birch, calumba, feverfew, gentian (yellow), nux vomica, simaruba, snapdragon, wormwood, yerba santa.

Cardiac asparagus, bitter root, butterbur, foxglove, hawthorn, kola nuts, lily of the valley, mescal buttons, strophanthus, tree of heaven.

Carminative allspice, angelica, anise, balm, basil, bergamot, calamus, caraway, cardamom, cassia, catmint, cayenne, celery, cicely (sweet), cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, feverfew, ginger, golden rod, horsemint (American), juniper, lavender, lovage, mace, marjoram, masterwort, melilot, nutmeg, orange (bitter), orange (sweet), parsley, pennyroyal, pepper, peppermint, pleurisy root, saffron, sage (common), savory (summer), saxifrage (burnet), spearmint, thyme, valerian.

Cathartic black root, bloodroot, blue flag, bogbean, broom, bryony (white), castor oil plant, croton, fireweed, gladwyn, hedge-hyssop, hydrangea, ivy, jewelweed, mountain flax, pleurisy root, poke root, sabadilla, saffron (meadow), senna, stavesacre.

Cholagogue spindle tree.

Cooling basil, cucumber, lemon, mandrake, plantain (common), ragwort, sorrel, witch hazel.

Demulcent almonds, barley, borage, chick weed, coltsfoot, comfrey, couchgrass, elm, fig, flax, hound's tongue, Iceland moss, Irish moss, lily (Madonna), liquorice, marshmallow, mullein, olive, parsley piert, peach, pellitory-of-the-wall,pine (white),pumpkin, quince,rice, salep, slippery elm, Solomon's seal, sundew.

Deobstruent agrimony, bladderwrack, bogbean, butcher's broom, carrot, liverwort (English), plantain (common), water dock.

Depurative fig wort.

Detergent balmony, blackcurrant, golden seal, ragwort, soap tree, soap wort, walnut, water betony, water dock.

Diaphoretic aconite, anemone Pulsatilla, angelica, balm, blackcurrant, black root, boneset, box, buchu, burdock, burr marigold, butcher's broom, camphor, caroba, carrot, catmint, chicory, clematis, clivers, cohosh (blue), cuckoopint, dwarf elder, elder, elecampane, eryngo, fumitory, garlic, gelsemium, germander (wall), groundsel, heartease, hedge-hyssop, horehound, horsemint (American), horseradish, ipecacuanha, ivy, jaborandi, Jacob's ladder, knapweed (greater), laurel, lettuce (wild), lily of the valley, lobelia, lovage, marigold, marjoram, motherwort, mug wort, pennyroyal, pimpernel (scarlet), pine (white), pleurisy root, poppy (white), ragwort, rosemary, rosin weed, saffron, samphire, sarsaparilla (Jamaica), sassafras, saxifrage (burnet), senega, sheep's sorrel, skunk-cabbage, slippery elm, smartweed, speedwell (common), Stockholm tar, thistle (holy), turpentine, vervain, woodruff.

Diuretic apple, arnica, asparagus, belladonna, bittersweet, blackcurrant, blue flag, bluebell, broom, buchu, burdock, burr marigold, butterbur, cacao, caroba, cedar (yellow), celandine, celery, clematis, club moss, coffee, cohosh (black), cohosh (blue), coolwort, couchgrass, cucumber, daisy (ox-eye), damiana, dandelion, drop wort (water), dwarf elder, elder, elm, eryngo, figwort, foxglove, fringe tree, fumitory, garlic, germander (wall), golden rod, groundsel, goutwort, hair cup moss, hawthorn, heartease, henbane, hops, horsemint (American), horseradish, horsetail, houseleek, hydrangea, ivy (ground), jewelweed, juniper, kava-kava, knotgrass, kola nuts, larch,lettuce (wild), lupin (white), mastic, matico, meadowsweet, mezeron, mug wort, mustard (black), nettle, parsley, parsley piert, peach, pellitory-of-the-wall, pimpernel (scarlet), pipsissewa, plantain (common), poplar, pumpkin, radish, rest-harrow, rosinweed, rupturewort, sandalwood, sarsaparilla (Jamaica), sassafras, savine, saw palmetto, saxifrage (burnet), scurvy grass, senega, sheep's sorrel, shepherd's purse, smartweed, soap tree, sorrel, St. John's wort, Stockholm tar, strawberry, sunflower, tobacco, vine, watercress, wintergreen, yam (wild).

