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

Rev.11-03-2021

sedative

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

sedative, Calmative, Calming of nerves, relaxes the nervous system, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer

Plant Names

English

Latin
A lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
AcalbirDatisca cannabina
Alamo vineDistimake dissectus
Alligator appleAnnona glabra
Alpine lady's mantleAlchemilla alpina
American basswoodTilia americana
American dwarf birchBetula glandulosa
American fly honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
American ginsengPanax quinquefolius
American sweet gumLiquidambar styraciflua
American water horehoundLycopus americanus
American white water-lilyNymphaea odorata
Amur limeTilia amurensis
AnemarrheaAnemarrhena asphodeloides
AngelicaAngelica archangelica
Angel's trumpetDatura metel
Angular solomon's sealPolygonatum odoratum
AñilIndigofera suffruticosa
AnisePimpinella anisum
Ansu apricotPrunus armeniaca
Apothecary's roseRosa gallica
AppleMalus domestica
Apple mintMentha x villosa
Apple mintMentha suaveolens
Apple of peruNicandra physalodes
Arrow bambooPseudosasa japonica
AsafetidaFerula foetida
AsafoetidaFerula assa-foetida
Asian blue cohoshCaulophyllum robustum
AtractylodesAtractylodes macrocephala
AubergineSolanum melongena
Autumn crocusCrocus nudiflorus
Autumn crocusCrocus sativus
AvocadoPersea americana
AzaroleCrataegus azarolus
Aztec sweet herbLippia dulcis
Aztec tobaccoNicotiana rustica
Bai tou wengPulsatilla chinensis
Baikal skullcapScutellaria baicalensis
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
Bamboo lilyLilium japonicum platyfolium
Bamboo lilyLilium japonicum
Bambú.Bambusa vulgaris
Barbed skullcapScutellaria barbata
BasilOcimum basilicum
Basil thymeClinopodium acinos
Bastard balmMelittis melissophyllum
Beach angelicaAngelica archangelica subsp. litoralis
Beggar sticksBidens pilosa
Bei chai huBupleurum chinense
BelladonnaAtropa bella-donna
BergamotCitrus aurantium ssp bergamia
Big eggplantSolanum erianthum
Big footed solomon's sealPolygonatum macropodum
Big sagebrushArtemisia tridentata
Bigleaf periwinkleVinca major
Bigseed lomatiumLomatium macrocarpum
Bird cherryPrunus padus
Bird-in-a-bushCorydalis cava
BirthwortAristolochia
Bishop's crownCapsicum baccatum
Bitter appleCitrullus lanatus
Bitter orangeCitrus x aurantium
Bitter sweetSolanum dulcamara
Bitter-berryPrunus virginiana
Black bambooPhyllostachys nigra
Black cherryPrunus serotina
Black chokecherryPrunus virginiana var. demissa
Black cohoshActaea racemosa
Black hawViburnum prunifolium
Black horehoundBallota nigra
Black mulberryMorus nigra
Black willowSalix nigra
Bladder cherryAlkekengi officinarum
Blood rootSanguinaria canadensis
Blue cohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
Blue passion flowerPassiflora caerulea
Blue skullcapScutellaria lateriflora
Bog laurelKalmia polifolia
BoldoPeumus boldus
BorageBorago officinalis
Brazilian blady grassImperata brasiliensis
Brazilian maracuyaPassiflora alata
Brazilian orchid treeBauhinia forficata
Bread wheatTriticum aestivum
Breckland thymeThymus serpyllum
Broad stalkgrassPharus latifolius
Broad-leaf cat-tailTypha latifolia
Broad-leaf stonecropSedum spathulifolium
Broad-leaved lavenderLavandula latifolia
Broad-leaved thymeThymus pulegioides
Broom snakeweedGutierrezia sarothrae
Brown puffballBovista nigrescens
Brown’s lilyLilium brownii
BugbaneActaea heracleifolia
BugbaneActaea cimicifuga
BugleAjuga reptans
Bush basilOcimum minimum
BushmintsHyptis
Bushy matgrassLippia alba
California poppyEschscholzia californica
