Name: Black Cohosh
Biological Name: Cimicifuga racemosa, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Cimicifuga dahurica, Cimicifuga foetida
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)

Other Names: Black snakeroot, bugbane, squawroot, bugwort, rattleroot, rattleweed, rattlesnale's root, richweed, Black Cohosh, Cimicifuga, Sheng ma, Chinese black cohosh
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Name: Blessed Thistle
Biological Name: Cnicus benedictus
Compositae

Other Names: Holy Thistle, Saint Benedict thistle, spotted thistle, cardin, bitter thistle, blessed cardus, blessed thistle
Parts Used: Herb
Active Compounds:
The sesquiterpene lactones, such as cnicin, provide the main beneficial effects of blessed thistl
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Name: Boswellia
Biological Name: Boswellia serrata
Other Names: Salai guggal, Boswellin, Indian frankincense, Boswellia
Parts Used: Gum resin
Active Compounds:
The gum oleoresin consists of essential oils, gum and terpenoids. The terpenoid portion contains the boswellic acids that have been shown to be the active constituent
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Name: Burdock
Biological Name: Arctium lappa
Other Names: Bardana, burr seed, clotbur, cocklebur, grass burdock, hardock, hareburr, hurrburr, turkey burrseed, Burdock, Niu bang zi
Parts Used: root, seed, leaves
Active Compounds:
Burdock root contains high amounts of inulin and mucilage. This may explain its soothing effects
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Name: Butcher's broom
Biological Name: Ruscus aculeatus
Other Names: Butcher's broom
Parts Used: rhizome
Active Compounds:
Steroidal molecules called ruscogenin and neoruscogenin are responsible for the medicinal actions of butcher's broom. Similar to diosgenin, found in wild yam, ruscogenins decrease vascular permeability-w
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Name: Calendula
Biological Name: Calendula officinalis
Other Names: Marigold, garden marigold, holigold, Mary bud, pot marigold, Calendula
Parts Used: flowers, leaves
Active Compounds:
The flavonoids, found in high amounts in calendula, account for much of its anti-inflammatory activity; triterpene saponins may also be impor
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Name: Carob
Biological Name: Ceratonia siliqua
Other Names:St-john's bread, John's bread, Carob
Parts Used: pods, seeds
Active Compounds:
The main constituents of carob are large carbohydrates (sugars) and tannins.
The sugars make carob gummy and able to act as a thickener to absorb water and help bind together watery stoo
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Name: Cascara
Biological Name: Rhamnus purshiana
Rhamnaceae

Other Names: Cascara sagrada, sacred bark, Purshiana bark, persian bark, chittem bark, bearberry, California buchthorn, Cascara
Parts Used: bark
Active Compounds:
Cascara bark is high in hydroxyanthraquinone glycosides called cascarosides. Resins, tannins, and lip
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Name: Catnip
Biological Name: Nepeta cataria
Labiatae (Mint family)

Other Names: Catmint, catnep, catswort, field balm, Catnip
Parts Used: flowers and leaves
Active Compounds:
The essential oil in catnip contains a monoterpene similar to the valepotriates found in valerian, an even more widely renowned sedative.
Animal st
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Name: Cat's Claw
Biological Name: Uncaria tomentosa
Other Names: Cat's Claw, Una de Gato
Parts Used: root bark
Active Compounds:
Oxyindole alkaloids appear to give cat's claw much of its activity, particularly to stimulate the immune system. The alkaloids and other constituents, such as glycosides, may account for the anti-i
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