Materia Medica

Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) — Yellow Wild Indigo, Horsefly Weed
Wild indigo, Baptisia tinctoria, is a yellow-flowered eastern North American perennial with dye, ethnobotanical and historic Eclectic-medicine uses. This guide separates that history from modern evidence, explains quinolizidine-alkaloid safety, and clarifies why common-cold research on multi-herb combinations does not prove Baptisia works alone. Read more...