Common cold
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Common cold
- Purple coneflowerEchinacea angustifoliaClinicalCaution
- Klyukva / CranberryVaccinium oxycoccosClinicalCaution
- GarlicAllium sativumClinicalCaution
- Kalmegh (King of Bitters)Andrographis paniculataClinicalCaution
- Astragalus (Huang Qi)Astragalus membranaceusClinicalCaution
- CinnamonCinnamomum verumClinicalDanger
- Echinacea (Purple coneflower)Echinacea purpureaClinicalCaution
- EphedraEphedra sinicaClinicalDanger
- Bo he / Chinese mintMentha haplocalyxClinicalCaution
- PeppermintMentha piperitaClinicalDanger
- Rosehip / dog roseRosa caninaClinicalCaution
- Elder / ElderflowerSambucus nigraClinicalDanger
- ThymeThymus vulgarisClinicalCaution
- GingerZingiber officinaleClinicalCaution
- BonesetEupatorium perfoliatumPreclinicalCaution
- BonesetEupatorium perfoliatumPreclinicalCaution
- Wild bergamot (bee balm)Monarda fistulosaPreclinical
- American spikenard / wild sarsaparillaAralia racemosaPreclinical
- Sweet flag (North American calamus)Acorus americanusPreclinicalCaution
- Balsam poplar / cottonwood (balm)Populus balsamiferaPreclinicalCaution
- GuacoMikania glomerataPreclinicalCaution
- Andean mint-verbena / Pronto alivioLippia albaPreclinicalCaution
- Fang feng (防风) / silerSaposhnikovia divaricataPreclinicalCaution
- Incised notopterygium / qiang huo (羌活)Notopterygium incisumPreclinicalCaution
- Schizonepeta / jing jie (荆芥)Schizonepeta tenuifoliaPreclinicalCaution
- YarrowAchillea millefoliumPreclinicalCaution
- Pleurisy RootAsclepias tuberosaPreclinicalCaution
- MyrrhCommiphora molmolPreclinicalCaution
- EucalyptusEucalyptus globulusPreclinicalDanger
- Japanese honeysuckle flowerLonicera japonicaPreclinicalCaution
- German ChamomileMatricaria chamomillaPreclinicalCaution
- Wild mint / pennyroyal groupMentha longifoliaPreclinicalDanger
- OreganoOriganum vulgarePreclinicalCaution
- Zi su / perillaPerilla frutescensPreclinicalCaution
- Hooke's pincushionPterocephalus hookeriPreclinicalCaution
- Wild thymeThymus serpyllumPreclinicalCaution
- Linden / lime flowerTilia cordataPreclinical
- Eastern red cedarJuniperus virginianaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Cheryomukha / Bird cherryPrunus padusTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Sosna / Scots pinePinus sylvestrisTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Brusnika / Lingonberry (cowberry)Vaccinium vitis-idaeaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Himalayan/Plateau wild onion (Jimbu-type)Allium przewalskianumTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Black MustardBrassica nigraTraditional (systematized)Caution
- LemonCitrus limonTraditional (systematized)
- HyssopHyssopus officinalisTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Cramp BarkViburnum opulusTraditional (systematized)Danger
- Linden / lime blossomTiliaFolk