id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 35,2,Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,124,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Needles used in a sudatory for women after childbirth and for other purposes.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 124" 66,2,Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,269,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Steam from decoction of branches used as a bath for parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 269" 132,4,Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Used for 'falling of the womb,' the 'whites' and weak backs in females.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34" 456,23,Acer glabrum Torr.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,146,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of sticks and saskatoon sticks taken to heal women's insides and stimulate lactation. The decoction was made either with two sticks each of saskatoon and rocky mountain maple, or, for a stronger medicine, four sticks each and used after childbirth to heal women's insides and to stimulate the flow of milk for nursing.","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 146" 611,32,Acer rubrum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'female trouble' and cramps.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44" 639,34,Acer saccharinum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'female trouble' and cramps.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44" 746,38,Achillea millefolium L.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken to expel the afterbirth.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60" 747,38,Achillea millefolium L.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken when labor pains started and to ease the delivery.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60" 761,38,Achillea millefolium L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for flooding.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62" 784,38,Achillea millefolium L.,41,Clallam,99,f80,199,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used during childbirth.,"Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 199" 846,38,Achillea millefolium L.,114,Klallam,25,g73,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken during childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49" 855,38,Achillea millefolium L.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,278,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of leaves applied to chest for hardened breasts after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 278" 867,38,Achillea millefolium L.,133,Makah,25,g73,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken to heal the uterus after birth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49" 868,38,Achillea millefolium L.,133,Makah,3,g83,322,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant taken at the start of labor 'to hurry the baby.',"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 322" 869,38,Achillea millefolium L.,133,Makah,3,g83,322,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant taken by an expectant mother close to the time of birth for an easy delivery.,"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 322" 870,38,Achillea millefolium L.,133,Makah,25,g73,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Raw leaves chewed by women to produce sweating at childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49" 1055,42,Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,31-33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken as a blood tonic after childbirth.,"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 31-33" 1175,55,Acorus calamus L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,135,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of ground roots taken after childbirth and for symptoms of menopause.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 135" 1401,57,Acourtia wrightii (Gray) Reveal & King,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Plant used for difficult labor, a postpartum medicine.","Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 49" 1415,59,Actaea pachypoda Ell.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,237238,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for childbirth pain.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237238" 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" 1452,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,33,Cheyenne,30,h92,8,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root pieces used by women after childbirth for increased milk flow.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 8" 1453,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stems taken by pregnant and nursing mothers to increase milk flow.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 22" 1454,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for excessive flowing.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 1456,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of small piece of root taken to slow heavy menstrual flow.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 25" 1459,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,382,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken after childbirth 'to clear up the system.',"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 382" 1462,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,74,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root given 'to purge the patient of afterbirth.',"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 74" 1469,62,Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hult‚n,33,Cheyenne,39,g72,174,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of dried, pounded roots & stems taken after childbirth to make first milk pass off quickly.","Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 174" 1470,62,Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hult‚n,33,Cheyenne,13,g05,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound decoction of plant taken to increase maternal milk flow.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 41" 1545,70,Adiantum jordanii C. Muell.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,4,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to expel the afterbirth and for postparturition.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4" 1571,71,Adiantum pedatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,258,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction or infusion of roots taken for excessive menstruation.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 258" 1572,71,Adiantum pedatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,258,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of roots used by 'ladies to get period, cleans out' or for abortions.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 258" 1573,71,Adiantum pedatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,258,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for abortal pains and pain when about to deliver.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 258" 1589,71,Adiantum pedatum L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Blades, stem and root used for 'female maladies.'","Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 47" 1594,71,Adiantum pedatum L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,73,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken by nursing mothers for caked breast.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 73" 1648,78,Aesculus pavia L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Cold, compound infusion given to stop bleeding after delivery.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27" 1649,78,Aesculus pavia L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark and cold compound infusion of bark used in delivery.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27" 1881,98,Ageratina altissima var. altissima,100,Iroquois,7,h77,459,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or infusion of roots taken for a fallen or inflamed womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 459" 1922,109,Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of burs taken to 'check discharge.',"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" 1939,110,Agrimonia parviflora Ait.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of burs taken to 'check discharge.',"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" 1977,126,Aletris farinosa L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Tonic used to strengthen womb and root prevented abortion.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 1986,126,Aletris farinosa L.,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant given to women and girls for 'female troubles.',"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" 2004,128,Alisma plantago-aquatica L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,272,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used for 'womb troubles.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272" 2333,168,Alnus incana (L.) Moench,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root with powdered bumblebees taken for difficult labor.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 2374,168,Alnus incana (L.) Moench,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used for 'flushing the vagina.',"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 43" 2394,169,Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen,32,Cherokee,115,t40,14,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken as an emetic and cathartic by women during menses.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14" 2448,170,Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,87,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant tops and leaves taken after childbirth to 'clean out.',"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 87" 2471,171,Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.,137,Mendocino Indian,89,c02,332,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of dried bark taken to facilitate childbirth.,"Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 332" 2607,173,Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for childbirth pain and compound infusion taken for menstrual period.,"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" 2657,176,Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,87,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant tops and leaves taken after childbirth to 'clean out.',"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 87" 2756,190,Amaranthus hybridus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used to 'relieve profuse 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 23" 2801,193,Amaranthus retroflexus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used to 'relieve profuse 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 23" 2837,195,Amaranthus spinosus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used to 'relieve profuse 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 23" 2844,197,Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) Payne,193,Pima,11,c49,103,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of crushed roots taken by women for pains and menstrual hemorrhage.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 103" 2855,198,Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.,96,Houma,49,speck41,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for menstrual troubles.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65" 2880,201,Ambrosia psilostachya DC.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,26,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant given to women during difficult labor.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26" 2884,202,Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng.,157,Navajo,141,h56,151,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to facilitate delivery of the placenta after childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 151" 3023,204,Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer,200,Pomo,80,g67,13,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken for too frequent menstruation.,"Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 13" 3034,204,Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer,259,Thompson,10,tta90,253,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong decoction of bark taken by women after childbirth to hasten the dropping of the afterbirth. The decoction was taken immediately after childbirth. The medicine made from the tall variety of saskatoon was said to clean her out and help heal her insides. It was also said to stop her menstrual periods after the baby was born and hence act as a form of birth control.,"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 253" 3035,204,Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer,259,Thompson,10,tta90,253,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm decoction of stems and twigs taken by women or used as a bath after childbirth.,"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 253" 3036,204,Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer,259,Thompson,33,steed28,471,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm decoction taken and used as a wash after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 471" 3099,209,Amelanchier arborea var. arborea,100,Iroquois,107,p10,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Fruits given to mothers after childbirth for afterpains and hemorrhages.,"Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96" 3100,209,Amelanchier arborea var. arborea,100,Iroquois,107,p10,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of small branches given to mothers after childbirth for afterpains and hemorrhages.,"Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96" 3105,210,Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 3106,210,Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken to prevent miscarriage after an injury.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 3110,210,Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.,100,Iroquois,107,p10,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Fruits given to mothers after childbirth for afterpains and hemorrhages.,"Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96" 3111,210,Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.,100,Iroquois,107,p10,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of small branches given to mothers after childbirth for afterpains and hemorrhages.,"Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96" 3122,211,Amelanchier laevis Wieg.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,384,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken by expectant mothers.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 384" 3131,212,Amelanchier pallida Greene,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,104,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of boiled roots taken to check too-frequent menstruation.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104" 3164,216,Amelanchier utahensis Koehne,157,Navajo,141,h56,148,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used during labor and delivery.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 148" 3311,242,Andropogon sp.,96,Houma,49,speck41,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by pregnant women to strengthen both mother and child.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65" 3317,244,Androsace occidentalis Pursh,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of whole plant used for postpartum hemorrhage.,"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 38" 3376,255,Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,8,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots used for menstrual cramps.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 8" 3438,259,Angelica atropurpurea L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,401,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women for weakness.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 401" 3573,267,Angelica sp.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,71,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root not recommended for pregnant women because of astringency.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 71" 3585,269,Angelica tomentosa S. Wats.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,20,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root used to regulate menses and ease menstrual cramps and discomforts of menopause.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 20" 3607,276,Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica (Greene) Bayer,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,363,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of herb taken after childbirth to purge afterbirth and to heal.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 363" 3614,278,Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richards.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for excessive discharge in monthly period.,"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" 3616,278,Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richards.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,464,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for leukorrhea.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 464" 3618,278,Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richards.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,210,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken after childbirth to prevent sickness.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 210" 3662,282,Anthemis cotula L.,105,Karok,71,sg52,390,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used by pregnant women.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390" 3736,296,Apocynum androsaemifolium L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to increase lactation.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 28" 3741,296,Apocynum androsaemifolium L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,415,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of roots taken for evacuation of the placenta.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 415" 3748,296,Apocynum androsaemifolium L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,201,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing rind used by a woman with 'an injured womb.',"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 201" 3760,296,Apocynum androsaemifolium L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,354355,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken as a diuretic during pregnancy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 354355" 3773,296,Apocynum androsaemifolium L.,225,Sanpoil,44,r32,219,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken about once a week as a contraceptive.,"Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 219" 3805,297,Apocynum cannabinum L.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Crushed leaves rubbed on mothers' breasts to produce more and richer milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27" 3806,297,Apocynum cannabinum L.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used by mothers to produce more and richer milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27" 3892,300,Aquilegia canadensis L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion used for 'flux.',"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" 3950,304,Aquilegia micrantha Eastw.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to deliver placenta.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 22" 4021,318,Aralia nudicaulis L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of fruiting stalk used to stimulate lactation.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29" 4091,319,Aralia racemosa L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for menstrual problems.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 4118,319,Aralia racemosa L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,393,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of roots taken for miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 393" 4119,319,Aralia racemosa L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,392,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken for prolapsus of the uterus or fallen womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392" 4142,319,Aralia racemosa L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,203,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Sprayed from the mouth upon women's heads, when they are giving birth.","Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 203" 4151,319,Aralia racemosa L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,"54, 55",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for female pains.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54, 55" 4254,327,Arctium lappa L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for 'weakly females.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27" 4293,328,Arctium minus Bernh.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,211,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root used by women in labor.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 211" 4323,329,Arctium sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,474,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plants taken to induce pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 474" 4562,347,Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems & blueberry stem taken to prevent miscarriage without causing damage to the baby.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29" 4563,347,Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems and blueberry stems taken to speed a woman's recovery after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29" 4564,347,Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots and several other herbs used to slow excessive menstrual bleeding.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29" 4797,366,Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott,138,Menominee,51,s23,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for 'female disorders.',"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 23" 4819,367,Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott,100,Iroquois,7,h77,276,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of roots taken 'for nonconception caused by cold blood.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 276" 4944,382,Artemisia absinthium L.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,75,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as a sanitary napkin to 'heal the mother's insides' after a baby's birth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75" 4968,386,Artemisia biennis Willd.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for painful 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 62" 4973,387,Artemisia californica Less.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to prevent dysmenorrhea and ease menopause trauma.,"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 42" 4974,387,Artemisia californica Less.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of plant taken to start menstrual activity, for easy childbirth and post natal recovery.","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 42" 4986,387,Artemisia californica Less.,131,Mahuna,5,r54,14,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plants taken for vaginal troubles.,"Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 14" 5002,388,Artemisia campestris L.,125,Lakota,108,r80,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used by women for difficult births.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 35" 5013,389,Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck,176,Okanagon,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken by women after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 5016,389,Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck,259,Thompson,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken by women after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 5017,389,Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck,259,Thompson,33,steed28,470,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken postpartum to hasten recovery.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470" 5084,394,Artemisia douglasiana Bess.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,119,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or infusion of leaves taken to stop excessive menstruation or to ease cramps.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 119" 5099,394,Artemisia douglasiana Bess.,287,Yuki,69,c57ii,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a steam bath for difficulties attending childbirth.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 45" 5113,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for 'excessive flowing.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 5114,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken to aid in difficult labor.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 5142,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,76,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used as sanitary napkins.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 76" 5152,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,176,Okanagon,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of whole plant used as a bath for women after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 5161,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,"39, 40",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic after childbirth.,"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 39, 40" 5181,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,233,Shuswap,92,palmer75,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used by women at childbirth.,"Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58" 5195,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,463,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used as a wash for women after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 463" 5196,395,Artemisia dracunculus L.,259,Thompson,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of whole plant used as a bath for women after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 5206,396,Artemisia filifolia Torr.,48,Comanche,147,cj40,520,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Padding of plants placed over hot coals as a bed after childbirth.,"Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 520" 5230,397,Artemisia frigida Willd.,23,Blackfoot,146,j87,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women during menses.,"Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56" 5231,397,Artemisia frigida Willd.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,79,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Pad of the plant worn by women during menses to reduce skin irritation.