Emetic asarabacca, black root, bloodroot, daffodil, elder, fireweed, groundsel, hedge-hyssop, ipecacuanha, jewelweed, laurel, lobelia, mandrake, mayweed, mescal buttons, mustard (black), poke root, primrose, rosinweed, sabadilla, saffron (meadow), spearwort (lesser), stavesacre, tag alder, thistle (holy), tobacco, vervain.

Emmenagogue aloes, arrach, bloodroot, cassia, catmint, cedar (yellow), cohosh (black), cohosh (blue), cornflower, cotton root, ergot, feverfew, gale (sweet), gentian (yellow), hellebore (black), horsemint (American), lupin (white), marjoram, marjoram (sweet), mayweed, motherwort, mugwort, myrrh, pennyroyal, rue, saffron, savine, senega, smartweed, tansy, thistle (holy), wintergreen.

Emollient almonds, borage, cacao, cucumber, fenugreek, fig, flax, Irish moss, liquorice, marshmallow, melilot, mullein, olive, ragwort, slippery elm.

Expectorant balsam of Peru, beech, bethroot, bloodroot, boneset, calamint, cedar (yellow), cicely (sweet), cohosh (black), coltsfoot, comfrey, cuckoopint, cup moss, dropwort (water), dwarf elder, elder, elecampane, eryngo, garlic, ginger, honeysuckle, horehound, ipecacuanha, jaborandi, Jacob's ladder, larch, lobelia, loosestrife, maidenhair, myrrh,peach,pimpernel (scarlet), pine (white), pleurisy root, polypody root, poppy (red), poppy (white), red root, rosinweed, St. John's wort, senega, skunk-cabbage, slippery elm, soap tree, speedwell (common), Stockholm tar, sundew, sunflower, tobacco, violet, watercress, yerba santa.

Febrifuge aconite, avens, balm, blackcurrant, bogbean, boneset, calumba, chestnut (horse), gelsemium, gentian (yellow), guarana, holly, lilac, pepper, poplar, verbena (lemon), wormwood.

Galactogogue castor oil plant, vervain, wintergreen.
Haemostatic puffballa, shepherd's purse.
Hepatic dodder, spindle tree.
Hydragogue bitter root, bryony (white).
Hypnotic corkwood tree, henbane, mandrake, poppy (white).

Insecticide laburnum, larkspur, musk weed, pyrethrum (dalmatian).

Irritant bryony (white), cedar (yellow), croton, ivy (poison), mustard (black), pellitory, rue, turpentine.

Laxative almonds, asparagus, boneset, castor oil plant, chicory, dock (yellow), dodder,elder, fig, golden seal, honeysuckle, mountain flax, mulberry, olive, pellitory-of-the-wall, rose (pale), sassy bark, senna, spinidle tree, strawberry, violet, walnut.

Mydriatic belladonna, corkwood tree, henbane.

Narcotic belladonna, bittersweet, box, cherry laurel, chestnut (horse), guarana, hellebore (black), henbane, ivy (poison), laurel, lettuce (wild), mescal buttons, mistletoe, mullein, nightshade (black), paris (herb),passionflower, poke root, poppy (red), sassy bark, skunk-cabbage, stramonium, tobacco.

Nephritic hydrangea.

Nervine anemone Pulsatilla, arrach, celery, club moss, cramp bark, guarana, kola nuts, hops, lavender, lime tree, mistletoe, motherwort, mugwort, musk seed, oats, scullcap (Virginian), St. John's wort, sumbul, valerian, vervain.

Nutritive almonds, barley, cacao, fig, Iceland moss, Irish moss, mulberry, oats, parsnip,rice, salep, saw palmetto, slippery elm, spinach, watercress.

parasiticide balsam of Peru, larkspur.

Pectoral anise, bethroot, dog-rose, euphorbia, flax, horehound, Irish moss, liquorice, lungwort, maidenhair, polypody root, slippery elm, sundew.

Purgative aloes, angostura, asarabacca, barberry, bindweed (greater), castor oil plant, celandine, croton, cucumber, damiana, dodder, dwarf elder, elder, groundsel, hellebore (black), kamala, liverwort (English), mandrake, mercury (dog's), mountain flax, rhubarb, senna.

