Plants or derivatives used to treat medical conditions in humans or animals

concept

White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.

Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.

[Leaflet advertising Lord & Lady flower essences (Glastonbury), a form of vibrational healing].

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.

Ortus sanitatis.

A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton].

The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're experiencing some technical problems in the library today. 

If you’re visiting us, you won’t be able to print or use our PCs or laptops. If you want to sign-up for a free library membership, we’ll give you a temporary card for today and complete your membership next time you visit.

You can access items from the collection as usual and our team is on hand to help. Thank you for your patience while we resolve these issues. 

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Plants, Medicinal

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plants, Medicinal

Works from the collections

The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Plants, Medicinal

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plants, Medicinal

Works from the collections

The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Der Thüringer Kräutergarten : von Heilkräutern, Hexen und Buckelapothekern / Otto Ludwig ; durchgesehen und überarbeitet von Michael Gutheil und Eberhard Mey.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Related topics