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 79" 5248,397,Artemisia frigida Willd.,33,Cheyenne,146,j87,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women during menses.,"Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56" 5323,398,Artemisia furcata var. heterophylla (Bess.) Hult‚n,137,Mendocino Indian,89,c02,392,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of leaves applied after childbirth to promote blood circulation.,"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" 5461,401,Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana,183,Paiute,12,tha41,40-42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root or entire plant taken as a tonic after childbirth.,"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 40-42" 5462,401,Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana,183,Paiute,12,tha41,40-42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used as a regulator of menstrual disorders.,"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 40-42" 5497,401,Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,40-42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used as a regulator of menstrual disorders.,"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 40-42" 5668,407,Artemisia tridentata Nutt.,157,Navajo,74,e44,81,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plants taken by women as an aid for deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 81" 5678,407,Artemisia tridentata Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken for postpartum pain.,"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 48" 5716,407,Artemisia tridentata Nutt.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,44-47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth.","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" 5779,407,Artemisia tridentata Nutt.,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,44-47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth.","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" 5836,410,Artemisia vulgaris L.,105,Karok,71,sg52,390,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women for the pains of afterbirth.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390" 5853,410,Artemisia vulgaris L.,200,Pomo,80,g67,15,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken to stop excessive menstruation.,"Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 15" 5854,410,Artemisia vulgaris L.,200,Pomo,80,g67,15,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used in childbirth.,"Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 15" 5868,414,Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) Fern.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,36,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used to prevent excessive bleeding at childbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36" 5966,421,Asarum canadense L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"35, 36",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for 'scant or painful menstruation' and infusion taken to start periods.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35, 36" 6123,433,Asclepias hallii Gray,157,Navajo,74,e44,69,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as tonic after deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 69" 6192,441,Asclepias sp.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,54,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for sore breasts.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 54" 6265,445,Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 87",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to increase mother's milk flow.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 87" 6266,445,Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail,95,Hopi,126,vest40,164,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used by the mother to produce a flow of milk.,"Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 164" 6268,445,Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Crushed leaves rubbed on mothers' breasts to produce more and richer milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30" 6269,445,Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used by mothers for more and richer milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30" 6284,446,Asclepias syriaca L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold decoction of root added to food to produce postpartum milk flow.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 6294,446,Asclepias syriaca L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,417,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plants taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417" 6310,446,Asclepias syriaca L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,357,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used as a female remedy for unspecified ailment.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 357" 6334,447,Asclepias tuberosa L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion used for 'bloody flux.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27" 6340,447,Asclepias tuberosa L.,62,Delaware,97,t72,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots administered to women following childbirth.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37" 6343,447,Asclepias tuberosa L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"31, 74",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used to make a drink taken by women after childbirth.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74" 6365,448,Asclepias verticillata L.,95,Hopi,72,f96,18,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of entire plant taken by nursing mother with scanty flow of milk.,"Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18" 6368,448,Asclepias verticillata L.,125,Lakota,108,r80,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used by mothers to increase their milk.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 34" 6382,449,Asclepias viridiflora Raf.,125,Lakota,108,r80,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of whole plant taken by mothers to increase their milk.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 34" 6436,459,Aster sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,462,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of leaves and roots taken for leucorrhea (sick womb).,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 462" 6498,476,Astragalus gracilis Nutt.,125,Lakota,108,r80,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots chewed by mothers with no milk.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 46" 6529,488,Astragalus pachypus Greene,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,14,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 14" 6544,493,Astragalus purshii var. tinctus M.E. Jones,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,15,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 15" 6575,498,Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth,133,Makah,25,g73,14,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of pounded stems taken by women to ease labor.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 14" 6577,498,Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,237,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken by women for bosom pains caused by childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237" 6580,498,Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,381,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root induced milk flow in patients with caked breast.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 381" 6582,498,Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,73,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken for caked breasts and other female disorders.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 73" 6791,535,Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav¢n) Pers.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves and stems used as a female hygienic agent.,"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 46" 6825,540,Bahia dissecta (Gray) Britt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant taken for menstrual pain.,"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 49" 6842,547,Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels.,276,Washo,12,tha41,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for female complaints.,"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 50" 6866,549,Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.,33,Cheyenne,13,g05,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of root taken when labor begins, to insure easy delivery.","Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 38" 6976,553,Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice used 'to allay inflammation and stop mortification.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40" 6989,556,Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice used 'to allay inflammation and stop mortification.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40" 6994,556,Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,62,Delaware,97,t72,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used as a douche.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37" 6996,556,Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,31,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used as a douche.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31" 7082,575,Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis,100,Iroquois,7,h77,301,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used for lactation.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301" 7103,576,Betula lenta L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,300,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken by women who have had gonorrhea and are pregnant.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300" 7171,580,Betula papyrifera Marsh.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of wood and inner bark used for 'women's troubles.',"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32" 7172,580,Betula papyrifera Marsh.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of wood taken to ensure an adequate supply of milk for breast feeding.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32" 7205,580,Betula papyrifera Marsh.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,300,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Burned bark ashes used to 'shrivel the womb.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300" 7323,584,Betula pumila var. glandulifera Regel,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of cones taken during menses and for strength after childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 358" 7443,608,Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"15, 16",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken as a postpartum 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" 7635,658,Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,140,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Dried grass rubbed until soft and used as sanitary napkins.,"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 140" 7661,663,Calliandra eriophylla Benth.,284,Yavapai,48,g36,261,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves and stems taken after childbirth.,"Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261" 7724,673,Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,20,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken to ease delivery of placenta.,"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 20" 7794,685,Caltha palustris L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken during 'confinement.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 7845,700,Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to induce labor.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60" 7846,700,Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of grass taken for vaginal bleeding after birth and to help expel the afterbirth.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60" 7924,710,Campanula aparinoides Pursh,100,Iroquois,7,h77,451,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems taken by young women to induce childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 451" 7926,712,Campanula parryi Gray,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant taken by pregnant woman when female baby was desired.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 44" 7989,725,Capsicum annuum var. annuum,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Powdered chili pepper rubbed on breast to wean nursing child.,"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 42" 8064,738,Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie,100,Iroquois,7,h77,275,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of plant taken for evacuation of the placenta.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275" 8191,757,Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose,193,Pima,11,c49,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to make the milk flow after childbirth.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 53" 8239,758,Carpinus caroliniana Walt.,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,68,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of root or bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68" 8243,758,Carpinus caroliniana Walt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,299,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken to facilitate childbirth and for parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 299" 8282,762,Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell.,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,82,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'female disorder.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 82" 8334,767,Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,68,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68" 8406,773,Cassytha filiformis L.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Plant pounded, water added and taken by women to remove blood from the womb while giving birth.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 46" 8411,774,Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Cold, compound infusion of bark used to stop bleeding after childbirth.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29" 8474,787,Castilleja integra Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"43, 44",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of leaf taken during pregnancy to keep baby small, for easy labor.","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 43, 44" 8478,788,Castilleja linariifolia Benth.,95,Hopi,82,c74,297,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used for excessive menstrual discharge.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297" 8479,788,Castilleja linariifolia Benth.,95,Hopi,37,w39,"35, 91",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to ease menstrual difficulties.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 91" 8488,788,Castilleja linariifolia Benth.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of leaf taken during pregnancy to keep baby small, for easy labor.","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 44" 8494,788,Castilleja linariifolia Benth.,257,Tewa,82,c74,297,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used for excessive menstrual discharge.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297" 8558,806,Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant promoted childbirth and used for womb inflammation.,"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" 8574,806,Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.,138,Menominee,51,s23,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to suppress profuse menstruation.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 25" 8575,806,Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,205,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for profuse menstruation.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 205" 8580,806,Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for stomach cramps accompanying painful menstruation.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 358" 8584,806,Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken to suppress profuse menstruation and aid in childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 43" 8655,813,Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.,105,Karok,71,sg52,386,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used by women who have suffered an injury in childbirth.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386" 8731,820,Celastrus scandens L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion combined with red raspberry leaves and used for childbirth pains.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25" 8739,820,Celastrus scandens L.,59,Creek,128,swan28,661,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used by women with urinary trouble or pain in small of back.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661" 8752,820,Celastrus scandens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,376,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and stems taken for fever and soreness from pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 376" 8763,820,Celastrus scandens L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,208209,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root used for 'the relief of women in labor.',"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 208209" 8801,824,Celtis occidentalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,306,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark used as 'woman's medicine' and regulated menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306" 8852,833,Cerastium arvense L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,317,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for injuries and miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 317" 8853,833,Cerastium arvense L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,317,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken to 'stop bleeding and stops child from passing through uterus.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 317" 8900,841,Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,18,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark and leaves taken for 'women's disease.',"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 18" 8957,842,Cercocarpus montanus Raf.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to hasten postpartum recovery.,"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 30" 9048,854,Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) Nesom,291,Zuni,6,s15,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm infusion of plant taken to 'hasten parturition.',"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 55" 9153,865,Chamaesyce albomarginata (Torr. & Gray) Small,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves rubbed on mothers' breasts to produce more and richer milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 44" 9159,865,Chamaesyce albomarginata (Torr. & Gray) Small,291,Zuni,157,cb80,376,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves and roots eaten to promote lactation.,"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 376" 9169,866,Chamaesyce fendleri (Torr. & Gray) Small,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Pulverized plant used topically as a lactagogue and for breast injuries.,"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 35" 9175,868,Chamaesyce glyptosperma (Engelm.) Small,100,Iroquois,7,h77,369,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to stimulate lactation.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369" 9184,871,Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for bleeding after childbirth.,"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" 9225,877,Chamaesyce polycarpa (Benth.) Millsp. ex Parish,291,Zuni,6,s15,51,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm gruel made with plant and white cornmeal taken to promote milk flow.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 51" 9229,879,Chamaesyce serpyllifolia (Pers.) Small,205,Ponca,189,h65,151,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by young mothers for scanty or lack of milk.,"Howard, James, 1965, The Ponca Tribe, SI-BAE Bulletin #195, page 151" 9230,879,Chamaesyce serpyllifolia (Pers.) Small,205,Ponca,17,g19,99,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to encourage milk flow in nursing mothers.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99" 9242,880,Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Pulverized plant used topically as a lactagogue and for breast injuries.,"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 35" 9248,880,Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia,291,Zuni,6,s15,51,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to increase the flow of milk in nursing mother.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 51" 9350,888,Cheilanthes fendleri Hook.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,36,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a douche after childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 36" 9394,894,Chenopodium album L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,315,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used as wash and applied as poultice when bothered by milk flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 315" 9592,914,Chimaphila menziesii (R. Br. ex D. Don) Spreng.,105,Karok,70,b81,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken for female troubles.,"Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 23" 9625,915,Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken after childbirth to aid internal healing.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133" 9651,915,Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.,176,Okanagon,55,p52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed or infusion of leaves taken by women before and after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42" 9660,915,Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,462,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed at childbirth to ease confinement.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462" 9661,915,Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.,259,Thompson,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed or infusion of leaves taken by women before and after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 9662,915,Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,477,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm decoction of leaves taken before and after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 477" 9674,916,Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (Blake) Hult‚n,100,Iroquois,7,h77,407,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark and roots taken to induce pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 407" 9675,916,Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (Blake) Hult‚n,100,Iroquois,7,h77,407,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of leaves and bark taken for miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 407" 9676,916,Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (Blake) Hult‚n,100,Iroquois,7,h77,407,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plants taken by feverish and drowsy pregnant women.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 407" 9783,932,Chrysothamnus depressus Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to facilitate labor and delivery of placenta.,"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 49" 10003,971,Cirsium sp.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 10004,971,Cirsium sp.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of root taken to produce postpartum milk flow.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 10013,971,Cirsium sp.,129,Lummi,25,g73,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots and tips taken by women at childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49" 10166,1007,Claytonia sibirica L.,210,Quinault,25,g73,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Whole plant chewed by women during pregnancy.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 29" 10227,1019,Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.,157,Navajo,74,e44,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as tonic after deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 47" 10405,1031,Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,373,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used to aid parturition.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373" 10434,1041,Coeloglossum viride var. virescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Luer,100,Iroquois,7,h77,289,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction with plant taken to bring away placenta after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289" 10526,1055,Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.,138,Menominee,51,s23,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plants used as a potent medicine in childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 42" 10570,1060,Conioselinum scopulorum (Gray) Coult. & Rose,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as a postpartum blood purifier.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34" 10593,1067,Convolvulus arvensis L.,200,Pomo,80,g67,15,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for excessive menstruation.,"Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 15" 10594,1067,Convolvulus arvensis L.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,73,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem with leaves taken for excessive menstruation.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 73" 10600,1069,Conyza canadensis var. canadensis,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of whole plant taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 10606,1069,Conyza canadensis var. canadensis,96,Houma,49,speck41,64,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Hot infusion of root taken for leucorrhea.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64" 10695,1074,Cordylanthus ramosus Nutt. ex Benth.,157,Navajo,74,e44,76,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by menstruating women to stop menses.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 76" 10704,1076,Cordylanthus wrightii Gray,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for prolapses of the uterus.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 42" 10706,1076,Cordylanthus wrightii Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for menstrual pain.,"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 44" 10759,1088,Cornus alternifolia L. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used by women for backache.,"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" 10779,1088,Cornus alternifolia L. f.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,406,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark taken by pregnant women who have had gonorrhea.