Healing traditions
Plant medicine systems from around the world
African
Medicinal and stimulant plants rooted in the traditions of Africa, including East African and sub-Saharan materia medica.
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
Plants used across many cultures and modern pharmacology worldwide — from everyday foods and beverages to globally traded medicinal herbs.
20 plantsNative American
Diverse plant knowledge from Indigenous peoples of North America — ethnobotanical traditions with limited but growing clinical documentation.
31 plantsPacific
Plants of the Pacific Islands and Oceania used in ceremonial and traditional practice — most notably kava.
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