Healing traditions
Plant medicine systems from around the world
African
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5 plantsAyurveda
One of the world's oldest medical systems from the Indian subcontinent, using plant-based preparations alongside diet and lifestyle.
62 plantsChinese
A systematized medical system spanning over two millennia, with herbal formulas increasingly studied in modern clinical trials.
75 plantsEdible & Nutrition
Plants used primarily as food, with recognized nutritional value and mild medicinal properties.
37 plantsEuropean
European herbal medicine and its North American (Eclectic) offshoot — historical use combined with clinical research.
193 plantsGeorgian
Georgia's traditional plant medicine, shaped by Caucasus biodiversity and documented in manuscripts and folk practice.
101 plantsGlobal
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20 plantsNative American
Diverse plant knowledge from Indigenous peoples of North America — ethnobotanical traditions with limited but growing clinical documentation.
31 plantsPacific
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2 plantsSlavic
A rich tradition of folk and official herbal medicine, extensively documented through Soviet-era pharmacological research.
49 plantsSouth American
Rich ethnobotanical traditions from Indigenous peoples of South America, including the Amazon basin — many plants with emerging clinical interest.
28 plantsTibetan
Rooted in Buddhist medicine and the Gyushi (Four Tantras); evidence base is thinner than Chinese or Western traditions.
40 plants