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 406" 10827,1091,Cornus canadensis L.,8,"Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule",113,ray45,128,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant mixed with other plants and used by women for stomachaches.,"Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 128" 10875,1093,Cornus florida L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used by women for backache.,"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" 10986,1101,Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) Fosberg,259,Thompson,33,steed28,461,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of twigs taken by women after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 461" 10987,1101,Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis (Torr. & Gray) Fosberg,259,Thompson,33,steed28,475,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound decoction of various plant parts taken after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 475" 11101,1102,Cornus sericea ssp. sericea,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of inner bark and chokecherry or alder bark taken to clean out the womb after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 96" 11102,1102,Cornus sericea ssp. sericea,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of inner bark applied to the back and belly to 'heal a woman's insides' after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 96" 11116,1102,Cornus sericea ssp. sericea,176,Okanagon,55,p52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark or leaves taken by women soon after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42" 11137,1102,Cornus sericea ssp. sericea,259,Thompson,55,p52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark or leaves taken by women soon after childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42" 11138,1102,Cornus sericea ssp. sericea,259,Thompson,33,steed28,475,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound decoction of various plant parts taken after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 475" 11164,1107,Corydalis aurea Willd.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for puerperal infection.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23" 11173,1108,Corydalis curvisiliqua ssp. occidentalis (Engelm. ex Gray) W.A. Weber,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant used for menstrual difficulties.,"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 28" 11198,1110,Corylus americana Walt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,297,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or raw nuts taken for childbirth hemorrhage and prenatal strength.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 297" 11419,1129,Crataegus punctata Jacq.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,351,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of shoots and bark taken to stop menstrual flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 351" 11427,1131,Crataegus sp.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 11438,1131,Crataegus sp.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,384,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Fruit and bark used to make a medicine for women only.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 384" 11457,1134,Crepis acuminata Nutt.,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of seeds or whole plant applied to sore breasts to induce milk flow.,"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 62" 11461,1136,Crepis modocensis Greene,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of mashed plant applied to women's caked breasts.,"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 62" 11542,1151,Cryptantha flava (A. Nels.) Payson,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,39,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for postpartum purification.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 39" 11543,1152,Cryptantha fulvocanescens (S. Wats.) Payson,157,Navajo,141,h56,150,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plants taken at childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150" 11619,1161,Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth,177,Omaha,124,ff11,585,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used in cases of protracted labor.,"Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 585" 11640,1162,Cucurbita maxima Duchesne,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Fruits and shoots or buds with other plants pounded, mixed with water and used for fallen wombs.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 28" 11723,1164,Cucurbita pepo L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,220,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem used for 'female ills.',"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220" 11764,1168,Cunila origanoides (L.) Britt.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion taken to increase labor pains and aid in childbirth.,"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" 11771,1169,Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis (Abrams) E. Murray,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Hot or cold infusion of cones taken for menstruation problems.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 22" 11904,1205,Cypripedium acaule Ait.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,143,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used for menstrual disorders.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 143" 11915,1205,Cypripedium acaule Ait.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for 'female trouble.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42" 11934,1208,Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for 'female trouble.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42" 11952,1209,Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight,138,Menominee,51,s23,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used in 'female disorders.',"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 44" 11954,1209,Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,377,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for all female troubles.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 377" 12042,1233,Darmera peltata (Torr. ex Benth.) Voss,105,Karok,71,sg52,384,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women to prevent fetus from getting too large.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384" 12055,1234,Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz,255,"Tanana, Upper",36,k85,8,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Branches placed under the mattress to lessen first menstruation & number of years of menstruation.,"Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 8" 12096,1240,Datura discolor Bernh.,193,Pima,11,c49,85,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken to mitigate the pains of childbirth.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 85" 12254,1245,Daucus carota L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,401,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for fallen womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 401" 12288,1250,Delphinium geraniifolium Rydb.,95,Hopi,82,c74,307,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant and juniper used to bathe mother during the lying-in period.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 307" 12306,1257,Delphinium scaposum Greene,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 76",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant used as a wash for mother after childbirth.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 76" 12307,1257,Delphinium scaposum Greene,95,Hopi,82,c74,308,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant and juniper used to bathe mother during the lying-in period.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 308" 12314,1257,Delphinium scaposum Greene,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant eaten by women to become prolific.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 22" 12498,1298,Diervilla lonicera P. Mill.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken to ensure a good supply of breast milk.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 37" 12500,1298,Diervilla lonicera P. Mill.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,442,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark and plants taken for prolapsus of the uterus.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 442" 12557,1308,Dioscorea villosa L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,220,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used by women for pain at childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220" 12604,1317,Dirca palustris L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,388,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark and roots taken to induce pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 388" 12744,1347,Echeandia flavescens (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Cruden,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,20,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of root taken to ease delivery of placenta.,"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 20" 12947,1371,Echium vulgare L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,421,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of roots taken for the evacuation of the placenta.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421" 13229,1407,Ephedra viridis Coville,276,Washo,12,tha41,68-70,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion or decoction of twigs or branch used for delayed or difficult menstruation.,"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 68-70" 13244,1410,Epigaea repens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,410,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound used for labor pains in parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 410" 13256,1412,Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium (Keck) Raven,144,Miwok,100,bg33,174,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used by women after parturition for hemorrhages.,"Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 174" 13372,1422,Equisetum hyemale L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of rushes taken after childbirth 'to clear up the system.',"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 34" 13409,1422,Equisetum hyemale L.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,86,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of roots taken during difficult childbirth, to accelerate it.","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 86" 13410,1422,Equisetum hyemale L.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,86,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction or infusion of stems taken after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The decoction or infusion was taken immediately after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The stems were usually gathered ahead of time being pulled up, the roots cut off and the stems cut into short segments and dried. Then, just before childbirth, a small handful of the cut stems was steeped in boiling water for five or ten minutes. The woman could drink this tea for several days.","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 86" 13463,1424,Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun,259,Thompson,10,tta90,86,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to accelerate a difficult childbirth.,"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 86" 13464,1424,Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun,259,Thompson,10,tta90,86,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction or infusion of stems taken after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The decoction or infusion was taken immediately after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The stems were usually gathered ahead of time being pulled up, the roots cut off and the stems cut into short segments and dried. Then, just before childbirth, a small handful of the cut stems was steeped in boiling water for five or ten minutes. The woman could drink this tea for several days.","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 86" 13494,1428,Equisetum sp.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,86,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction or infusion of stems taken after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The decoction or infusion was taken immediately after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The stems were usually gathered ahead of time being pulled up, the roots cut off and the stems cut into short segments and dried. Then, just before childbirth, a small handful of the cut stems was steeped in boiling water for five or ten minutes. The woman could drink this tea for several days.","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 86" 13536,1431,Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem taken for menstrual cramps.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 58" 13570,1442,Ericameria arborescens (Gray) Greene,144,Miwok,100,bg33,170,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken during menstruation and after parturition for pain.,"Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 170" 13613,1450,Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"49, 50",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong decoction of root taken for menstrual pain.,"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 49, 50" 13665,1454,Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,83,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Leaves used as a sanitary napkin particularly after childbirth, to 'heal the insides.'","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 83" 13666,1454,Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,83,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used as a sanitary napkin.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 83" 13726,1469,Erigeron concinnus var. condensatus D.C. Eat.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for difficult labor.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 47" 13728,1470,Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray,157,Navajo,74,e44,85,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women as an aid for deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 85" 13783,1480,Erigeron philadelphicus L.,96,Houma,49,speck41,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for 'menstruation troubles.',"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 62" 13819,1483,Erigeron sp.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,180,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for menstrual cramps.,"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 180" 13823,1484,Erigeron speciosus var. macranthus (Nutt.) Cronq.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant used for menstrual pain.,"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 50" 14009,1506,Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth.,291,Zuni,6,s15,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken after parturition to heal lacerations.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 49" 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" 14072,1515,Eriogonum latifolium Sm.,214,Round Valley Indian,89,c02,345,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of leaves, stems and roots taken for female complaints.","Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 345" 14074,1516,Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & Gray) Woot. & Standl.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant used for postpartum pain and to aid in placenta delivery.,"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" 14131,1530,Eriogonum sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,72,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken to shrink the uterus and reduce dysmenorrhea.,"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 72" 14137,1530,Eriogonum sp.,95,Hopi,82,c74,314,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as menstruation medicine.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 314" 14138,1530,Eriogonum sp.,95,Hopi,37,w39,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Plant used for pain in hips and back, especially during pregnancy.","Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35" 14139,1530,Eriogonum sp.,95,Hopi,37,w39,"35, 73",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to ease menstrual difficulties and ease childbirth.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 73" 14140,1530,Eriogonum sp.,95,Hopi,82,c74,314,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to expedite childbirth.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 314" 14146,1530,Eriogonum sp.,157,Navajo,141,h56,150,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used during confinement after childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150" 14164,1532,Eriogonum tenellum Torr.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a douche after childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43" 14165,1532,Eriogonum tenellum Torr.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots or raw roots given to women during difficult labor.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43" 14185,1535,Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus Hook.,33,Cheyenne,39,g72,172,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of powdered stems and flowers taken for lengthy menses.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 172" 14186,1535,Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus Hook.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Stems and flowers powdered, made into a tea and used for menses that ran too long.","Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 32" 14217,1547,Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait.,102,Jemez,28,c30,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant and roots eaten by women to produce more milk for the nursing children.,"Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22" 14305,1553,Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"28, 29",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Whole plant chewed and blown over patient to aid in difficult labor.,"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 28, 29" 14382,1567,Eschscholzia californica Cham.,137,Mendocino Indian,89,c02,351,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root juice used as a wash by women to stop the secretion of milk.,"Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 351" 14388,1567,Eschscholzia californica Cham.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,94,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of mashed seed pod rubbed on a nursing mother's breast to dry up her milk.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 94" 14389,1567,Eschscholzia californica Cham.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,94,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Mashed seed pod rubbed on a nursing mother's breast to dry up her milk.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 94" 14416,1574,Euonymus americana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used for 'falling of the womb.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38" 14426,1574,Euonymus americana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,375,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of vine taken for excessive menstrual flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 375" 14432,1575,Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq.,280,Winnebago,17,g19,102,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of inner bark taken for uterine trouble.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102" 14445,1579,Eupatorium maculatum L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,238,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for menstrual disorders and to facilitate the recovery of women after childbirth.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 238" 14450,1579,Eupatorium maculatum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"41, 42",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for 'female problems.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42" 14466,1579,Eupatorium maculatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,455,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for soreness of womb and abdomen after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 455" 14550,1582,Eupatorium purpureum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"41, 42",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for 'female problems' and infusion of root used as a tonic during pregnancy.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42" 14559,1582,Eupatorium purpureum L.,38,Chippewa,15,gil33,142,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to counteract the bad effects of a miscarriage.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 142" 14561,1582,Eupatorium purpureum L.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken after childbirth 'for internal healing.',"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133" 14568,1582,Eupatorium purpureum L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used 'to clear up afterbirth.',"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 52" 14576,1585,Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.,157,Navajo,74,e44,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of plants taken for confinement.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60" 14579,1585,Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of root applied to hard areas of 'caked breast.',"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 35" 14585,1586,Euphorbia corollata L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for bleeding after childbirth.,"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" 14596,1587,Euphorbia dentata Michx.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant eaten by mothers to produce more milk.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 62" 14599,1589,Euphorbia incisa Engelm.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to increase fertility.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 30" 14604,1590,Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'Stops violent hemorrhaging from lungs and womb when given in small doses.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40" 14610,1591,Euphorbia marginata Pursh,125,Lakota,108,r80,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used by mothers without milk.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 45" 14772,1619,Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used as a tonic and given to women in labor.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33" 14870,1635,Fragaria sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,352,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for gonorrhea.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 352" 15183,1655,Fraxinus americana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used to 'check discharge.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23" 15210,1655,Fraxinus americana L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used for cleansing after childbirth.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56" 15215,1655,Fraxinus americana L.,192,Penobscot,103,s17,310,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong decoction of leaves taken after childbirth for cleansing.,"Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310" 15240,1659,Fraxinus nigra Marsh.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used to 'check discharge.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23" 15336,1665,Freycinetia arborea Gaud.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Stems and other plants pounded, squeezed and resulting juice taken for excessive menses.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22" 15432,1676,Gaillardia pinnatifida Torr.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant rubbed on mothers' breasts to wean infant.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 44" 15442,1678,Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant rubbed on mothers' breasts to wean infant.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 44" 15718,1706,Gaura mollis James,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of plant applied for postpartum sore breast.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33" 15769,1715,Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,222,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for 'caked breast.',"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 222" 15856,1730,Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,225,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as a medicine for women.,"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 225" 15886,1733,Geum canadense Jacq.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 15898,1735,Geum macrophyllum Willd.,92,Hesquiat,41,te82,72,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Young, small leaves chewed after childbirth to heal the womb.","Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 72" 15899,1735,Geum macrophyllum Willd.,114,Klallam,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Raw leaves chewed during labor.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 15900,1735,Geum macrophyllum Willd.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,384,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as a female remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 384" 15901,1735,Geum macrophyllum Willd.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,126,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126" 15904,1735,Geum macrophyllum Willd.,210,Quinault,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Raw leaves chewed during labor.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 15940,1738,Geum triflorum Pursh,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,126,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women to 'heal her insides' from a vaginal yeast infection.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126" 15977,1746,Gilia subnuda Torr. ex Gray,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Ground flowers eaten to insure healthy pregnancy and ease labor.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 38" 16017,1754,Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,371,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used as a female remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 371" 16028,1757,Glycyrrhiza glabra L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,229,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Compound containing root, not a native plant, used for female trouble.","Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 229" 16091,1763,Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.,176,Okanagon,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed by women before and at the time of childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 16093,1763,Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Leaves chewed prenatally to determine the sex of a baby and to insure an easy delivery. If the mother could swallow the chewed leaf, the baby was going to be a girl, but if she could not, then it was going to be a boy.","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 136" 16094,1763,Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,462,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed at childbirth to ease confinement.