Camphor treeCinnamomum camphora
Canada horsebalmCollinsonia canadensis
Canada lettuceLactuca canadensis
Canary islands balmCedronella canariensis
Candid water-lilyNymphaea candida
Caper bushCapparis spinosa
CardamomElettaria cardamomum
Cardinal climberIpomoea quamoclit
Cardinal's guardPachystachys spicata
Carob treeCeratonia siliqua
Cat nipNepeta cataria
Catmint citriodoraNepeta cataria var. citriodorus
Cecropia treesCecropia
CeleriacApium graveolens
CeltuceLactuca sativa var. angustana
CentellaCentella asiatica
Chanel #5 treeCananga odorata
Cheese weedMalva parviflora
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus
Chinese angelicaAngelica polymorpha
Chinese azaleaRhododendron molle
Chinese goldthreadCoptis chinensis
Chinese jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema consanguineum
Chinese lindenTilia chinensis
Chinese lovageConioselinum anthriscoides
Chinese mallowMalva verticillata
Chinese peonyPaeonia anomala subsp. veitchii
Chinese red sageSalvia miltiorrhiza
Chinese thujaPlatycladus orientalis
CitronCitrus medica
Citronella grassCymbopogon nardus
CitrusCitrus
CleaversGalium aparine
Clove basilOcimum gratissimum
Clustered valerianValeriana capitata
CnidiumLigusticum officinale
Cobweb house-leekSempervivum arachnoideum
Cock's eggSalpichroa origanifolia
Cockspur coral treeErythrina crista-galli
Coconut treeCocos nucifera
Colic rootDioscorea villosa
Colombian cupheaCuphea carthagenensis
Colts footTussilago farfara
Columbian monkshoodAconitum columbianum
Common agrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common boxBuxus sempervirens
Common butterburPetasites hybridus
Common centauryCentaurium erythraea
Common comfreySymphytum officinale
Common duckweedLemna minor
Common evening primroseOenothera biennis
Common gromwellLithospermum officinale
Common hawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common hawthornCrataegus rhipidophylla
Common heatherCalluna vulgaris
Common hogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common hollyhockAlcea rosea
Common hopHumulus lupulus
Common ivyHedera helix
Common jasmineJasminum officinale
Common juniperJuniperus communis
Common knotweedPolygonum plebeium
Common lady's mantleAlchemilla vulgaris
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia
Common lavenderLavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia
Common limeTilia x europaea
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
Common rueRuta graveolens
Common rushJuncus effusus
Common sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common sundewDrosera rotundifolia
Common tobaccoNicotiana tabacum
Common valerianValeriana excelsa subsp. sambucifolia
Common vervainVerbena officinalis
Common wild oatAvena fatua
Common witch hazelHamamelis virginiana
Common yewTaxus baccata
Conifer broomrapeOrobanche pinorum
Coral lilyLilium pumilum
CorydalisCorydalis yanhusuo
Cow berryVaccinium vitis- idaea
Cow slipPrimula veris
Cow-baneCicuta virosa
Crab's eyeAbrus precatorius
CrackopenCasearia sylvestris
Crato passionvinePassiflora cincinnata
Cretan oreganoOriganum onites
Cricket bat willowSalix alba
Crimson beebalmMonarda didyma
CucumberCucumis sativus
Curled mallowMalva
Curly-top gumweedGrindelia squarrosa
Cush-cushDioscorea trifida
DaisyBellis perennis
DamianaTurnera diffusa
Date plumDiospyros lotus
Delta maidenhairAdiantum raddianum
Denseflower mulleinVerbascum densiflorum
Deodar cedarCedrus deodara
DillAnethum graveolens
Dog roseRosa canina
Dong dang guiAngelica acutiloba
Donkey burrXanthium strumarium
Du zhongEucommia ulmoides
Dutchman’s-laudanumPassiflora rubra
Dwarf birchBetula nana
