id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 2823,193,Amaranthus retroflexus L.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,26,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Stem, three inches long, made into snake figurine for snake infection.","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 26" 3513,263,Angelica hendersonii Coult. & Rose,140,Mewuk,109,m66,366,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of plant taken for mussel poisoning.,"Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366" 4420,338,Arctostaphylos nevadensis Gray,105,Karok,70,b81,18,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used for poisoning from Toxicodendron diversiloba.,"Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 18" 5317,398,Artemisia furcata var. heterophylla (Bess.) Hult‚n,137,Mendocino Indian,89,c02,392,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Juice used as an antidote for effects of poison oak.,"Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 392" 5434,401,Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana,38,Chippewa,4,d28,376,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Dried flowers placed on coals and the fumes used as an antidote to bad medicine.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 376" 5435,401,Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana,38,Chippewa,4,d28,366,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Smoke of burned flowers inhaled as antidote for 'bad medicine.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 366" 5761,407,Artemisia tridentata Nutt.,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,44-47,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction of leaves taken or leaf chewed as an antidote for any poisoning.,"Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 44-47" 6023,421,Asarum canadense L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,204,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root cooked with spoiled meat to prevent ptomaine poisoning.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204" 7441,608,Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"15, 16",2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plant taken to counteract overdose of '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 15, 16" 8045,731,Cardamine douglassii Britt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,340,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of smashed roots used to counteract any kind of poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 340" 9412,894,Chenopodium album L.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,24,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Stem, three inches long, made into snake figurine for snake infection.","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 24" 9512,902,Chenopodium incanum (S. Wats.) Heller,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,25,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Stem, three inches long, made into snake figurine for snake infection.","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 25" 10402,1031,Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.,138,Menominee,51,s23,"40, 41",2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Plant put on bite of dog which has eaten plant, to draw out the poison.","Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 40, 41" 10403,1031,Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,373,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root applied to draw poison from bite made by dog which has eaten the plant.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373" 10751,1088,Cornus alternifolia L. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,32,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of beaten bark used for bathing after 'poisons of any kind.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32" 10866,1093,Cornus florida L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,32,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of beaten bark used for bathing after 'poisons of any kind.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32" 11788,1173,Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,17,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Infusion of plant, picked from buckwheat plants, taken for black widow spider bites.","Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17" 12128,1244,Datura wrightii Regel,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,60,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Plant paste used for poisonous tarantula, snake, spider and other insect bites.","Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 60" 12698,1336,Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs,21,Bella Coola,9,s29,48,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root eaten as an antidote for poison from eating shellfish in early summer.,"Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 48" 12707,1339,Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott,21,Bella Coola,53,t73,197,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Rhizomes eaten raw to neutralize plant and shellfish poisoning.,"Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197" 12719,1342,Dryopteris sp.,112,Kitasoo,14,c93,312,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Rhizomes used as an antidote for food poisoning.,"Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 312" 12757,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,61,Dakota,17,g19,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for many poisonous conditions.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131" 12778,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,177,Omaha,17,g19,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for many poisonous conditions.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131" 12779,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,177,Omaha,154,g13ii,333,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Poultice of smashed roots applied to septic diseases.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 333" 12793,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,190,Pawnee,17,g19,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for many poisonous conditions.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131" 12803,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,205,Ponca,17,g19,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for many poisonous conditions.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131" 12817,1348,Echinacea angustifolia DC.,280,Winnebago,17,g19,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for many poisonous conditions.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131" 12854,1350,Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.,238,Sioux,30,h92,38,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Used as an antidote for rattlesnake and other venomous bites, stings and poisonous conditions.","Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38" 14234,1550,Eryngium aquaticum L.,39,Choctaw,138,c51,287,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Root used as an 'anti-poison', especially good for snake bite.","Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287" 14261,1551,Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,248,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root used as an antidote for poisons and for bladder trouble.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248" 14564,1582,Eupatorium purpureum L.,157,Navajo,74,e44,85,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for poison.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 85" 15049,1644,Frangula californica ssp. californica,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,58,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Crushed berries used to counteract poisoning.