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462" 16095,1763,Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.,259,Thompson,55,p52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed by women before and at the time of childbirth.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41" 16106,1764,Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,62,Delaware,97,t72,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Administered to women following childbirth.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37" 16109,1764,Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"31, 76",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root given to women after childbirth.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 76" 16126,1765,Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,67,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root and leaves used for female disorders.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 67" 16134,1767,Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum,116,Koasati,115,t40,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to ease childbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 42" 16213,1780,Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal,54,Cree,145,b41,494,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of buds and flowers taken to ease and lessen menses.,"Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 494" 16290,1786,Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby,102,Jemez,28,c30,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by women after childbirth following the cedar decoction.,"Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 23" 16328,1786,Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,51,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to hasten delivery of placenta.,"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" 16347,1786,Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing plant used as snuff and as a fumigant for painful periods.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 56" 16348,1786,Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing plant used as snuff and as a fumigant for women in labor.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 56" 16374,1791,Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch,177,Omaha,124,ff11,584,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Powdered root mixed with water and given to women during protracted labor.,"Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584" 16411,1799,Hamamelis virginiana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for periodic pains.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62" 16427,1799,Hamamelis virginiana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,347,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 347" 16428,1799,Hamamelis virginiana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,347,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of shoots taken by a pregnant woman who has fallen or been hurt.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 347" 16491,1806,Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers.,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of fresh or dried plants taken for menstruation pains.,"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 33" 16524,1814,Helenium autumnale L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of roots given to prevent menstruation after childbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56" 16536,1815,Helenium microcephalum DC.,48,Comanche,147,cj40,522,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Pulverized flowers inhaled to cause sneezing and expulsion of afterbirth.,"Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 522" 16616,1821,Helianthus annuus L.,190,Pawnee,17,g19,130,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Dry seed compound eaten by pregnant nursing women to protect suckling child.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 130" 16751,1849,Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark,100,Iroquois,7,h77,328,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound used for labor pains in parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328" 16752,1849,Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark,100,Iroquois,7,h77,328,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plants taken by middle aged women to induce childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328" 16753,1849,Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark,100,Iroquois,7,h77,328,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plants taken by pregnant women for sore abdomen or side pains.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328" 16760,1849,Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark,138,Menominee,51,s23,"48, 49",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Compound containing root used for female maladies, especially leucorrhea.","Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 48, 49" 16847,1851,Heracleum maximum Bartr.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,276,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Dried, pounded roots and oil rubbed on face and waist of girl at puberty.","Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 276" 16963,1853,Heracleum sphondylium L.,141,Micmac,155,w22,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Green and light color plant used as medicine for women.,"Wallis, Wilson D., 1922, Medicines Used by the Micmac Indians, American Anthropologist 24:24-30, page 30" 17026,1865,Heuchera americana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for 'immoderate flow of menses.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23" 17108,1876,Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"29, 30",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of split root taken to ease delivery of placenta.,"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 29, 30" 17163,1885,Hibiscus tiliaceus L.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,39,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Slimy substance from inner bark and water taken before or between the pain accompanying childbirth.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 39" 17183,1895,Hierochloe occidentalis Buckl.,105,Karok,71,sg52,380,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women after miscarriage or to arrest fetus growth.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380" 17418,1917,Houstonia rubra Cav.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used for menstrual troubles.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 43" 17429,1920,Humulus lupulus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,39,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for 'breast & female complaints where womb is debilitated.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39" 17500,1927,Hydrangea cinerea Small,32,Cherokee,115,t40,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken as an emetic and cathartic by women during menses.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 25" 17591,1949,Hymenoxys bigelovii (Gray) Parker,95,Hopi,82,c74,328,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Used for severe pains in hips and back, especially in pregnant state.","Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 328" 17656,1964,Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides,96,Houma,49,speck41,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of root taken, especially in childbirth, for severe pain.","Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55" 17742,1981,Impatiens capensis Meerb.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems taken to ease childbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40" 17743,1981,Impatiens capensis Meerb.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken and used to 'bathe private parts' to aid in delivery.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41" 17787,1982,Impatiens pallida Nutt.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken and used to 'bathe private parts' to aid in delivery.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41" 17792,1982,Impatiens pallida Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,379,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken to induce childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 379" 17793,1982,Impatiens pallida Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,379,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stalks taken to stop suffering while having a baby.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 379" 17794,1982,Impatiens pallida Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,379,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of mashed plants applied to women's breast injury.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 379" 17799,1984,Inula helenium L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'For female obstructions and pregnant women with weak bowels and wombs.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33" 17821,1984,Inula helenium L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,466,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of dried roots taken by girls who 'leak rotten.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 466" 17905,1994,Ipomoea sp.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Tubers and other plants pounded, resulting liquid strained, heated and taken for womb troubles.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 35" 17915,1996,Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata,95,Hopi,82,c74,321,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used after birth when the mother lied in bed for 15 or 20 days.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 321" 17988,2002,Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for postpartum septicaemia.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 38" 17997,2002,Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 40" 18023,2010,Iris macrosiphon Torr.,200,Pomo,109,m66,284,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used to hasten the birth of a baby.,"Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 284" 18061,2015,Iris tenuissima Dykes,200,Pomo,109,m66,284,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used to hasten the birth of a baby.,"Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 284" 18089,2017,Iris versicolor L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,287,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of smashed roots taken at menses to induce pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 287" 18193,2031,Juglans cinerea L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,294,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction with bark taken to induce pregnancy.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 294" 18404,2053,Juniperus californica Carr.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,158,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken by women previous to childbirth to relax muscles.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158" 18448,2054,Juniperus communis L.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,4,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves burned at childbirth to promote delivery.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 4" 18459,2054,Juniperus communis L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branch or wood and other herbs used for 'woman's troubles.',"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 41" 18460,2054,Juniperus communis L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branch or wood and other herbs used for sickness after giving birth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 41" 18466,2054,Juniperus communis L.,64,"Delaware, Ontario",97,t72,110,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for women's diseases.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 110" 18593,2057,Juniperus horizontalis Moench,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,4,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves burned at childbirth to promote delivery.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 4" 18615,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,158,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken by women previous to childbirth to relax muscles.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158" 18622,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,95,Hopi,82,c74,330,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of leaves taken and used for many purposes. Juniper was chewed or an infusion of leaves was taken by women immediately after giving birth. During the lying-in period, all of the mother's food was prepared with a decoction of leaves. Her head was washed with yucca suds and her body bathed with hot infusion of leaves while her clothes were washed in water in which leaves of juniper had been placed.","Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330" 18639,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,101,Isleta,76,j31,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves given to mothers after childbirth.,"Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 32" 18642,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,102,Jemez,28,c30,24,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken by women after the birth of an infant.,"Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 24" 18695,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"11, 12",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or smoke of various plant parts used for childbirth difficulties.,"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 11, 12" 18727,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,"39, 40",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken and used as a postpartum wash.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 39, 40" 18728,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,257,Tewa,82,c74,330,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of leaves taken and used for many purposes. Juniper was chewed or an infusion of leaves was taken by women immediately after giving birth. During the lying-in period, all of the mother's food was prepared with a decoction of leaves. Her head was washed with yucca suds and her body bathed with hot infusion of leaves while her clothes were washed in water in which leaves of juniper had been placed.","Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330" 18758,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,291,Zuni,157,cb80,373,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken postpartum to prevent uterine cramps and stop vaginal bleeding.,"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 373" 18759,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,291,Zuni,6,s15,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound infusion of twigs taken after childbirth to stop blood flow.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 55" 18760,2058,Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.,291,Zuni,6,s15,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound infusion of twigs used to promote muscular relaxation at birth.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 55" 18767,2059,Juniperus occidentalis Hook.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,158,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken by women previous to childbirth to relax muscles.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158" 18797,2059,Juniperus occidentalis Hook.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,92-96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of berries taken for menstrual cramps.,"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 92-96" 18861,2060,Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little,95,Hopi,126,vest40,157,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches used especially by women during confinement.,"Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 157" 18862,2060,Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little,95,Hopi,126,vest40,157,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches used especially by women during confinement.,"Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 157" 18891,2060,Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little,183,Paiute,12,tha41,93-96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of berries taken for menstrual cramps.,"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 93-96" 18934,2061,Juniperus pinchotii Sudsworth,48,Comanche,143,j68,3,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of dried and pulverized roots taken for menstrual complaints.,"Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 3" 18952,2062,Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,4,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves burned at childbirth to promote delivery.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 4" 18971,2062,Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.,60,Crow,30,h92,36,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken after birth for cleansing and healing.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 36" 19049,2062,Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,92,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches and berries taken every morning just before childbirth. The decoction was taken every morning just before childbirth to promote muscular relaxation.,"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" 19102,2063,Juniperus sp.,95,Hopi,37,w39,"35, 36, 62",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used several ways to ease pregnancy and childbirth.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 36, 62" 19362,2082,Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken for 'flooding.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52" 19372,2083,Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,364365,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used for caked breast and to ease lactation.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 364365" 19393,2086,Lactuca sativa L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,215,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken after childbirth to hasten the flow of milk.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 215" 19459,2093,Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell,100,Iroquois,7,h77,306,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of smashed roots taken to facilitate childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306" 19471,2095,Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata (Gray) Higgins,157,Navajo,141,h56,153,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Parts of the plant used at confinement.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 153" 19567,2100,Larix occidentalis Nutt.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,99,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of small pieces of branches and bark taken as a form of birth control after childbirth.,"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 99" 19637,2102,Larrea tridentata var. tridentata,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,83,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stems and leaves used for stomach cramps from delayed menstruation.,"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 83" 19664,2102,Larrea tridentata var. tridentata,188,Papago,27,cu35,64,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Branches used as bed for women with menstrual cramps or after childbirth.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 64" 19665,2102,Larrea tridentata var. tridentata,188,Papago,27,cu35,"64, 65",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves rubbed on breasts to start milk flow.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 64, 65" 19666,2102,Larrea tridentata var. tridentata,188,Papago,27,cu35,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used as wash on breasts to start milk flow.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 65" 19667,2102,Larrea tridentata var. tridentata,188,Papago,27,cu35,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of heated branches applied to facilitate childbirth.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 65" 19697,2106,Lathyrus eucosmus Butters & St. John,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to remove placenta.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 28" 19810,2125,Ledum groenlandicum Oeder,133,Makah,3,g83,301,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and sugar given to mothers after childbirth to gain their strength.,"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 301" 19899,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,62,Delaware,97,t72,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used for female diseases.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 38" 19900,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"32, 76",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken for 'female diseases.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 76" 19904,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Part of plant used for obstetric cases.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58" 19905,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,149,Mohegan,97,t72,"74, 130",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of leaf, highly regarded herb, taken for diseases peculiar to women.","Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130" 19906,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,149,Mohegan,110,tan28,265,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken for peculiar ills of women.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265" 19907,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,149,Mohegan,62,cw45,121,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for 'female ills.',"Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121" 19909,2131,Leonurus cardiaca L.,231,Shinnecock,62,cw45,121,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for 'female ills.',"Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121" 19954,2144,Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of plant taken during pregnancy keeps baby small, for easy labor.","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 40" 19973,2149,Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 77",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root rubbed on abdomen when uterus failed to contract after childbirth.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 77" 20021,2159,Lewisia rediviva Pursh,76,Flathead,30,h92,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for increased milk flow after childbirth.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 46" 20031,2159,Lewisia rediviva Pursh,162,Nez Perce,30,h92,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for increased milk flow after childbirth.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 46" 20032,2159,Lewisia rediviva Pursh,162,Nez Perce,30,h92,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots eaten for increased milk flow after childbirth.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 46" 20299,2188,Lilium philadelphicum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,282,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken 'to bring away placenta after childbirth.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 282" 20373,2199,Lindera benzoin var. benzoin,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for menstruation pains.,"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 33" 20384,2202,Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora (Torr.) Hult‚n,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,235,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of entire plant used by pregnant women to insure the good health of the child.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 235" 20385,2202,Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora (Torr.) Hult‚n,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,235,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of entire plant used for menstrual difficulties.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 235" 20390,2202,Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora (Torr.) Hult‚n,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,"45, 46",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Entire plant used for unspecified female troubles.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 45, 46" 20393,2203,Linum australe Heller,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 83",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken and used as a wash to ease protracted labor.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 83" 20452,2210,Liquidambar styraciflua L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken to stop flooding.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58" 20651,2221,Lobelia cardinalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,452,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or infusion taken and poultice or wash used for breast troubles.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 452" 20994,2246,Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,276,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of seeds taken by pregnant women to insure an easy delivery.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 276" 20995,2246,Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,276,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of chewed seeds applied for swelling of a woman's breasts.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 276" 21103,2259,Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) Poir. ex DC.,251,Squaxin,25,g73,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken for womb trouble.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48" 21105,2259,Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) Poir. ex DC.,253,Swinomish,25,g73,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used as a steambath to stimulate lacteal flow.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48" 21121,2261,Lonicera dioica L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,234,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used for menstrual difficulties.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 234" 21127,2261,Lonicera dioica L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems used for blood clotting after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 43" 21134,2261,Lonicera dioica L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,444,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken by pregnant women for internal and leg soreness.