Dwarf lily-turfOphiopogon japonicus
Dwarf solomon's sealPolygonatum humile
Easter lilyLilium longiflorum
Edible valerianValeriana edulis
ElecampaneInula helenium
EltrotHeracleum sibiricum
Erect tropical daisyEgletes viscosa
European birthwortAristolochia clematitis
European black nightshadeSolanum nigrum
European pearPyrus communis
European peonyPaeonia officinalis
European white water-lilyNymphaea alba
Evergreen linderaLindera aggregata
Fairy flaxLinum catharticum
Fall coral-rootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
Female ginsengAngelica sinensis
Fendler's ceanothusCeanothus fendleri
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Fever-fewTanacetum parthenium
Field milk thistleSonchus arvensis
Field mintMentha arvensis
Fischer monkshoodAconitum fischeri
Five-flavor berrySchisandra chinensis
Five-leaved chaste treeVitex negundo
Flat-petalled yellow lady's-slipperCypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
Florida fish-poison treePiscidia piscipula
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum x morifolium
Fool's parsleyAethusa cynapium
FrankincenseBoswellia sacra
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
Fruit for wolvesSolanum lycocarpum
Fu-lingWolfiporia extensa
FumewortCorydalis solida
GaliumGalium
Gaping monkshoodAconitum chasmanthum
Garden asparagusAsparagus officinalis
Garden catmintNepeta x faassenii
Garden nasturtiumTropaeolum majus
GastrodiaGastrodia elata
German chamomileMatricaria chamomilla
Ghost plantMonotropa uniflora
Giant granadillaPassiflora quadrangularis
GinsengPanax ginseng
Glacier wormwoodArtemisia glacialis
Goat's beardAruncus dioicus
GoatweedCapraria biflora
Golden kiwiActinidia chinensis
Golden sealHydrastis canadensis
Golden willowSalix x fragilis f. vitellina
Goodding's willowSalix gooddingii
GrapeVitis
Grass-leaf calamusAcorus gramineus
Gray's broomrapeOrobanche grayana
Great mulleinVerbascum thapsus
Great valley gumplantGrindelia hirsutula
Greater burdockArctium lappa
Greater celandineChelidonium majus
Greek oreganoSalvia fruticosa
Ground elderAegopodium podagraria
Guelder roseViburnum opulus
Guinea hen weedPetiveria alliacea
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Ha-chikuPhyllostachys nigra var. henonis
Harlequin glorybowerClerodendrum trichotomum
Hart's pennyroyalMentha cervina
Heal and drawChaptalia nutans
HeartseaseViola tricolor
Heath speedwellVeronica officinalis
Hedge mustardSisymbrium officinale
HemlockConium maculatum
HempCannabis sativa
HenbaneHyoscyamus niger
HennaLawsonia inermis
Holy basilOcimum tenuiflorum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
HoneyweedLeonurus sibiricus
Houpu magnoliaMagnolia officinalis
Iceland poppyPapaver nudicaule
Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica
Indian ginsengWithania somnifera
Indian pokeVeratrum viride
Indian sandalwoodSantalum album
Indian snakerootRauvolfia serpentina
Indian valerianValeriana jatamansi
Indian valerianValeriana hardwickei
Inebriating mintLagochilus inebrians
JambulSyzygium cumini
Japanese bigleaf magnoliaMagnolia obovata
Japanese limeTilia japonica
Japanese peonyPaeonia obovata subsp. japonica
Jhar beriZiziphus nummularia
Jiao gu lanGynostemma pentaphyllum
Jimson weedDatura stramonium
Job's tearsCoix lacryma-jobi
JujubeZiziphus jujuba
KānukaKunzea ericoides
KavaPiper methysticum
Key limeCitrus x aurantiifolia
Kiwi fruitActinidia chinensis var. deliciosa
KnobweedHyptis capitata
Korean pasque flowerPulsatilla cernua
Korean valerianValeriana fauriei
KurodakePhyllostachys nigra punctata
Kusnezoff monkshoodAconitum kusnezoffii
