id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource
1303,55,Acorus calamus L.,125,Lakota,156,k90,48,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Infusion of roots taken for high blood pressure.,"Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 48"
2322,166,Allium vineale L.,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,34,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Raw root bulbs chewed for high blood pressure.,"Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 34"
2610,173,Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,22,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Cold infusion of bark taken to purify blood or lower blood pressure.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22"
13426,1424,Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,19,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Infusion of stems taken for high blood pressure.,"Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man  Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 19"
13996,1505,Eriogonum elongatum Benth.,131,Mahuna,5,r54,22,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Plant used for high blood pressure and hardening of arteries.,"Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 22"
16538,1815,Helenium microcephalum DC.,48,Comanche,143,j68,4,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,"Flowers dried, crushed and inhaled for low blood pressure.","Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 4"
17487,1926,Hydrangea arborescens L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,54,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Bark chewed for high blood pressure.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54"
18278,2034,Juglans nigra L.,96,Houma,49,speck41,66,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Decoction of mashed leaves taken for relief from 'blood pressure.',"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 66"
18412,2053,Juniperus californica Carr.,65,Diegueno,122,h75,216,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Infusion of leaves and bark taken for high blood pressures.,"Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 216"
18530,2054,Juniperus communis L.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,92,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Infusion of branches taken for high blood pressure. The branches were steeped in boiling water until the water cooled.  The cool infusion was taken for two weeks after which the blood pressure returned to normal.,"Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany:  Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 92"
26529,2896,Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,45,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Infusion used for high blood pressure.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45"
34482,3453,Rubus idaeus L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,355,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Decoction of roots taken for low or high blood pressure.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 355"
35535,3502,Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.,96,Houma,49,speck41,"55, 56",2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Decoction of dried root taken for high blood pressure.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55, 56"
37252,3589,Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees,100,Iroquois,7,h77,333,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Decoction of pith from new sprouts or roots taken for high blood pressure.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 333"
37253,3589,Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees,100,Iroquois,7,h77,334,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Plant taken for blood pressure.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 334"
37910,3658,Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,209,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Berries eaten for high blood pressure.,"Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany:  Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 209"
37911,3658,Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,209,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Decoction of branches and leaves taken in a one cupful dose for high blood pressure.,"Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany:  Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 209"
42685,4105,Veratrum viride Ait.,88,Hanaksiala,14,c93,201,2,Drug,184,Hypotensive,Plant used for high blood pressure.,"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 201"