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 444" 21175,2265,Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,279,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark applied to women's breasts to make milk flow.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 279" 21183,2265,Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.,133,Makah,25,g73,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves chewed by women during confinement.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48" 21194,2265,Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,94,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Branches used to make a medicine for mothers after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 94" 21204,2265,Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.,210,Quinault,25,g73,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves chewed by women during confinement.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48" 21223,2267,Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,443,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of branches taken for falling of the womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 443" 21264,2272,Lotus humistratus Greene,105,Karok,71,sg52,385,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken and used as a wash by women in labor.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385" 21293,2282,Luetkea pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze,176,Okanagon,55,p52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by women for profuse or prolonged menstruation.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42" 21299,2282,Luetkea pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze,259,Thompson,55,p52,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by women for profuse or prolonged menstruation.,"Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42" 21300,2282,Luetkea pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze,259,Thompson,33,steed28,472,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for profuse or prolonged menstruation.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 472" 21489,2321,Lycopodium clavatum L.,5,Aleut,130,bt53,427,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken for postpartum pain.,"Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427" 21512,2324,Lycopodium obscurum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,263,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for change of life and resulting blindness and deafness.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 263" 21516,2326,Lycopodium sp.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,120,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used to make a medicinal tea for inducing labor and making childbirth easier.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 120" 21542,2332,Lygodesmia grandiflora (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 97",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves chewed to increase mother's milk supply.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 97" 21553,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for symptoms resembling heartburn caused by pregnancy.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61" 21562,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,33,Cheyenne,39,g72,191,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women after childbirth to increase milk flow.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 191" 21563,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stems taken by pregnant and nursing mothers to increase milk flow.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 22" 21564,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,33,Cheyenne,13,g05,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound decoction of plant taken to increase maternal milk flow.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 41" 21575,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,177,Omaha,17,g19,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stems taken by nursing mothers to increase milk flow.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 136" 21579,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,205,Ponca,189,h65,152,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used to increase milk flow of mothers.,"Howard, James, 1965, The Ponca Tribe, SI-BAE Bulletin #195, page 152" 21580,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,205,Ponca,17,g19,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of stems taken by nursing mothers to increase milk flow.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 136" 21582,2333,Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.,238,Sioux,30,h92,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of dried stems taken to increase milk flow.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 27" 21657,2337,Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John,209,Quileute,25,g73,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of pounded root taken to bring about easy delivery.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22" 21700,2339,Lysimachia quadrifolia L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for 'female trouble.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43" 21704,2340,Lysimachia thyrsiflora L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,411,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used as wash and applied as poultice to stop milk flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 411" 21721,2347,Machaeranthera canescens ssp. glabra var. aristata (Eastw.) B.L. Turner,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 94",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by parturient women for any disorder.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 94" 21731,2352,Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 94",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by parturient women for any disorder.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 94" 21960,2376,Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don,76,Flathead,30,h92,18,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used for delivery of the placenta.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 18" 22038,2378,Maianthemum canadense Desf.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,373374,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used 'to keep the kidneys open during pregnancy.',"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373374" 22070,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 22086,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,100,Iroquois,7,h77,284,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of roots used 'when woman has miscarriage.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 284" 22111,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,374,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root taken 'to keep kidneys open during pregnancy.',"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 374" 22118,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,174,"Ojibwa, South",56,h91,199,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves used by 'lying-in women.',"Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199" 22131,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,259,Thompson,10,tta90,127,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves and roots taken during pregnancy for internal soreness.,"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 127" 22132,2381,Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum,259,Thompson,33,steed28,458,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of rhizomes taken during the menstrual period.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 458" 22144,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,62,Delaware,97,t72,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots combined with others and used for leucorrhea.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 38" 22147,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"32, 80",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root taken for leucorrhea.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 80" 22152,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,100,Iroquois,7,h77,283,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion taken for stricture caused when a woman has her changes.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 283" 22163,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,183,Paiute,12,tha41,139140,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to regulate menstrual disorders.,"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 139140" 22167,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,139140,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaf taken daily for a week by women as a contraceptive.,"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 139140" 22168,2382,Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,139140,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to regulate menstrual disorders.,"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 139140" 22194,2390,Malus coronaria var. coronaria,100,Iroquois,7,h77,350,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Cold, compound infusion of twig bark taken for difficult birth.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350" 22436,2417,Marrubium vulgare L.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used before and after childbirth.,"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 41" 22454,2420,Matelea biflora (Raf.) Woods.,48,Comanche,143,j68,9,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of thick, white roots used for menstrual cramps.","Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9" 22461,2421,Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm.) Woods.,48,Comanche,143,j68,9,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of thick, white roots used for menstrual cramps.","Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9" 22491,2423,Matricaria discoidea DC.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken by women following childbirth.,"Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 25" 22513,2423,Matricaria discoidea DC.,151,Montana Indian,30,h92,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of herb used by young girls for menstrual cramps.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23" 22514,2423,Matricaria discoidea DC.,151,Montana Indian,30,h92,23,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of herb used for building up blood at childbirth and delivering the placenta.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23" 22527,2425,Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaf stalk base from the sterile frond taken to speed expulsion of the afterbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 44" 22579,2439,Menispermum canadense L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,54,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken by 'weakly females.',"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" 22586,2440,Menodora scabra Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,39,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to facilitate labor.,"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 39" 22974,2465,Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don,33,Cheyenne,39,g72,184,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women after childbirth to increase milk flow.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184" 23032,2487,Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,21,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used for postpartum treatment.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 21" 23043,2488,Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray,95,Hopi,82,c74,334,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used to push up the blood in the woman during the pregnant stage.,"Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 334" 23071,2490,Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.,190,Pawnee,17,g19,78,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken after childbirth for abdominal swelling.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78" 23095,2494,Mitchella repens L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Used to facilitate childbirth, for sore nipples and taken for menstrual cramps.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47" 23105,2494,Mitchella repens L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken to strengthen the 'female generative organs.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 30" 23125,2494,Mitchella repens L.,100,Iroquois,107,p10,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Berries used to prevent severe labor pains and to facilitate delivery.,"Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96" 23126,2494,Mitchella repens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,441,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of leaves and roots taken for leucorrhea (sick womb).,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 441" 23127,2494,Mitchella repens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,441,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plants taken by pregnant women with side pains.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 441" 23128,2494,Mitchella repens L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,442,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound of plants taken for labor pain in parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 442" 23150,2494,Mitchella repens L.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves used for 'diseases of women.',"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133" 23246,2504,Monarda fistulosa L.,151,Montana Indian,30,h92,70,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for expulsion of the afterbirth.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 70" 23287,2506,Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. mollis (L.) Benth.,76,Flathead,73,b05,16,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used by women after confinement.,"Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16" 23288,2506,Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. mollis (L.) Benth.,238,Sioux,73,b05,16,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used by women after confinement.,"Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16" 23428,2521,Monotropa uniflora L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken for female troubles.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 57" 23575,2558,Myrica sp.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"29, 76",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root taken for 'female generative organs.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 76" 23591,2565,Napaea dioica L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,232,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used to ease childbirth and for female troubles.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 232" 23807,2577,Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,106,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Snuff containing leaves used by women in labor.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 106" 23893,2584,Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,43,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of plant applied to woman's stomach during parturition.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43" 24093,2596,Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal,78,Gitksan,9,s29,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of toasted root or decoction of root heart used as a contraceptive.,"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 56" 24098,2596,Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal,112,Kitasoo,14,c93,339,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant and devil's club used for unspecified woman's illness.,"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 339" 24188,2604,Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,26,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion given for childbirth and infusion of bark given for 'flooding.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26" 24247,2611,Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC.,166,Nitinaht,101,ttco83,93,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots squashed and swallowed to facilitate and speed up delivery.,"Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 93" 24288,2616,Oenothera caespitosa Nutt.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of ground plant applied for prolapses of the uterus.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33" 24384,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,255,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken for fertility in women and the blood.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 255" 24385,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,255,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to give strength after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 255" 24386,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,255,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction taken to start menses and for swellings, cramps and sore abdomen.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 255" 24387,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,254,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken for pain after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 254" 24388,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,254,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of whole plant or roots applied to full, non-flowing breasts.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 254" 24395,2634,Onoclea sensibilis L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,382,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of powdered, dried root used by patients with caked breast for milk flow.","Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 382" 24415,2640,Oplopanax horridus Miq.,29,"Carrier, Southern",9,s29,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken as a purgative before and after childbirth.,"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 62" 24495,2640,Oplopanax horridus Miq.,129,Lummi,25,g73,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of bark applied to woman's breast to stop an excessive flow of milk.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41" 24531,2640,Oplopanax horridus Miq.,241,Skagit,25,g73,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken by women to start menstrual flow after childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41" 24625,2653,Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck,193,Pima,11,c49,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of heated plant applied to breasts to encourage the flow of milk.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 60" 24714,2664,Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Stem roasted and material used to lubricate midwife's hand for placenta removal.,"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 37" 24736,2665,Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.,193,Pima,11,c49,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of heated plant applied to breasts to encourage the flow of milk.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 60" 24831,2670,Opuntia sp.,125,Lakota,108,r80,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots and soapweed roots used by mothers when they cannot give birth.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 42" 24835,2670,Opuntia sp.,129,Lummi,25,g73,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of smashed plants taken to facilitate childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41" 24892,2676,Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides (Walt.) Isely,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken to 'check discharge.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55" 24964,2694,Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) C.B. Clarke,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,391,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used to ease parturition.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391" 24971,2696,Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.,38,Chippewa,15,gil33,137,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for amenorrhea.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 137" 24977,2696,Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,391,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used to ease parturition.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391" 24991,2697,Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women to induce labor.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61" 24992,2697,Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,124,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used by women as a feminine deodorant.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 124" 25039,2697,Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr.,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,109110,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to regulate menstrual disorders.,"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 109110" 25087,2700,Osmunda cinnamomea L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,261,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used for 'woman's troubles.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 261" 25092,2700,Osmunda cinnamomea L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,70,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used to promote the flow of milk and for caked breasts.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 70" 25099,2702,Osmunda regalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,260,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken by women for strong menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 260" 25100,2702,Osmunda regalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,260,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction used when 'girls leak rotten; affected women can't raise children.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 260" 25120,2705,Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,82,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root used for 'female weakness.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 82" 25206,2713,Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.,30,Catawba,75,s37,188,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant taken by women to check excessive flow of blood.,"Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 188" 25207,2713,Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.,30,Catawba,75,s37,188,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant taken by women when very sick from the change of life.,"Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 188" 25208,2713,Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.,30,Catawba,115,t40,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant taken to regulate flow of blood during menopause.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 49" 25258,2723,Oxytropis sp.,33,Cheyenne,39,g72,179,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Powdered root used to increase flow of milk.,"Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 179" 25280,2726,Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L”ve,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken to prevent pregnancy.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52" 25297,2728,Packera multilobata (Torr. & Gray ex Gray) W.A. Weber & A. L”ve,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for menstrual pain.,"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 53" 25343,2733,Panax quinquefolius L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,36,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used for 'weakness of the womb and nervous affections.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36" 25371,2733,Panax quinquefolius L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,395,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of seed pods taken by women having difficulty with labor.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395" 25586,2764,Pastinaca sativa L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,391,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of minute quantity of root taken for female troubles.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391" 25777,2787,Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eat.) D.C. Eat.,284,Yavapai,48,g36,261,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken as tea by women after childbirth.,"Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261" 25805,2796,Pennellia micrantha (Gray) Nieuwl.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to expedite delivery.,"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 29" 25826,2801,Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Honey sucked from flower by pregnant woman to keep baby small for easy labor.,"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 44" 25827,2801,Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound decoction of root taken for menstrual pain.,"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 44" 25885,2808,Penstemon fruticosus (Pursh) Greene,100,Iroquois,7,h77,434,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used as wash by women who are bothered by milk flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 434" 25928,2815,Penstemon linarioides ssp. coloradoensis (A. Nels.) Keck,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken early in pregnancy to insure birth of female child.,"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 44" 25929,2815,Penstemon linarioides ssp. coloradoensis (A. Nels.) Keck,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,44,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to facilitate labor and delivery of placenta.,"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 44" 25954,2825,Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis,105,Karok,71,sg52,377,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to mitigate the afterpains of childbirth.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 377" 25959,2827,Peperomia sp.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,13,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Whole plant with other ingredients and coconut milk taken by women with sexual organ afflictions.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 13" 25977,2829,Pericome caudata Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 52" 26227,2846,Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 98",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to decrease milk flow and ease breast pain.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 98" 26240,2848,Petroselinum crispum (P. Mill.) Nyman ex A.W. Hill,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken by 'lying-in women whose discharges are too scant.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47" 26265,2857,Phacelia hastata var. hastata,259,Thompson,33,steed28,470,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken for difficult menstruation.