Canaigre

BO: Rumex hymenosepalus Syn: wild red american ginseng, ganagra, wild rhubarb, Arizona dock, or tanner's dock
Uses: roots astringent properties Topical use for skin irritations, treatment for sore throat, prevention of diarrhea Useful material for tanning leather and dying wood Components: 30-45% tannins in addition to anthraquinones

Catnip
BO: Nepeta cataria Syn: catswort, or catmint
Uses: sedative, tea, juice, tincture, infusion or poultice, known for its numbing effect Components: (77-90%) cistrans-nepetalactone

Camomile
BO: Matricaria chamomilla Syn: Wild Chamomile, Sweet Chamomile, German Chamomile, Hungarian Chamomile, Mayweed, Scented Mayweed, Pineapple Weed
Uses: carminative, spasmolytic, antiinflammatory effects, good for insomnia Components: esters of angelic and tiglic, together with amyl and isobutyl alcohol's. It also contains anthemol and a hydrocarbon anthemene. The flowers contain various volatile oils including proazulenes

Chaparral
BO: Larrea tridentata Syn: creosote bush
Uses: treatment for bronchitis, alleviation of rheumatic pain,treatment for many maladies, including sexually transmitted disease, tuberculosis, chicken pox, dysmenorrhea, and snakebite Components: leaflets do yield up to 20% of resin that is effective antioxidant (nordihydroguaiaretic acid, NDGA)

Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Polypeptide hormone that is secreted by the duodenal mucosa Uses: stimulates the flow of digestive fluids of the gal bladder and pancreas, suppress appetite

Cocillana
BO: Guerea rusbyi Syn: Guarea guidonia

Uses: nauseating expectorant, cathartic and emetic properties Components:

Collinsonia
BO: Collinsonia canadensis Syn: Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardha ck, Heal-All, Horseweed,OxBalm and Stone root Uses: astringent, ingredient in hemorrhoidal product, diuretic, diaphoretic, tonic Components: mucilage, resin, tannin

Coltsfoot
BO: Tussilago farfara Syn: farfara
Uses: demulcents, expectorants Components: mucilage, 2hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid, senkirkine, tussilagine (carcinogenic component In young flowers)

Comfrey
BO: Symphytum officinale Syn: boneset, knitbone, consound, and slipperyroot
Uses: cure ulceration, tea, treating burns and wounds Components: pyrolizidinealka loids (lasiocarpine- causes liver cancer)

Cucurbita Seed
BO: C. pepo (pumpkin and summer squash), C. maxima (hubbard, turban, marblehead, sibley squashes), C. moschata (crookneck, china squashes) Syn: squash seeds

Uses: teniafuge (kills tapeworms) Components: cucurbitin

Damiana
BO: Turnera diffusa Syn:
Uses: aphrodisiac, tea and incense Components: high ethanol content (50%), -pinene, carotene, pinene, eucalyptol, tannins and thymol

Devils Claw
BO: Harpagophytum procumbens Syn: grapple plant, wood spider
Uses: treatment of rheumatism, anti-inflammatory effect, Liver, gallbladder, and kidney ailments Components: harpagide, harpagoside, procumbide, sugars, gum resin, Betasitosterol

Echinacea
BO: Echinacea angustifolia Syn: Narrow-leaved purple coneflower, blacksamson echinacea
Uses: treating bites of poisonous reptiles and insects, palliative agent in malignant conditions, wound healing properties Components: echinacoside, caffeic acid glycoside, echinicin B, (Z)-1,8- pentadecadiene

Eleuthero
BO: Eleutherococcus senticosus Syn: acanthopanax senticosus, siberian ginseng, devils shrub, ci wu ju, and touch-me-not
Uses: has stimulant and tonic effects, help stimulate the body to fight harder against other diseases linked to a depressed immune system, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and Lyme disease, and may help prevent some types of cancer as well Components: saponin glycoside (eleutheroside),

Evening Primrose Oil

BO: Oenothera biennis Syn: Tree Primrose, Sundrop, King's Cure All
Uses: to treat atopic eczema, weight control, schizophrenia, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, pre menstrual discomfort, acne, alcoholism Components: contains 15& 20% of a fixed oil (8% y-linolenic acid)

Eyebright
BO: Euphasia officinales Syn: meadow eyebright, red eyebright

Uses: treatment of black eyes, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, eye strain, styes, hay fever Components: tannins

Fenugreek
BO: Trigonella foenumgraecum Syn: Abish, alholva, bird's foot, bockhornsklover, bockshornklee, bockshornsamen, cemen, chilbe, diosgenin, fenegriek, fenogreco Uses: as demulcent, emollient, treatment for indigestion, flavoring agent in imitation maple syrup Components: trigonelline, mucilaginous hydrocolloid

Fo-ti-tieng
BO: Centella asiatica Syn: Chinese Cornbind, Chinese Knotweed, Climbing Knotweed, Flowery Knotweed, Fo Ti Tieng, FoTi-Tient, He Shou Wu, Ho Shou Wu, Multiflora Preparata, Poligonum, Poligonum multiflorum, Polygonum, Polygonum multiflorum, Polygonum Multiflorum Thunberg Uses: as sedative, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing activities, antiaging Components: contains lecithin, anthraquinones, chrysophanic acid, emodin, rhein, and chrysophanic acid anthrone