Lady's bedstrawGalium verum
LantanaLantana camara subsp. aculeata
Lao benzointreeStyrax tonkinensis
Large flowered calamintClinopodium grandiflorum
Large-flowered evening primroseOenothera glazioviana
Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllos
Large-leaved limeTilia rubra
Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllos
LavandinLavandula x intermedia
Least basilOcimum campechianum
LemonCitrus x limon
Lemon balmMelissa officinalis
Lemon grassCymbopogon citratus
Lemon verbenaAloysia citrodora
Lesser periwinkleVinca minor
LettuceLactuca sativa
Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis
Lily treeMagnolia denudata
LimeTilia
Lizard's tailSaururus cernuus
LoquatEriobotrya japonica
MaceMyristica fragrans
MacelaAchyrocline saturejoides
Maidenhair treeGinkgo biloba
MaitbrandAtropa acuminata
MandrakeMandragora officinarum
Many-flowered marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
MarigoldTagetes erecta
MarjoramOriganum majorana
Marsh grass of parnassusParnassia palustris
Marsh mallowAlthaea officinalis
Marsh mallowAlthaea
Marsh valerianValeriana dioica
Marsh woundwortStachys palustris
MasterwortPeucedanum ostruthium
MasticPistacia lentiscus
May applePodophyllum peltatum
MaypopPassiflora incarnata
Meadow sweetFilipendula ulmaria
Mexican poppyArgemone mexicana
Midland hawthornCrataegus laevigata
MintMentha
MistletoeViscum album
Mongolian limeTilia mongolica
Monkey podSamanea saman
MonkshoodAconitum ferox
Monks-hoodAconitum napellus
Monnier's snowparsleyCnidium monnieri
Morning star lilyLilium concolor
MotherwortLeonurus cardiaca
Mountain laurelKalmia latifolia
Mountain peonyPaeonia x suffruticosa
Mountain soursopAnnona montana
Mouse ear hawkweedPilosella officinarum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Mulan magnoliaMagnolia liliiflora
MuskmelonCucumis melo
Narrow-leaf gumweedGrindelia lanceolata
NecatrinePrunus persica
New jersey teaCeanothus americanus
Northern bugleweedLycopus uniflorus
Northern pipevineAristolochia contorta
Northern wolfsbaneAconitum lycoctonum
NutgrassCyperus rotundus
OatAvena sativa
Officinal storaxStyrax officinalis
Old field balsamPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
OldenlandiaScleromitrion diffusum
OliveOlea europaea
Oliver's limeTilia oliveri
One-flowered broomrapeOrobanche uniflora
Opium poppyPapaver somniferum
Orange daylilyHemerocallis fulva
Orange magnolia vineSchisandra sphenanthera
Orange mulleinVerbascum phlomoides
OreganoOriganum vulgare
Ovate-leaf atractylodesAtractylodes lancea
OxlipPrimula elatior
Pale sageSalvia pallida
PapaloquelitePorophyllum ruderale
PapayaCarica papaya
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Partridge berryMitchella repens
Pasque flowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Passion fruitPassiflora edulis
Penny royalMentha pulegium
PeppermintMentha x piperita
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
Pheasant's eyeAdonis vernalis
Pheasant's eyeAdonis amurensis
Pheasant's eyeAdonis vernalis
Picea abiesPicea abies
Pineapple mayweedTanacetum bipinnatum subsp. bipinnatum
Pineapple weedMatricaria discoidea
Pineland valerianValeriana sorbifolia
Pink lady's slipperCypripedium acaule
Pink porcelain lillyAlpinia zerumbet
PistachioPistacia vera
PlantainPlantago major
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
Pot majoramOriganum hortensis
Pot marigoldCalendula officinalis
PotatoSolanum tuberosum
Prickly lettuceLactuca serriola
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Purple betonyBetonica officinalis
Purple osierSalix x lambertiana
Purple willowSalix purpurea