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470" 26370,2874,Phegopteris sp.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,12,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Inner bark scraped or buds mixed with cooked taro leaves and water and eaten during childbirth.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 12" 26442,2881,Phlox caespitosa Nutt.,157,Navajo,141,h56,162,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 162" 26482,2888,Phlox stansburyi (Torr.) Heller,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken during pregnancy to insure birth of female baby.,"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 40" 26483,2888,Phlox stansburyi (Torr.) Heller,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 40" 26485,2890,Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,112,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken as a tonic after childbirth.,"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 112" 26523,2895,Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray,291,Zuni,6,s15,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of plant taken to promote muscular relaxation at birth.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 55" 26524,2895,Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray,291,Zuni,6,s15,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound infusion of twigs taken after childbirth to stop blood flow.,"Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 55" 26528,2896,Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Hot infusion used as 'medicine for pregnant women.',"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" 26556,2898,Phoradendron sp.,188,Papago,27,cu35,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken and bed of heated branches used for menstrual cramps.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 65" 26557,2898,Phoradendron sp.,188,Papago,27,cu35,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken for menstrual cramps.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 65" 26791,2929,Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,349,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice used when women swell after copulation; caused by bad medicine.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 349" 26792,2929,Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim.,138,Menominee,51,s23,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Bark used to make a drink for female maladies, to cleanse system and enhance fertility.","Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 49" 26842,2931,Phytolacca americana L.,149,Mohegan,97,t72,"74, 130",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of mashed berries applied to sore breasts.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130" 26883,2934,Picea glauca (Moench) Voss,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,126,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Used in the sudatory, this is taken by women after childbirth and for other complaints.","Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 126" 27729,2962,Pinus glabra Walt.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of needles for 'child-bed-fevers.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49" 27730,2962,Pinus glabra Walt.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Syrup taken by pregnant women with cough and poultice used for swollen breasts.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49" 27828,2965,Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cooked pitch taken by women to stop menstruation.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50" 27846,2965,Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,117118,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of resin taken as a tonic after childbirth and for general debility.,"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 117118" 27951,2968,Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson,76,Flathead,30,h92,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Needles heated and used for faster delivery of the placenta.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 50" 28277,2979,Pinus virginiana P. Mill.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of needles used for 'child-bed-fevers.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49" 28278,2979,Pinus virginiana P. Mill.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Syrup taken by pregnant women with cough and poultice used for swollen breasts.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49" 28300,2980,Piper methysticum G. Forst.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,17,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant pieces and other plants mixed with coconut milk and taken for displacement of the womb.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17" 28301,2980,Piper methysticum G. Forst.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,17,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant pieces and other plants mixed with water and taken for weaknesses arising from virginity.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17" 28361,2996,Plantago aristata Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken to 'check discharge' and used as a douche.,"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" 28378,2999,Plantago lanceolata L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken to 'check discharge' and used as a douche.,"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" 28404,3001,Plantago major L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken to 'check discharge' and used as a douche.,"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" 28418,3001,Plantago major L.,62,Delaware,97,t72,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant combined with other plant parts and used for female diseases.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37" 28420,3001,Plantago major L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"31, 82",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing plant used for 'female diseases.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 82" 28428,3001,Plantago major L.,100,Iroquois,116,r45i,98,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of seeds taken to regulate and shorten menses.,"Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 98" 28519,3006,Plantago sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,438,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of roots taken for falling of the womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 438" 28520,3006,Plantago sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,438,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken as an annual female medicine.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 438" 28521,3006,Plantago sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,437,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women who cannot have babies.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 437" 28554,3014,Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,290,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken as a parturition medicine.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 290" 28570,3017,Platanus occidentalis L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58" 28571,3017,Platanus occidentalis L.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,26,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women during menses as an emetic and cathartic.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26" 28813,3048,Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken by females afflicted with 'whites or profuse 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 56" 28871,3053,Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,236,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for injured womb.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236" 28880,3055,Polygonum arenastrum Jord. ex Boreau,100,Iroquois,7,h77,314,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant used for miscarriage injuries.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 314" 28894,3057,Polygonum aviculare L.,39,Choctaw,138,c51,286,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion of whole plant taken freely to prevent abortion.,"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 286" 28951,3068,Polygonum pensylvanicum L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of leaf taken to aid post-partum healing.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 47" 29081,3084,Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott,100,Iroquois,7,h77,257,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant taken before and after baby to clean womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 257" 29082,3084,Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott,100,Iroquois,7,h77,257,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used as a 'Lady's medicine' for the insides.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 257" 29109,3085,Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,265,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Boughs placed under bed of young girl to have as many children as plants.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 265" 29114,3085,Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl,129,Lummi,25,g73,13,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves chewed by women to facilitate childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 13" 29155,3086,Polytaenia nuttallii DC.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,249,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of seeds taken by women for severe diarrhea.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 249" 29156,3087,Polytrichum commune Hedw.,166,Nitinaht,101,ttco83,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed by women in labor to speed up the process.,"Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59" 29200,3095,Populus balsamifera L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 29201,3095,Populus balsamifera L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of root taken for excessive flowing during confinement.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 29342,3097,Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw,259,Thompson,10,tta90,276,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of white inner bark taken by women after childbirth.,"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 276" 29368,3098,Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"26, 78",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Simple or compound infusion taken for 'weakness and debility in women.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 78" 29496,3103,Populus grandidentata Michx.,54,Cree,145,b41,494,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken to ease and lessen menses.,"Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 494" 29573,3106,Populus tremuloides Michx.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark scrapings taken by women about to give birth.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61" 29588,3106,Populus tremuloides Michx.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of root taken for 'excessive flowing' during confinement.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 29730,3113,Porteranthus sp.,59,Creek,128,swan28,667,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant thought to be used by women during their menstrual periods.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 667" 29820,3123,Potentilla arguta Pursh,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,126,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126" 29845,3129,Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,26,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to expedite childbirth.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26" 29868,3137,Prenanthes alba L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Dried, powdered root added to food to produce postpartum milk flow.","Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 29873,3137,Prenanthes alba L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,365,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Milk of plant used as a diuretic for female diseases and root used as a female remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 365" 30078,3156,Prosopis pubescens Benth.,193,Pima,11,c49,96,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for troubles with menses.,"Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 96" 30199,3159,Prunella vulgaris L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,425,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken to strengthen the womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 425" 30215,3159,Prunella vulgaris L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,372,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root used as a female remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 372" 30323,3164,Prunus cerasus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"28, 29",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm infusion given when labor pains begin.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29" 30357,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,290,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of split roots taken for blood discharge.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 290" 30358,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,121,Kwakiutl,148,b66,386,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots applied to nipples of mother to induce the infant to nurse.,"Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 386" 30374,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,129,Lummi,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Bark chewed to facilitate childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 30375,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,129,Lummi,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of rotten wood taken as a contraceptive.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 30393,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,210,Quinault,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of rotten wood taken as a contraceptive.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 30407,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,241,Skagit,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of rotten wood taken as a contraceptive.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 30409,3166,Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.,243,Skokomish,25,g73,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of rotten wood taken as a contraceptive.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37" 30479,3172,Prunus pensylvanica L. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"28, 29",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm infusion given when labor pains begin.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29" 30574,3177,Prunus serotina Ehrh.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken for childbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 28" 30575,3177,Prunus serotina Ehrh.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"28, 29",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm infusion given when labor pains begin.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29" 30602,3177,Prunus serotina Ehrh.,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,"68, 82",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68, 82" 30615,3177,Prunus serotina Ehrh.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,361,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken when a woman has a miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 361" 30678,3178,Prunus sp.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of fresh root or decoction of dried root applied to 'broken breast.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 30734,3181,Prunus virginiana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"28, 29",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Warm infusion given when labor pains begin.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29" 30787,3181,Prunus virginiana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of stalks taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 360" 30838,3181,Prunus virginiana L.,174,"Ojibwa, South",56,h91,199,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'Branchlets' used in unspecified manner during gestation.,"Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199" 30964,3182,Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,477,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken after childbirth as a strengthening tonic.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 477" 31155,3199,Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco,88,Hanaksiala,14,c93,179,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of green bark taken for excessive menstruation.,"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 179" 31333,3203,Psilostrophe sparsiflora (Gray) A. Nels.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used as a postpartum blood purifier.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 49" 31361,3205,Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant taken for menstrual cramps.,"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 34" 31457,3214,Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn,100,Iroquois,7,h77,259,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken for prolapsus of uterus.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 259" 31458,3214,Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn,100,Iroquois,7,h77,259,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction taken when suffering after birth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 259" 31459,3214,Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn,100,Iroquois,7,h77,259,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction used to make 'good blood' after menses, taken after baby's birth.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 259" 31471,3214,Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn,138,Menominee,51,s23,48,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for 'caked breast' and a dog whisker used to pierce teat.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 48" 31483,3214,Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,382,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken by women to allay stomach cramps.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 382" 31559,3219,Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.,228,Seminole,88,s54,326,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken for backache and excessive bloody discharge after giving birth.,"Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 326" 31560,3219,Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.,228,Seminole,88,s54,271,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots used for backache and excessive bleeding following childbirth.,"Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 271" 31561,3219,Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.,228,Seminole,88,s54,284,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used 'to correct irregularities and to relieve menstrual pain.',"Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 284" 31596,3225,Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to speed delivery.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60" 31618,3228,Purshia glandulosa Curran,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for menstrual cramps.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 55" 31679,3231,Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.,157,Navajo,141,h56,154,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant taken during confinement.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154" 31687,3231,Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,31,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root used to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 31" 31778,3240,Pyrola chlorantha Sw.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for menorrhagia.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35" 31804,3243,Pyrola sp.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and roots taken to expel the afterbirth.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61" 31811,3243,Pyrola sp.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,462,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed at childbirth to ease confinement.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462" 31881,3253,Quercus alba L.,62,Delaware,97,t72,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used as a douche.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 30" 31886,3253,Quercus alba L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"25, 78",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used as an excellent douche.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 78" 31889,3253,Quercus alba L.,64,"Delaware, Ontario",22,t42,"68, 82",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68, 82" 32085,3263,Quercus gambelii Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root bark used for postpartum pain and to help in delivery of placenta.,"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 22" 32128,3265,Quercus garryana Dougl. ex Hook.,105,Karok,71,sg52,382,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by mother before her first baby comes.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382" 32129,3265,Quercus garryana Dougl. ex Hook.,105,Karok,71,sg52,382,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Pounded bark rubbed on abdomen and sides of mother before her first delivery.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382" 32159,3268,Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,302,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used as a wash and taken for 'female troubles.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 302" 32304,3274,Quercus marilandica Muenchh.,39,Choctaw,115,t40,17,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of tree bark coal taken to aid in childbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17" 32305,3274,Quercus marilandica Muenchh.,39,Choctaw,115,t40,17,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of tree bark coal taken to remove the afterbirth and ease cramps.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17" 32535,3293,Quercus velutina Lam.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,46,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of bark of black oak taken for 'female trouble.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46" 32717,3316,Ranunculus repens L.,92,Hesquiat,41,te82,71,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Three or four leaves eaten to help heal the insides after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71" 32744,3322,Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Crushed leaves rubbed on mothers' breast to wean child.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 65" 32765,3324,Reverchonia arenaria Gray,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 84",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for postpartum hemorrhage.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 84" 32793,3328,Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used by women for blood shortages.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 58" 32852,3338,Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,24,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken by women.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24" 32883,3345,Rhus copallinum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken 'to make human milk flow abundantly.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 32910,3347,Rhus glabra L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken 'to make human milk flow abundantly.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 32967,3347,Rhus glabra L.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of seed heads taken by women during childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59" 32979,3347,Rhus glabra L.,177,Omaha,17,g19,"99, 100",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root used as a post-partum styptic wash.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99, 100" 32988,3347,Rhus glabra L.,190,Pawnee,17,g19,"99, 100",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of fruit used for dysmenorrhea.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99, 100" 33027,3350,Rhus ovata S. Wats.,65,Diegueno,122,h75,218,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken just before the birth for an easy delivery.,"Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218" 33048,3351,Rhus sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,370,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plants taken for a fallen womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370" 33049,3351,Rhus sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,370,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of roots taken for evacuation of the placenta.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370" 33050,3351,Rhus sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,371,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound poultice applied for lumps and swellings of the breast.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 371" 33148,3352,Rhus trilobata Nutt.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,66,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used as a douche after childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 66" 33215,3352,Rhus trilobata Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,"35, 36",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root bark used to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 35, 36" 33262,3355,Rhus typhina L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken 'to make human milk flow abundantly.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 33273,3355,Rhus typhina L.,100,Iroquois,59,r45ii,51,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of bark, buds and branches from another plant taken before giving birth.","Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 51" 33282,3355,Rhus typhina L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Hairy twigs of smaller shrubs used for various 'female diseases.',"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 22" 33311,3358,Ribes americanum P. Mill.,23,Blackfoot,146,j87,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women for uterine troubles.,"Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 37" 33340,3358,Ribes americanum P. Mill.,280,Winnebago,17,g19,84,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used by women for 'uterine trouble.',"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 84" 33457,3367,Ribes cynosbati L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,246,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used for uterine trouble caused by having too many children.