Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

Wolfberry (Chinese Boxthorn, Chinese Matrimony-
Vine, Chinese Wolfberry); Lycium chinense
Mill., 791
Wood Anemone (European Wood Anemone);
Anemone nemorosa L., 792
Wood Betony (Bishop’s Wort, Purple Betony);
Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis. (Synonyms:
Betonica officinalis L., Stachys betonica
Benth.), 792
Wood Ear, Mu Ehr; Auricularia spp. (Not in GRIN),
793
Wood Rose (Baby Wood Rose, Elephant Climber,
Silver Morning Glory, Wooly Morning
Glory); Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer
(Synonyms: A. speciosa (L. f.) Sweet,
Convolvulus nervosus Burm. f., C. speciosus
L. f., Lettsomia nervosa (Burm. f.) Roxb.),
793
Woodruff (Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister); Galium
odoratum (L.) Scop. (Synonym: Asperula
odorata L.), 794
Wood Sage (Wood Germander); Teucrium scorodonia
L., 795
Wood Sorrel (Cuckoo Bread, European Wood Sorrel,
Irish Shamrock); Oxalis acetosella L., 795
Wooly Digitalis, Wooly Foxglove (Grecian
Foxglove); Digitalis lanata Ehrh., 796
Wormgrass; Spigelia anthelmia L., 796
Wormseed (American Wormseed, Jerusalem Tea,
Mexican Tea, Spanish Tea); Chenopodium
ambrosioides L. (Synonyms: C.
ambrosioides var. anthelminticum (L.) A.
Gray, C. anthelminticum L.), 797
Wormwood (Absinthe, Absinthe Wormwood,
Absinthium); Artemisia absinthium L., 798
Woundwort (Hedge Nettle, Marsh Betony, Marsh
Woundwort); Stachys palustris L., 800

Y

Yarrow, Milfoil; Achillea millefolium L. (Synonyms:
A. borealis Bong., A. lanulosa Nutt., A.

magna auct., A. millefolium subsp. borealis

(Bong.) Breitung, A. millefolium subsp.

lanulosa (Nutt.) Piper, A. millefolium var.

occidentale DC.), 801

Yaupon; Ilex vomitoria Sol. ex Aiton, 802

Yellow Dock (Curly Dock, Sour Dock); Rumex

crispus L., 803

Yellow Jessamine (Carolina Jasmine, Evening

Trumpet Flower, Woodbine); Gelsemium

sempervirens (L.) J. St.-Hil.) (Synonym:

Bignonia sempervirens L.), 804

Yellow Lupine (European Yellow Lupine); Lupinus

luteus L., 805

Yellowroot; Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall, 805

Yellow Sweet Clover (Field Melilot, Ribbed Melilot,

Yellow Melilot); Melilotus officinalis Lam.

(Synonyms: M. arvensis Wallr., M. officinalis

var. micranthus O. E. Schulz, M. vulgaris

Hill, Trifolium officinale L.), 806

Yellow Toadflax, Butter And Eggs (Common

Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon); Linaria

vulgaris Mill., 807

Yerba Mansa; Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. &

Arn. (Synonym: Anemia californica Nutt.),

807

Yerba Santa (Mountain Balm); Eriodictyon

californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr., 808

Yew; Taxus sp., 809

Yohimbe; Pausinystalia johimbe (K. Schum.) Pierre

ex Beille (Synonym: Corynanthe johimbe K.

Schum.), 809

Yoko; Paullinia yoko R. E. Schult. & Killip, 810

Yucca; Yucca spp., 811

Z

Zedoary (Kua); Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.)

Roscoe; (Synonym: Amomum zedoaria

Christm.), 813