Purplestem angelicaAngelica atropurpurea
QuinceCydonia oblonga
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus
Ray grassLolium temulentum
Red cloverTrifolium pratense
Red sageLantana camara
Red valerianValeriana rubra
Rice paper plantTetrapanax papyrifer
Rocky mountain juniperJuniperus scopulorum
Roman camomileChamaemelum nobile
Rose geraniumPelargonium graveolens
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
Rosha grassCymbopogon martini
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
Saw palmettoSerenoa repens
ScirpusSparganium stoloniferum
Sea beanDioclea wilsonii
Sea milkwortLysimachia maritima
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Sheep laurelKalmia angustifolia
Shrubby yellowcrestHeimia salicifolia
Siberian firAbies sibirica
Siberian polygalaPolygala sibirica
Sickle-leaved hare's-earBupleurum falcatum
Siebold's wild gingerAsarum sieboldii
Silver limeTilia tomentosa
Silver vineActinidia polygama
Sitka valerianValeriana sitchensis
Small leaved limeTilia cordata
Small pasque flowerPulsatilla pratensis
Small potentilleValeriana phu
Smooth solomon's sealPolygonatum biflorum
Snakewood treeCecropia palmata
SoursopAnnona muricata
Southern blue monkshoodAconitum uncinatum
Southern catalpaCatalpa bignonioides
Southern maidenhair fernAdiantum capillus-veneris
Southern woodArtemisia abrotanum
SoybeanGlycine max
SpikenardNardostachys jatamansi
Spirit weedEryngium foetidum
Spring pasque flowerPulsatilla vernalis
St john's wortHypericum perforatum
Stag's-horn clubmossLycopodium clavatum
Star aniseIllicium verum
Sugar-applesAnnona squamosa
Sweet flagAcorus calamus
Sweet violetViola odorata
Sweet wormwoodArtemisia annua
Sweetscented marigoldTagetes lucida
Tagua taguaPassiflora serrato-digitata
TarragonArtemisia dracunculus
Threeleaf goldthreadCoptis trifolia
Three-lobe beggarticksBidens tripartita
ThymeThymus vulgaris
True cinnamonCinnamomum verum
True indigoIndigofera tinctoria
Trumpet treeCecropia obtusifolia
Tu huoAngelica laxiflora
Tuber fleeceflowerReynoutria multiflora
ValerianValeriana officinalis
VetiverChrysopogon zizanioides
Virginia water horehoundLycopus virginicus
VitexVitex agnus-castus
Water avensGeum rivale
Water birchBetula occidentalis
Water hyssopBacopa monnieri
Water-willowDianthera pectoralis
West indian bay treePimenta racemosa
Western pearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritacea
Western valerianValeriana occidentalis
White butterburPetasites albus
White dead-nettleLamium album
White henbaneHyoscyamus albus
White mulberryMorus alba var. multicaulis
White mulberryMorus alba
Wild cherryPrunus avium
Wild gooseberryRibes rotundifolium
Wild lettuceLactuca virosa
Wild lettuceLactuca quercina
Wild lettuceLactuca virosa
Wild maracujaPassiflora foetida
Wingleaf soapberrySapindus saponaria
WolfbaneAconitum vulparia
Wood avensGeum urbanum
Wood forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Woodland peonyPaeonia obovata
Woodland strawberryFragaria vesca
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Woolly thymeThymus praecox subsp. britannicus
WormseedDysphania ambrosioides
Wrinkled leaf mintMentha spicata subsp. spicata
Xing an sheng maActaea dahurica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Yellow jessamineGelsemium sempervirens
Yellow lady's slipperCypripedium parviflorum
Yellow mignonetteReseda lutea
Yellow sweet cloverMelilotus officinalis
Yellow water lilyNuphar lutea
Yerba buenaMicromeria douglasii
Yuan zhiPolygala tenuifolia
ZedoaryCurcuma zedoaria

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn0112
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