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246" 33462,3367,Ribes cynosbati L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,82,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root bark used by the Prairie Potawatomi as a uterine remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 82" 33507,3369,Ribes glandulosum Grauer,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 33508,3369,Ribes glandulosum Grauer,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,54,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem used alone or with wild red raspberry to prevent blood clotting after birth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 54" 33513,3371,Ribes hudsonianum Richards.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem sections alone or with wild gooseberry stems used for sickness after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 55" 33574,3375,Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir.,241,Skagit,25,g73,32,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken during childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 32" 33575,3375,Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir.,242,"Skagit, Upper",131,t89,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken by women during childbirth.,"Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 38" 33580,3375,Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,229,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Berries considered good medicine for women.,"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 229" 33650,3385,Ribes oxyacanthoides L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems and wild black currant stems used for sickness after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 55" 33673,3387,Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. oxyacanthoides,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of berry taken for back pain and 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 33761,3397,Ribes triste Pallas,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,389,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used as some sort of female remedy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 389" 33829,3409,Rorippa alpina (S. Wats.) Rydb.,157,Navajo,74,e44,49,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plants taken as a tonic after deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 49" 33881,3417,Rosa acicularis Lindl.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,359,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Cold, compound infusion of twig bark taken for difficult birth.","Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 359" 33911,3417,Rosa acicularis Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of branches, choke cherry and red willow taken for women's illnesses.","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 267" 33912,3417,Rosa acicularis Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"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 267" 33913,3417,Rosa acicularis Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Hips chewed by women in labor, to hasten the delivery.","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 267" 34039,3427,Rosa nutkana K. Presl,31,Chehalis,25,g73,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken by women to ease labor pains in childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34" 34089,3427,Rosa nutkana K. Presl,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of branches, choke cherry and red willow taken for women's illnesses.","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 267" 34090,3427,Rosa nutkana K. Presl,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"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 267" 34124,3431,Rosa pisocarpa Gray,251,Squaxin,25,g73,34,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken after childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34" 34129,3431,Rosa pisocarpa Gray,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of branches, choke cherry and red willow taken for women's illnesses.","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 267" 34130,3431,Rosa pisocarpa Gray,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"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 267" 34238,3434,Rosa woodsii Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of branches, choke cherry and red willow taken for women's illnesses.","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 267" 34239,3434,Rosa woodsii Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken by women after childbirth.,"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 267" 34240,3434,Rosa woodsii Lindl.,259,Thompson,10,tta90,267,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Hips chewed by women in labor, to hasten the delivery.","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 267" 34297,3438,Rubus allegheniensis Porter,38,Chippewa,15,gil33,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by pregnant women threatened with miscarriage.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 133" 34380,3445,Rubus chamaemorus L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used for hard labor.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 56" 34381,3445,Rubus chamaemorus L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots used as a 'woman's medicine.',"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 56" 34462,3453,Rubus idaeus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion used for childbirth pains and decoction used for menstrual period.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52" 34466,3453,Rubus idaeus L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem and upper part of the roots used to help a woman recover after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 57" 34467,3453,Rubus idaeus L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stem and upper part of the roots used to slow menstrual bleeding.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 57" 34481,3453,Rubus idaeus L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,355,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction taken by 'ladies who are run down from period sickness.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 355" 34516,3454,Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (Michx.) Focke,32,Cherokee,115,t40,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken as an emetic and cathartic by women during menses.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 30" 34680,3461,Rubus occidentalis L.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken as an emetic and cathartic by women during menses.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 30" 34681,3461,Rubus occidentalis L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion used for childbirth pains and decoction used for menstrual period.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52" 34691,3461,Rubus occidentalis L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,356,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken for 'female weakness.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356" 34748,3462,Rubus odoratus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,52,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion used for childbirth pains and decoction used for menstrual period.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52" 34764,3462,Rubus odoratus L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,354,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of plants taken by women who have a miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 354" 34811,3463,Rubus parviflorus Nutt.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,291,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves used when a woman's period was unduly long.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 291" 35026,3470,Rubus spectabilis Pursh,210,Quinault,25,g73,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken to lessen labor pains.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 35" 35073,3472,Rubus ursinus Cham. & Schlecht.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,22,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Berries not to be eaten by pregnant women or fathers to be, if eaten, the baby would be dark.","Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 22" 35127,3475,Rudbeckia fulgida Ait.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken for 'flux and some private diseases.',"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" 35134,3476,Rudbeckia hirta L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken for 'flux and some private diseases.',"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" 35390,3487,Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,24,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of root used as a lactagogue on breasts.,"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" 35430,3489,Rumex obtusifolius L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,313,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used to stop menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313" 35462,3493,Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc.,15,"Apache, White Mountain",45,r29,160,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken by childless women to become pregnant.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160" 35495,3496,Rumex venosus Pursh,125,Lakota,108,r80,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots given to women to expel the afterbirth.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 55" 35549,3504,Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for periodic pains.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53" 35673,3520,Salix bebbiana Sarg.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches taken by women for several months after childbirth to increase the blood flow.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 35674,3520,Salix bebbiana Sarg.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Shredded inner bark used for sanitary napkins to 'heal a woman's insides.',"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 35759,3525,Salix discolor Muhl.,8,"Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule",113,ray45,130,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of young branches used to start lactation.,"Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 130" 35887,3533,Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs,30,Catawba,115,t40,13,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used for sore nipples.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13" 36061,3547,Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches taken by women for several months after childbirth to increase the blood flow.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 36062,3547,Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Shredded inner bark used for sanitary napkins to 'heal a woman's insides.',"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 36242,3551,Salix sp.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches taken by women for several months after childbirth to increase the blood flow.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 36243,3551,Salix sp.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,136,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Shredded inner bark used for sanitary napkins to 'heal a woman's insides.',"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136" 36374,3555,Salvia apiana Jepson,131,Mahuna,5,r54,14,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken to heal internally and remove particles of afterbirth.,"Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 14" 36451,3560,Salvia lyrata L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken by weakly females.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53" 36473,3562,Salvia officinalis L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken by weakly females.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53" 36534,3565,Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli,128,Luiseno,24,s08,229,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Flowers used for female complaints.,"Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 229" 36666,3566,Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli,59,Creek,128,swan28,661,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of pounded root or stalk skin applied to women for swollen breast.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661" 36725,3566,Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,207,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used in extremely difficult cases of parturition.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 207" 36798,3567,Sambucus racemosa L.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,280,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark used as steambath to relax body of woman after childbirth.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 280" 36848,3568,Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa (Gray) McMinn,183,Paiute,12,tha41,137138,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Poultice of boiled, mashed root applied to caked breasts.","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 137138" 36880,3569,Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa,94,Hoh,77,r36,69,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots or bark used by women during confinement.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 69" 36903,3569,Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa,209,Quileute,77,r36,69,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots or bark used by women during confinement.,"Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 69" 36908,3569,Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa,210,Quinault,25,g73,47,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark applied to breast after childbirth to start milk flow.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 47" 36990,3572,Sanguinaria canadensis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,335,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken for menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 335" 37069,3575,Sanicula canadensis L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of root taken during confinement.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 37086,3577,Sanicula marilandica L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used for menstrual pain and slow parturition.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61" 37112,3582,Sanvitalia abertii Gray,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant used for menstrual pain.,"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 53" 37175,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,173,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken to make childbirth easier.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 173" 37181,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root and other herbs taken to expel the afterbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 59" 37182,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root given to women to prevent sickness after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 59" 37206,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,389,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used 'to help a woman accomplish parturition.',"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 389" 37209,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,82,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Foliage used to make a 'squaw remedy.',"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 82" 37250,3589,Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees,100,Iroquois,7,h77,333,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women with fevers after childbirth or for colds.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 333" 37569,3618,Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh,100,Iroquois,7,h77,433,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of leaves and roots taken for a 'sick womb.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 433" 37570,3618,Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh,100,Iroquois,7,h77,434,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken to prevent cramps and colds after birth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 434" 37572,3619,Scrophularia marilandica L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,433,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken by women who are weak due to irregular menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 433" 37580,3623,Scutellaria elliptica Muhl. ex Spreng.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound used for expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55" 37589,3625,Scutellaria incana Biehler,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound used for expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55" 37595,3626,Scutellaria lateriflora L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound used for expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55" 37596,3626,Scutellaria lateriflora L.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,56,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken as an emetic to expel the afterbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 56" 37618,3633,Sedum lanceolatum Torr.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,98,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion of stems, leaves and flowers taken to clean out the womb after childbirth.","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 98" 37630,3636,Sedum spathulifolium Hook.,21,Bella Coola,53,t73,204,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stalks taken for easy deliveries.,"Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 204" 37631,3636,Sedum spathulifolium Hook.,21,Bella Coola,9,s29,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves eaten or poultice of warmed leaves used to start maternal milk flow.,"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 57" 37636,3636,Sedum spathulifolium Hook.,247,Songish,23,tb71,81,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaves chewed by women in their ninth month of pregnancy to facilitate childbearing.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 81" 37647,3638,Selaginella densa Rydb.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to induce labor and expel the afterbirth.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61" 37660,3642,Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii (DC.) B.L. Turner & T.M. Barkl.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,27,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women for 'lockjaw' after childbirth.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 27" 37688,3647,Senecio spartioides Torr. & Gray,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,68,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used as a tonic after childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68" 37691,3648,Senecio spartioides var. multicapitatus (Greenm. ex Rydb.) Welsh,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root used to facilitate delivery of placenta.,"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 53" 37761,3656,Sesamum orientale L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves and seeds given for flux.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25" 37813,3658,Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.,27,Carrier,34,h49,12,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used in childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1949, From Pokeroot to Penicillin, The Rocky Mountain Druggist, November 1949. Pages 12, 38., page 12" 37932,3658,Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.,271,Umatilla,34,h49,12,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used in childbirth.,"Hocking, George M., 1949, From Pokeroot to Penicillin, The Rocky Mountain Druggist, November 1949. Pages 12, 38., page 12" 37947,3664,Sida sp.,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,26,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Flowers & other plants chewed, squeezed & resulting liquid placed in the vagina for womb troubles.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26" 37997,3684,Silphium compositum Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used as a strong stimulant for whites and taken by weakly females.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53" 38031,3687,Silphium perfoliatum L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,217,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken by women to prevent premature birth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 217" 38032,3687,Silphium perfoliatum L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,217,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used to reduce profuse menstruation and as an antiemetic during pregnancy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 217" 38111,3696,Sisyrinchium atlanticum Bickn.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant taken to help expel afterbirth.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133" 38118,3698,Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,224,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of plant base taken by women for injured womb.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 224" 38153,3704,Smallanthus uvedalius (L.) Mackenzie ex Small,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,42,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used 'for expelling afterbirth.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42" 38154,3704,Smallanthus uvedalius (L.) Mackenzie ex Small,32,Cherokee,115,t40,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to vomit to expel the afterbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 63" 38179,3709,Smilax glauca Walt.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 38180,3709,Smilax glauca Walt.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,8,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to cause discharge of the afterbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 8" 38189,3710,Smilax herbacea L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 38219,3712,Smilax pseudochina L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 38228,3713,Smilax rotundifolia L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 38269,3720,Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.,108,Keresan,90,w45,562,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by nursing mothers to sustain milk flow.,"White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 562" 38375,3733,Solidago californica Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,140,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used as a medicine for feminine hygiene.,"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 140" 38405,3734,Solidago canadensis L.,233,Shuswap,92,palmer75,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a bath for the mother at childbirth.,"Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59" 38478,3746,Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula Torr. & Gray,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken to ease difficult labor.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358" 38497,3753,Sonchus arvensis L.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,54,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used for caked breast.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 54" 38541,3758,Sorbus americana Marsh.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,60,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Bark used for 'mother pains.',"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 60" 38622,3771,Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,71,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used for medicine by pregnant women.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 71" 38657,3773,Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used by women when they become pregnant.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 53" 38722,3791,Spiraea betulifolia Pallas,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches used for menstrual pains or heavy or prolonged menstruation.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 133" 38757,3798,Spiraea tomentosa L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,386,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and flowers taken for the sickness of pregnancy.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 386" 38758,3798,Spiraea tomentosa L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,386,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and flowers used to ease childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 386" 38851,3819,Staphylea trifolia L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,377,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound poultice of bark applied when a woman swells after copulation.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 377" 38893,3824,Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,10,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Leaf ash used on the vagina and neighboring parts after giving birth.,"Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 10" 38894,3824,Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze,90,Hawaiian,68,a22,10,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Leaves & stems pounded, resulting juice mixed with other ingredients & taken for excessive menses.","Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 10" 38910,3828,Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nels.,95,Hopi,37,w39,"36, 98",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used in various ways to increase mother's milk supply.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 98" 38915,3828,Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nels.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Strong infusion of root used to hasten delivery of placenta.,"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 53" 38941,3835,Stillingia sp.,59,Creek,115,t40,36,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of mashed roots used as a bath & taken by women after giving birth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 36" 38942,3835,Stillingia sp.,59,Creek,128,swan28,662,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken and used as a wash after childbirth.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 662" 38962,3839,Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC.,133,Makah,25,g73,25,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Chewed roots taken to produce labor in case of protracted delay.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 25" 38986,3840,Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus (Michx.) Reveal,100,Iroquois,7,h77,284,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for fallen womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 284" 38998,3842,Stylosanthes biflora (L.) B.S.P.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used for female complaint.