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 58" 16322,1786,Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,51,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plant used as an antidote for taking too much 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 51" 17532,1932,Hydrophyllum canadense L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,420,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound infusion of roots taken as antidote for poisons.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 420" 19345,2080,Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,25,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Cold infusion of plant taken as needed for datura poisoning.,"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 25" 19457,2093,Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell,100,Iroquois,7,h77,307,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction taken to counteract poison made from menstrual blood and fruit.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 307" 19957,2145,Lespedeza capitata Michx.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,229,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root used as antidote for poison.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 229" 21200,2265,Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.,209,Quileute,25,g73,48,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Leaves chewed as an emetic when poisoned.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48" 22081,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,100,Iroquois,7,h77,283,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound infusion taken as remedy for poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 283" 22658,2443,Mentha arvensis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,428,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plants taken to vomit as cure for poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428" 22981,2467,Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link,100,Iroquois,7,h77,421,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound infusion of roots taken as an antidote for poisons.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421" 23008,2478,Mimulus ringens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,435,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plants used as wash to counteract poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 435" 23932,2585,Nicotiana rustica L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,430,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plants used as wash to counteract poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 430" 25303,2729,Packera neomexicana var. neomexicana,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,49,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant used as an antidote for narcotics.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 49" 25542,2757,Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,382,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of twigs taken and used as wash to counteract poison sumac.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382" 26758,2926,Physaria newberryi Gray,95,Hopi,72,f96,16,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Plant taken as an antidote after the snake dance.,"Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 16" 26763,2927,Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze,92,Hesquiat,41,te82,73,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Decoction of bark taken as an antidote for poisoning, caused vomiting.","Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73" 28356,2996,Plantago aristata Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion used for poisonous bites and stings.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50" 28373,2999,Plantago lanceolata L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Infusion used for poisonous bites, stings and snakebites.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50" 28399,3001,Plantago major L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,122,Antidote,"Infusion used for poisonous bites, stings and snakebites.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50" 29769,3116,Portulaca oleracea L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,318,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Good medicine to cure you if someone has given you some bad medicine.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 318" 32285,3273,Quercus macrocarpa Michx.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,303,2,Drug,122,Antidote,'Plant will stop the effects of the laxative made from V. opulus.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303" 32633,3299,Ranunculus abortivus L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,320,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction of smashed root taken to counteract poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320" 32767,3325,Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,381,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of plant taken and poultice applied to swelling caused by poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381" 32869,3342,Rhododendron occidentale var. occidentale,145,Modesse,109,m66,224,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Used for poisoning.,"Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224" 32975,3347,Rhus glabra L.,177,Omaha,154,g13ii,335,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Poultice of plants applied for poisoning.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 335" 33315,3358,Ribes americanum P. Mill.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,345,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound infusion of branches taken as remedy for poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 345" 34316,3438,Rubus allegheniensis Porter,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,243,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction of root used as an antidote for poison.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 243" 35436,3490,Rumex orbiculatus Gray,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,237,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction of root taken as an antidote for poison.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237" 35861,3531,Salix hookeriana Barratt ex Hook.,133,Makah,25,g73,27,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Leaves used as an antidote for shell-fish poisoning.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27" 36810,3567,Sambucus racemosa L.,138,Menominee,176,d32,131,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Decoction of scraped inner bark used as a quick emetic in cases of poisoning.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 131" 37074,3577,Sanicula marilandica L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,397,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Compound decoction of plants taken to vomit to counteract a poison.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 397" 38100,3694,Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.,138,Menominee,51,s23,38,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Root used for poisonous bite inflicted by horse which has eaten root.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 38" 39091,3849,Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake,241,Skagit,25,g73,47,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Berries eaten as an antidote for poisoning.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 47" 40460,3972,Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene,266,Tolowa,70,b81,58,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Buds eaten in the spring to obtain immunity from the plant poisons.,"Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58" 43510,4184,Vitis vulpina L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,252,2,Drug,122,Antidote,Infusion of twigs held in mouth by children as antidote for poisoning.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 252"