Refrigerant blackcurrant, borage, catmint, chickweed, dog-rose, houseleek, lemon, lime fruit, mulberry, parsley piert, pellitory-of-the-wall, plantain (common), rice, sheep's sorrel, sorrel. resolvent bittersweet, saxifrage (burnet), St. John's wort.

Rubefacient bryony (black), buttercup (bulbous), cayenne, croton, horsemint (American), horseradish, ivy (poison), pellitory, pine oils, rue, spearwort (lesser), turpentine.

Sedative aconite, asparagus, belladonna, box, camphor, cherry laurel, clover (red), corkwood tree, cowslip, cramp bark, ergot, evening primrose, foxglove, gelsemium, goutwort, hemlock, henbane, lettuce (wild), motherwort, mullein, passionflower, peach, poppy (white), red root, saw palmetto, skunk-cabbage, tobacco, verbena (lemon), witch hazel.

Sternutatory asarabacca, soap tree, soapwort.

Stimulant allspice, angelica, angostura, arnica, asarabacca, balsam of Peru, bayberry, beech, birth wort, blue flag, boneset, buchu, butterbur, cacao, calamus, caraway, cardamom, carrot, catmint, cayenne, celery, chives, cinnamon, cloves, coca, coffee, coriander, cornflower, cuckoopint, cumin, damiana, dill, elder, elecampane, ephedra, ergot, eryngo, eucalyptus, fennel, feverfew, garlic, germander (wall), ginger, ginseng, golden rod, guarana, horsemint (American), horseradish, ipecacuanha, ivy, ivy (ground), ivy (poison), jabarandi, kava-kava, kola nuts, larch, lavender, lime tree, lobelia, lovage, mace, magnolia, marigold, marjoram, marjoram (sweet), masterwort, mastic, matico, mezeron, mug wort, mustard (black), myrrh, nettle, nutmeg, nux vomica, oats, pennyroyal, pepper, peppermint, poplar, raspberry, rosemary, rue, sage (common), sassafras, scurvy grass, senega, shepherd's purse, smartweed, snapdragon, soap tree, spearmint, spindle tree, Stockholm tar, sumbul, tansy, tea, thistle (holy), valerian, watercress, wintergreen, yerba santa.

Stomachic angelica, avens, cassia, chamomile, cicely (sweet), dill, fennel, gentian (yellow), ginseng, golden seal, juniper, laurel, musk seed, nutmeg, orange (bitter), orange (sweet), peppermint, rhubarb, saxifrage (burnet), wormwood.
Styptic avens, bluebell, knotgrass, lady's mantle, matico, self-heal.
Sudorific avens, nightshade (black), vervain.
Taeniacide cucumber, kamala, male fern, pumpkin.
Tonic agrimony, alder, angelica, angostura, asarabacca, avens, balmony, barberry, bayberry, bergamot, bethroot, bitter root, black root, blackberry, bogbean, boneset, burnet (greater), butterbur, calamus, calumba, cassia, catmint, cayenne, celery, chamomile, chestnut (horse), chestnut (sweet), chicory, clivers, coca, coltsfoot, coolwort, cornflower, daisy (ox-eye), damiana, dandelion, dock (yellow), elecampane, elm, eyebright, fireweed, foxglove, fringe tree, frost wort, fumitory, gentian (yellow), germander (wall), ginseng, golden seal, guarana, hawthorn, holly, hops, horehound, hydrangea, Iceland moss, ivy (ground), kava-kava, knapweed (greater), kola nuts, lemon, lilac, lily of the valley, lime tree, mace, magnolia, marjoram, marjoram (sweet), mayweed, mescal buttons, mistletoe, motherwort, mug wort, myrrh, nettle, nux vomica, oak, orange (bitter), orange (sweet), parsley, peony, pipsissewa, pleurisy root, polypody root, poplar, rose (red), rosemary, rosinweed, sage (common), sarsaparilla (Jamaica), saw palmetto, scullcap (Virginian), self-heal, silverweed, simaruba, soapwort, Solomon's seal, speedwell (common), spindle tree, strophanthus, sumbul, tag alder, tansy, thistle (holy), thyme, vervain, willow (white), wintergreen, witch hazel, wormwood, woodruff, yerba santa.

Vermifuge aloes, castor oil plant, cohosh (blue), lilac, male fern, pink root, primrose, sabadilla, stavesacre, walnut, wormseed (American).

Vesicant Mezereon: vulnerary arnica, comfrey, knotgrass, mare's tail, water betony.