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  • Cathartic: A strong laxative but less violent than a purgative. (90)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abronia fragransSnowball Sand VerbenaCathartic21
Acer glabrumRock MapleCathartic21
Allium canadenseCanadian GarlicCathartic42
Allium canadense mobilenseCanadian GarlicCathartic52
Allium vinealeCrow GarlicCathartic32
Alnus glutinosaAlderCathartic03
Alnus rubraRed AlderCathartic22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled AlderCathartic02
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading DogbaneCathartic02
Arundinaria giganteaCane ReedCathartic31
Asarum europaeumAsarabaccaCathartic02
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy RootCathartic33
Baptisia lacteaWild IndigoCathartic01
Betula alleghaniensisYellow BirchCathartic32
Bryonia dioicaRed BryonyCathartic12
Buxus sempervirensBoxCathartic12
Chelone glabraBalmonyCathartic03
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn CrocusCathartic03
Convolvulus scammoniaScammonyCathartic02
Cornus canadensisCreeping DogwoodCathartic42
Cornus rugosaRound-Leaved DogwoodCathartic01
Coronilla scorpioidesAnnual Scorpion VetchCathartic01
Cytisus scopariusBroomCathartic13
Daphne mezereumMezereonCathartic02
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacreCathartic02
Euonymus americanusStrawberry BushCathartic02
Euonymus atropurpureusWahooCathartic12
Frasera caroliniensisAmerican ColumboCathartic02
Fraxinus excelsiorAshCathartic22
Genista tinctoriaDyer's GreenweedCathartic12
Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue WeedCathartic02
Gillenia stipulataAmerican IpecacuannaCathartic03
Gillenia trifoliataIndian PhysicCathartic03
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweedCathartic02
Hedera helixIvyCathartic03
Hedera nepalensisNepal IvyCathartic02
Helleborus nigerBlack HelleboreCathartic02
Helleborus viridisGreen HelleboreCathartic02
Hydrangea arborescensSeven BarksCathartic13
Ilex verticillataWinterberryCathartic13
Impatiens balsaminaRose BalsamCathartic22
Ipomoea pandurataWild Potato VineCathartic32
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocketCathartic12
Iris foetidissimaStinking GladwinCathartic02
Iris pallidaDalmation IrisCathartic21
Iris pseudacorusYellow FlagCathartic12
Iris versicolorBlue FlagCathartic03
Lathyrus sativusChickling PeaCathartic21
Linaria vulgarisYellow ToadflaxCathartic12
Lobelia radicansCathartic03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue LobeliaCathartic02
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian HoneysuckleCathartic12
Lonicera gracilipesCathartic11
Lonicera gracilipes glabraCathartic11
Lonicera morrowiiCathartic11
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleCathartic12
Lonicera sempervirensTrumpet HoneysuckleCathartic01
Mandragora officinarumMandrakeCathartic12
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbeanCathartic23
Morus rubraRed MulberryCathartic32
Paeonia emodiCathartic12
Phytolacca americanaPokeweedCathartic33
Picrorhiza kurroaKuruCathartic03
Pinus contortaBeach PineCathartic32
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican MandrakeCathartic24
Polygala senegaSenega Snake RootCathartic03
Populus balsamiferaBalsam PoplarCathartic13
Psoralea glandulosaCulenCathartic31
Quercus gambeliiShin OakCathartic32
Rhamnus catharticaCommon BuckthornCathartic03
Rhamnus frangulaAlder BuckthornCathartic03
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil PlantCathartic14
Rubus occidentalisBlack RaspberryCathartic42
Salsola kaliSaltwortCathartic32
Sambucus callicarpaRed Coast ElderCathartic32
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood RootCathartic03
Senna marilandicaWild SennaCathartic03
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo BerryCathartic32
Sinapis albaWhite MustardCathartic33
Smilacena racemosaFalse SpikenardCathartic42
Solidago giganteaGiant GoldenrodCathartic02
Solidago rigidaStiff GoldenrodCathartic02
Stachys officinalisWood BetonyCathartic12
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild CucumberCathartic42
Streptopus roseusScootberryCathartic42
Tamus communisBlack BryonyCathartic12
Triosteum perfoliatumWild CoffeeCathartic12
Veratrum albumWhite HelleboreCathartic02
Veronicastrum virginicumBeaumont's RootCathartic03
Viola caninaDog VioletCathartic31

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