id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 14051,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,157,2,Drug,12,Ceremonial Medicine,Plant used in medicine ceremonies.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157" 14052,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,157,2,Drug,23,Oral Aid,Plant chewed to sweeten the saliva.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157" 14053,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,157,2,Drug,,,Plant used for medicinal purposes.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157" 14054,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,43,2,Drug,104,Heart Medicine,Roots chewed for a heart medicine.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43" 14055,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,43,2,Drug,60,Psychological Aid,Infusion of roots used for despondency.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43" 14056,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,19,2,Drug,60,Psychological Aid,Plant smoked when disturbed by dreaming of tobacco worms.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19" 14057,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,6,Analgesic,Decoction of whole plant taken to ease labor pains.,"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23" 14058,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,126,Contraceptive,Root used as a contraceptive.,"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23" 14059,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,14,Gastrointestinal Aid,Cold infusion of whole plant taken to kill a swallowed red ant.,"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23" 14060,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken to ease labor pains.,"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23" 14061,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,20,Panacea,Root used as a 'life medicine.',"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23" 14062,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,291,Zuni,157,cb80,378,2,Drug,25,Eye Medicine,Root soaked in water and used as a wash for sore eyes.,"Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378" 14063,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,291,Zuni,157,cb80,378,2,Drug,14,Gastrointestinal Aid,Fresh or dried root eaten for stomachaches.,"Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378" 14064,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,291,Zuni,6,s15,50,2,Drug,23,Oral Aid,"Root carried in mouth for sore tongue, then buried in river bottom.","Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 50" 14065,1514,Eriogonum jamesii Benth.,291,Zuni,6,s15,91,3,Other,30,Ceremonial Items,Ground blossom powder given to ceremonial dancers impersonating anthropic gods to bring rain. The blossom powder was given to the dancers after they were dressed for the ceremony. The dance director placed it in the mouth of each dancer so that the dance would bring rain. Each dancer ejected the medicine from his mouth over his body and apparel.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 91"