id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 1418,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used to stimulate menstruation.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1419,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,105,w47,"73, 74",2,Drug,6,Analgesic,Infusion of root 'in spirits' used for rheumatic pains.,"Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73, 74" 1420,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,6,Analgesic,Used as an anodyne.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1421,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,105,w47,"73, 74",2,Drug,92,Antirheumatic (Internal),Infusion of root 'in spirits' used for rheumatic pains.,"Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73, 74" 1422,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,92,Antirheumatic (Internal),Infusion of roots in alcoholic spirits used for rheumatism.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1423,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,21,Cold Remedy,Infusion taken for colds.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1424,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,9,Cough Medicine,Infusion taken for coughs.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1425,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,8,Dermatological Aid,Given for hives.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1426,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,8,Dermatological Aid,Infusion of slightly astringent plant taken for rheumatism.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1427,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,117,Diuretic,Used as a diuretic.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1428,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,36,Laxative,Infusion taken for constipation.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1429,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,42,Pediatric Aid,Given to make babies sleep.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1430,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,15,Sedative,Given to make babies sleep.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1431,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,90,Stimulant,Given for fatigue.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1432,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,69,Tonic,Used as a tonic.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1433,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,49,Tuberculosis Remedy,"Infusion taken for colds, coughs, 'consumption' and constipation.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30" 1434,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,62,Delaware,97,t72,39,2,Drug,69,Tonic,Combined with elecampane and stone roots to make a tonic.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 39" 1435,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,62,Delaware,97,t72,33,2,Drug,69,Tonic,Used with elecampane and stone root to make a tonic.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33" 1436,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"32, 74",2,Drug,69,Tonic,Compound containing root used as a tonic.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 74" 1437,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,100,Iroquois,7,h77,320,2,Drug,35,Antirheumatic (External),Decoction of roots or plants used as a soak and steambath for rheumatism.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320" 1438,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,100,Iroquois,7,h77,321,2,Drug,11,Blood Medicine,Root used as a blood purifier.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 321" 1439,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,100,Iroquois,7,h77,320,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken to 'promote the flow of milk in women.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320" 1440,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,100,Iroquois,7,h77,320,2,Drug,39,Orthopedic Aid,Poultice of smashed leaves applied to babies with sore backs.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320" 1441,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,100,Iroquois,7,h77,320,2,Drug,42,Pediatric Aid,Poultice of smashed leaves applied to babies with sore backs.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320" 1442,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,56,2,Drug,3,Kidney Aid,Root used for kidney trouble.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56" 1443,60,Actaea racemosa var. racemosa,192,Penobscot,103,s17,310311,2,Drug,3,Kidney Aid,Root used to make a medicine and taken for kidney trouble.,"Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310311"