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57" 39104,3849,Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake,259,Thompson,10,tta90,200,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of berries, bark or leaves taken after a birth 'to clean you out.'","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 200" 39105,3849,Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake,259,Thompson,10,tta90,200,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of berries, bark or leaves used as an antiseptic wash for breasts before nursing.","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 200" 39118,3850,Symphoricarpos albus var. albus,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,361,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken 'to clear up the afterbirth' and hasten convalescence.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 361" 39136,3854,Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,207,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 207" 39206,3876,Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,31,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to make a woman well after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 31" 39220,3879,Symphytum officinale L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,30,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for heartburn in pregnancy and for flooding after birth.,"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" 39236,3880,Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,278,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'Pass seed over female genitals to bring about childbirth.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 278" 39237,3880,Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,277,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of upper parts and seeds taken for 'falling of the womb.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 277" 39238,3880,Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,277,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of crushed stalks used as a douche for displacement of womb.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 277" 39292,3892,Tanacetum vulgare L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,58,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Worn around waist and in shoes to prevent miscarriages and abortions.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58" 39342,3894,Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers,38,Chippewa,4,d28,360,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion of root taken to produce postpartum milk flow.,"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360" 39368,3894,Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers,111,Kiowa,140,vs39,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of young leaves taken by women for menstrual cramps.,"Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 62" 39386,3894,Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers,188,Papago,27,cu35,65,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of blossoms taken for menstrual cramps.,"Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 65" 39396,3895,Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,53,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant used to speed delivery of baby.,"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 53" 39574,3903,Taxus canadensis Marsh.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,123,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used in a sudatory taken by women experiencing complications after childbirth and other complaints.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 123" 39590,3903,Taxus canadensis Marsh.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,62,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Parts of plant used for afterbirth pain and clots.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62" 39634,3911,Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.,131,Mahuna,5,r54,15,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken for women's diseases.,"Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 15" 39640,3914,Tetradymia canescens DC.,95,Hopi,37,w39,"35, 98",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaf and root taken after birth to shrink uterus and stop discharge.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 98" 39674,3917,Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica (Greene) Parker,95,Hopi,37,w39,"35, 94",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Poultice of plant applied for hip and back pain, especially in pregnancy.","Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 94" 39675,3917,Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica (Greene) Parker,95,Hopi,82,c74,327,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Used for severe pains in hips and back, especially in pregnant state.","Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 327" 39763,3930,Thamnosma montana Torr. & Fr‚m.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,145146,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of stems used as a wash or douche for female complaints.,"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 145146" 39812,3941,Thelypteris palustris Schott,100,Iroquois,7,h77,256,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots used for woman's troubles.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 256" 39816,3943,Thermopsis macrophylla Hook. & Arn.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,66,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves or root and bark used to slow down menstrual flow.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 66" 39845,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,130,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Branches used in the steambath for women after childbirth.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 130" 39846,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,130,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken for menstrual disorders.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 130" 39871,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,100,Iroquois,59,r45ii,35,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves taken by women as a tonic and diaphoretic to increase the milk flow.,"Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 35" 39872,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,270,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion used by 'women during confinement.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 270" 39873,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,270,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Steam from compound decoction used as a bath for parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 270" 40253,3951,Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don,259,Thompson,33,steed28,461,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of twigs taken after childbirth.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 461" 40346,3959,Tilia americana L.,100,Iroquois,59,r45ii,51,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of branches and bark and buds from another plant taken before giving birth.,"Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 51" 40423,3968,Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,54,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant chewed or infusion taken to ease delivery.,"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 54" 40427,3969,Townsendia incana Nutt.,157,Navajo,141,h56,156,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used in labor to facilitate delivery of the baby.,"Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 156" 40428,3969,Townsendia incana Nutt.,158,"Navajo, Kayenta",106,wh51,50,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to expedite labor.,"Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50" 40430,3970,Townsendia sp.,157,Navajo,74,e44,89,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant used to accelerate deliverance.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89" 40432,3971,Townsendia strigosa Nutt.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,73,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Dried leaves ground into a powder and used on lacerations at childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 73" 40433,3971,Townsendia strigosa Nutt.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,73,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a wash or douche.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 73" 40435,3971,Townsendia strigosa Nutt.,157,Navajo,74,e44,89,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Decoction of crushed, dried leaves taken to accelerate deliverance.","Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89" 40515,3982,Tradescantia virginiana L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,"56, 57",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound infusion taken for 'female ailments or rupture.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56, 57" 40570,3995,Trichostema lanceolatum Benth.,144,Miwok,100,bg33,173174,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction steam used for uterine trouble.,"Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 173174" 40611,4008,Trifolium hybridum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,364,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of plant used as a wash for breasts to increase milk flow.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 364" 40618,4011,Trifolium pratense L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for fevers and 'leucorrhea.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29" 40621,4011,Trifolium pratense L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,363,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of blossoms taken by women for the change of life.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 363" 40628,4012,Trifolium repens L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,29,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion taken for fevers and 'leucorrhea.',"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29" 40699,4019,Trillium erectum L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,59,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Infusion used for profuse menstruation, hemorrhages and the change of life.","Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59" 40709,4020,Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.,206,Potawatomi,43,smith33,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root taken for sore nipples and teats pierced with dog whisker.,"Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 63" 40734,4024,Trillium sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,286,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken for 'food for woman in the womb.',"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 286" 40742,4025,Trillium undulatum Willd.,8,"Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule",113,ray45,133,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Flowers, sepals and leaves eaten to accelerate the delivery.","Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 133" 40759,4027,Triosteum perfoliatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,444,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction or infusion of roots taken for irregular or profuse menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 444" 40843,4041,Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,125,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Used in the sudatory by women experiencing complications in childbirth and for other complaints.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 125" 40849,4041,Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38" 40922,4042,Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,38,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38" 40923,4042,Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,5,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to cause discharge of the afterbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 5" 41015,4043,Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,270,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Hemlock used as wash & tree tips prayed to by pregnant women to aid delivery.,"Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 270" 41229,4049,Typha latifolia L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,271,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'Patient sleeps on mattress made of plant' for cysts of breast.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 271" 41426,4051,Ulmus americana L.,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,39,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken by pregnant women to insure stability of children.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 39" 41431,4051,Ulmus americana L.,39,Choctaw,115,t40,18,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of inner bark taken for menstrual cramps.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18" 41447,4051,Ulmus americana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,304,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark taken to facilitate childbirth and for parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 304" 41448,4051,Ulmus americana L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,304,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root bark taken for excessive menstruation.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 304" 41487,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,3,Alabama,128,swan28,665,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark and gunpowder taken as sympathetic magic for delayed labor.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 665" 41488,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,3,Alabama,115,t40,19,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken for prolonged labor.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 19" 41498,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,19,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of bark taken to ease labor.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 19" 41499,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,33,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Taken to soothe stomach and bowels and for heartburn and bowels of pregnant women.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33" 41519,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,305,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of bark taken to facilitate childbirth and for parturition.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 305" 41520,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,305,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken for dry birth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 305" 41538,4052,Ulmus rubra Muhl.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,251,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of root taken by women to ease childbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 251" 41625,4056,Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.,105,Karok,71,sg52,383,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken by women for the pains of afterbirth.,"Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383" 41654,4056,Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,90,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leaves taken for menstrual cramps and clotting.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 90" 41684,4058,Urtica dioica L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken to keep blood flowing after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 41694,4058,Urtica dioica L.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,292,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,"Plant juice taken by overdue, pregnant women.","Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 292" 41763,4059,Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.,53,Cowlitz,25,g73,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of nettles taken by women about to deliver a child.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28" 41788,4059,Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.,129,Lummi,25,g73,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of nettles taken by women to relax the muscles during childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28" 41836,4059,Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.,210,Quinault,25,g73,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Plant tips chewed by women during labor.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28" 41853,4059,Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.,251,Squaxin,25,g73,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of crushed leaves taken by women having difficulties in childbirth.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28" 41953,4070,Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,217,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves used by women after a miscarriage.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 217" 41954,4070,Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.,7,"Algonquin, Quebec",67,b80,217,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots used by women to induce labor.,"Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 217" 42107,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leafy stem used to slow excessive menstrual bleeding.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42108,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leafy stems used as a 'woman's medicine.',"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42109,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of leafy stems used to bring blood after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42110,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used as a 'woman's medicine.',"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42111,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to bring blood after childbirth.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42112,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant used to slow excessive menstrual bleeding.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63" 42175,4082,Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.,133,Makah,3,g83,305,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and sugar given to mothers after childbirth.,"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 305" 42224,4083,Vaccinium ovatum Pursh,133,Makah,3,g83,306,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and sugar given to mothers after childbirth to gain their strength.,"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 306" 42426,4088,Vaccinium uliginosum L.,133,Makah,3,g83,309,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of leaves and sugar given to mothers a few days after childbirth to gain their strength.,"Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 309" 42496,4093,Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica S. Wats.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,64,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Powdered roots and many other herbs used for menstrual troubles.,"Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 64" 42589,4102,Veratrum californicum Dur.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,147148,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of root applied for sore nipples.,"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 147148" 42614,4102,Veratrum californicum Dur.,232,Shoshoni,12,tha41,147148,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Poultice of root applied for sore nipples.,"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 147148" 42774,4106,Verbascum thapsus L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,45,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root or leaf taken for 'female trouble.',"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" 42892,4114,Verbena urticifolia L.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,251252,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used for profuse menstruation.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 251252" 42913,4118,Verbesina virginica L.,35,Chickasaw,138,c51,289,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root used for 'Fluor Albus' and uterine weakness.,"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 289" 42936,4119,Vernonia glauca (L.) Willd.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root given for pains after childbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41" 42937,4119,Vernonia glauca (L.) Willd.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Various infusions given 'for monthly period' and to 'prevent 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 41" 42946,4121,Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of root given for pains after childbirth.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41" 42947,4121,Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,41,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Various infusions given 'for monthly period' and to 'prevent 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 41" 42956,4124,Veronica officinalis L.,32,Cherokee,115,t40,57,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to ease childbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 57" 43002,4127,Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,247,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Root used by women in labor.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247" 43019,4128,Viburnum acerifolium L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,447,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plants taken to suppress excessive menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 447" 43091,4131,Viburnum lantanoides Michx.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,446,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken as fertility drug by women.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 446" 43141,4135,Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait.,38,Chippewa,15,gil33,141,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of roots taken for prolapsus of the uterus.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 141" 43150,4135,Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,447,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound decoction of stalks taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 447" 43151,4135,Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,446,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of branches taken for fallen womb after birth.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 446" 43176,4136,Viburnum prunifolium L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"26, 80",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Compound containing root bark used as a tonic for the 'female generative organs.',"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 80" 43179,4136,Viburnum prunifolium L.,141,Micmac,155,w22,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant taken before and during parturition.,"Wallis, Wilson D., 1922, Medicines Used by the Micmac Indians, American Anthropologist 24:24-30, page 28" 43224,4144,Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,365,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of plant taken by women with swollen external sexual organs.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365" 43249,4150,Viola adunca Sm.,133,Makah,25,g73,40,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots and leaves chewed by women during labor.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40" 43339,4169,Vitis aestivalis Michx.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Wilted leaves used to draw soreness from breast after birth of a child.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 43352,4169,Vitis aestivalis Michx.,39,Choctaw,138,c51,287,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,'Water of the grape vine' taken and used as a wash to induce lactation.,"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" 43425,4176,Vitis labrusca L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Wilted leaves used to draw soreness from breast after birth of a child.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 43469,4184,Vitis vulpina L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,37,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Wilted leaves used to draw soreness from breast after birth of a child.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37" 43486,4184,Vitis vulpina L.,63,"Delaware, Oklahoma",22,t42,"26, 80",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Vine sap used for leucorrhea.,"Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 80" 43514,4184,Vitis vulpina L.,173,Ojibwa,20,smith32,392,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of twigs taken to facilitate passing of afterbirth.,"Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 392" 43566,4193,Woodsia neomexicana Windham,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,74,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of plant used as a douche at childbirth.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 74" 43655,4211,Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray,116,Koasati,115,t40,64,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of roots taken to remove the afterbirth.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 64" 43893,4225,Yucca baccata Torr.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,21,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Juice used to lubricate midwife's hand while removing retained placenta.,"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 21" 43961,4225,Yucca baccata Torr.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,"49, 50",2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Fruit eaten to promote easy childbirth.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 49, 50" 44130,4230,Yucca glauca Nutt.,125,Lakota,108,r80,28,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Roots and prickly pear cactus roots used by mothers when they cannot give birth.,"Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 28" 44144,4230,Yucca glauca Nutt.,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,21,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Cold infusion of root used to expedite delivery of baby or placenta.,"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 21" 44327,4241,Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,368,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Infusion of bark taken for pain after confinement.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 368" 44514,4244,Zea mays L.,257,Tewa,61,rhf16,97,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Black corn with red streaks good for menstruating woman.,"Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 97" 44542,4246,Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlechter,228,Seminole,88,s54,318,2,Drug,22,Gynecological Aid,Decoction of whole plant taken and used as a wash for barrenness.,"Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 318"