There is not enough evidence to support the use of herbal medicines.

Plants included here are those that have been or are being used medicinally, in at least one such medicinal tradition.

History The use of plants as medicine predates written human history.

The traditional midwives, who had learned from relatives and practiced for many years, taught the students about home births in hammocks, herbal medicines, and their own approaches to obstetric emergencies and prenatal care.

Medicines to correct heart rhythm Antidepressants or herbal remedy used to treat depression and anxiety Antifungal agents Certain medicines to treat HIV infection Anticonvulsants used to treat epilepsy

In S. Tomé and Príncipe, a large number of medications are derived from plants that have been used for centuries in traditional medicine.

Alseuosmiaceae is a plant family of the order Asterales found in Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.

The Valerianaceae Batsch, the valerian family, was a family of flowering plants that is now considered part of the Caprifoliaceae.

The Morinaceae have been recognized as a family of plants in the order Dipsacales.

Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.

Phrymaceae, also known as the lopseed family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.

Pedaliaceae (pedalium family or sesame family) is a flowering plant family classified in the order Scrophulariales in the Cronquist system and Lamiales in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.

Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species.

Martyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the New World.

Calceolariaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that has been recently segregated from Scrophulariaceae.

Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species.

The Sarraceniaceae are a family of pitcher plants, belonging to order Ericales (previously Nepenthales).

Myrsinaceae, or the myrsine family, was formerly recognized as a rather large family from the order Ericales, consisting of 35 genera and about 1000 species.

The Cyrillaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas.

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Podostemaceae (riverweed family) is a family in the order Malpighiales.

Erythroxylaceae (or coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and approximately 240 species.

The Frankeniaceae are a family of flowering plants, widely recognized by many taxonomists it has commonly been assumed to be closely related to family Tamaricaceae.

Basellaceae is a family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.

The Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, represent the most species rich lineage within the flowering plant order of Caryophyllales.

Most recent authors of taxonomic treatises have maintained the family Limnanthaceae but placed it in the order Geraniales, including Thorne (1976) Cronquist (1988), who nevertheless states that Limnanthaceae are, without...obvious affinities... and Takhtajan (1980).

Onagraceae, known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family, is a family of flowering plants.

The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed buckwheat family in the United States.

Nepenthes (), popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, is a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae.

Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants.

The Centrolepidaceae are a family of flowering plants.

The Joinvilleaceae are a family of flowering plants.

Sparganiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants.

The Thurniaceae are a family of flowering plants.

The Typhaceae are a family of flowering plants.

Limnocharitaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants in the monocot order Alismatales.

Potamogetonaceae, commonly referred to as the pondweed family, is an aquatic family of monocotyledonous flowering plants.

Zosteraceae is closely related to Potamogetonaceae, a family of freshwater aquatics.

Apothecary Tomé Pires and physicians Garcia de Orta and Cristóbal Acosta collected and published works on plants and medicines, soon translated by Flemish pioneer botanist Carolus Clusius.

With an immense natural richness, great importance is given to the medicinal plants on the islands instead of the industrialized medications, forging the individual uses of the latter.

The Magnoliaceae are a flowering plant family, the magnolia family, in the order Magnoliales.

The WHO said that studies indicate that up to 40 of artesunate based malaria medications are counterfeit, especially in the Greater Mekong region and have established a rapid alert system to enable information about counterfeit drugs to be rapidly reported to the relevant authorities in participating countries.

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The Eriocaulaceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales, commonly known as the pipewort family.

The Notothyladaceae is the only family of hornworts in the order Notothyladales.