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

Rev.11-03-2021

Bitter

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Bitter, Bitter Tonic, Pungent

Plant Names

English

Latin
AcalbirDatisca cannabina
Ague weedGentianella quinquefolia
AjwainTrachyspermum ammi
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
AmargoQuassia amara
American columboFrasera caroliniensis
Amur cork treePhellodendron amurense
AndirobaCarapa guianensis
AnemarrheaAnemarrhena asphodeloides
Angled loofahLuffa acutangula
AngosturaAngostura trifoliata
Angular winter cherryPhysalis angulata
Athel tamariskTamarix aphylla
Autograph treeClusia rosea
Axle wood treeTerminalia anogeissiana
BaheraTerminalia bellirica
BarleyHordeum vulgare
Bastard cabbage treeAndira inermis
Bigleaf periwinkleVinca major
BirthwortAristolochia
Bitter melonMomordica charantia
Bitter milkwortPolygala amara
Bitter or mountain damsonSimarouba amara
Bitter orangeCitrus x aurantium
BitterwoodPicrasma quassioides
Black alderAlnus glutinosa
Black oil plantCelastrus paniculatus
Black spleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Blackboard treeAlstonia scholaris
Blue hazeEvolvulus alsinoides
BoldoPeumus boldus
Bottle gentianGentiana andrewsii
Bracted bugleweedAjuga integrifolia
Brown gentianGentiana pannonica
Brown knapweedCentaurea jacea
BugleAjuga reptans
Canadian moonseedMenispermum canadense
Cane buckthornRhamnus virgata
Cardinal's guardPachystachys spicata
Carry me seedPhyllanthus amarus
CascarillaCroton eluteria
CedronHomalolepis cedron
ChairataSwertia chirayita
Chamber bitterPhyllanthus urinaria
Chinese cork treePhellodendron chinense
Chinese goldthreadCoptis chinensis
Chocolate vineAkebia quinata
Chop-suey greensChrysanthemum coronarium var. spatiosum
Colts footTussilago farfara
Common centauryCentaurium erythraea
Common mealie-witchweedStriga asiatica
Common snapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Common wireweedSida acuta
Crepe gingerHellenia speciosa
Downy birchBetula pubescens
Downy gentianGentiana puberulenta
Downy tree of heavenAilanthus altissima
Dutchman’s pipeAristolochia tomentosa
ElecampaneInula helenium
Fever-fewTanacetum parthenium
Fish poisonTephrosia purpurea
Flowering dogwoodCornus florida
Fremont's mahoniaBerberis fremontii
Garland chrysanthemumGlebionis coronaria
GentianNeopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora
German chamomileMatricaria chamomilla
Great yellow gentianGentiana lutea
Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica
Green chiraytaAndrographis paniculata
GreenheartChlorocardium rodiei
Hairy bergeniaBergenia ciliata
Himalayan boxBuxus wallichiana
Himalayan gentianGentiana kurroo
Hoary stockMatthiola incana
Horny cone-bushIsopogon ceratophyllus
Houpu magnoliaMagnolia officinalis
Husk tomatoPhysalis pubescens
Indian barberryBerberis aristata
Indian chrysanthemumChrysanthemum indicum
Indian paper plantDaphne papyracea
Indian persimmonDiospyros malabarica
Indian snakerootRauvolfia serpentina
JadwarDelphinium denudatum
Japanese mugwortArtemisia princeps
Kola nutCola nitida
Korean gentianGentiana scabra
Lady banks' roseRosa banksiae
Lemon balmMelissa officinalis
Lesser periwinkleVinca minor
Licorice weedScoparia dulcis
Malay blumeaBlumea lacera
MasterwortPeucedanum ostruthium
Milk thistleSilybum marianum
MoringaMoringa oleifera
Native cherryExocarpos cupressiformis
Ox kneeAchyranthes bidentata
PitangaEugenia uniflora
Prickly ashZanthoxylum rhoifolium
Purple gentianGentiana purpurea
QuinaCinchona
Red river snakerootAristolochia reticulata
RoselleHibiscus sabdariffa
Sampson's snakerootPsoralea pedunculata
Savanna courbarilHomalolepis morettii
Sensitive plantMimosa pudica
Shrubby sophoraSophora flavescens
Sicklefruit fenugreekTrigonella balansae
Silver birchBetula pendula
SnakewoodBrosimum guianense
Soapwort gentianGentiana saponaria
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
Spotted gentianGentiana punctata
Spreading false pimpernelVandellia diffusa
St. benedict's thistleCentaurea benedicta
Star gentianGentiana cruciata
Stemless gentianGentiana acaulis
Sweetbay magnoliaMagnolia virginiana
SyringaMelia azedarach
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Toothbrush treeSalvadora persica
Tulip treeLiriodendron tulipifera
Unicorn rootAletris farinosa
Velvet leafCissampelos pareira
Virginia snake rootAristolochia serpentaria
Wall germanderTeucrium chamaedrys
White ashFraxinus americana
White fringetreeChionanthus virginicus
White juteCorchorus capsularis
Wild cabbageBrassica oleracea
Wild privetLigustrum vulgare
Wingleaf soapberrySapindus saponaria
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Yellow oleanderCascabela thevetia
Yellow prickly ashZanthoxylum caribaeum

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn1958
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