id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource
26558,2899,Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,49,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of plant taken first two months of pregnancy to cause an abortion.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49"
26560,2899,Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt.,200,Pomo,80,g67,13,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of leaves taken to bring on delayed menstruation.,"Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 13"
26561,2899,Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,72,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of leaves used for delayed menstruation.,"Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 72"
26733,2924,Physaria didymocarpa (Hook.) Gray,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,61,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of plant taken in small amounts to abort.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61"
27998,2968,Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,29,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Green buds never chewed by pregnant women because it would cause a miscarriage.,"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 29"
28560,3017,Platanus occidentalis L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,58,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction 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 58"
28773,3046,Polygala senega L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used as an emmenagogue.,"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"
29495,3103,Populus grandidentata Michx.,54,Cree,145,b41,485,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used to prevent childbearing.,"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 485"
29696,3107,Porophyllum gracile Benth.,183,Paiute,12,tha41,122,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of root taken as 'a regulator for delayed 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 122"
29697,3107,Porophyllum gracile Benth.,232,Shoshoni,111,m90,46,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Plant used to regulate delayed menstruation.,"Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks.  Originally published in 1959, page 46"
31552,3219,Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.,228,Seminole,88,s54,284,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,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"
31593,3225,Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,60,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Plant used to cause abortions.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60"
31751,3236,Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of powdered root taken for 'stoppage of periods.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
32023,3259,Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J. Hill,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of inner bark taken for suppressed menses caused by cold.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133"
32289,3273,Quercus macrocarpa Michx.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of inner bark taken for suppressed menses caused by cold.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133"
33029,3351,Rhus sp.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,370,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of roots taken for irregular menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370"
33749,3397,Ribes triste Pallas,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of stalk taken for 'stoppage of periods.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
34422,3449,Rubus frondosus Bigelow,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of root taken for 'stoppage of periods.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
34903,3468,Rubus pubescens var. pubescens,134,Malecite,93,mech59,258,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of plant and wild strawberry used for irregular menstruation.,"Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258"
34904,3468,Rubus pubescens var. pubescens,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,61,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61"
34908,3469,Rubus sp.,27,Carrier,134,c73,79,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of stems taken by women with sickness in their womb.,"Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 79"
35468,3493,Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc.,96,Houma,49,speck41,"56, 57",2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of white root used to regulate menstruation.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 56, 57"
36864,3569,Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa,87,Haisla and Hanaksiala,14,c93,229,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Leaves boiled and used to shorten pregnancy.,"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 229"
36930,3572,Sanguinaria canadensis L.,1,Abnaki,84,r47,154,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used as an abortifacient.,"Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154"
37015,3572,Sanguinaria canadensis L.,138,Menominee,176,d32,133,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of root used for irregular periods.,"Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133"
37024,3572,Sanguinaria canadensis L.,141,Micmac,188,r48,56,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used as an abortifacient.,"Rousseau, Jacques, 1948, Ethnobotanique Et Ethnozoologie Gaspesiennes, Archives de Folklore 3:51-64, page 56"
37068,3575,Sanicula canadensis L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of powdered root taken for 'stoppage of periods.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
37081,3577,Sanicula marilandica L.,134,Malecite,93,mech59,258,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of bulb roots used for irregular menstruation.,"Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258"
37083,3577,Sanicula marilandica L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,61,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Roots used for irregular menstruation.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61"
37180,3588,Sarracenia purpurea L.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,59,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction or infusion of leaves taken for sickness associated with absence of menstrual period.,"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"
37577,3623,Scutellaria elliptica Muhl. ex Spreng.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of root used for 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 55"
37586,3625,Scutellaria incana Biehler,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of root used for 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 55"
37591,3626,Scutellaria lateriflora L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,55,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of root used for 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 55"
38020,3687,Silphium perfoliatum L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Simple or compound decoction of root taken for 'stoppage of periods.',"Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
38442,3740,Solidago odora Ait.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,36,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used for 'female obstructions.',"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"
38509,3755,Sonchus oleraceus L.,96,Houma,49,speck41,64,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of plant taken to 'make tardy menstruation come.',"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64"
38939,3835,Stillingia sp.,59,Creek,128,swan28,662,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of root used as a wash for irregular periods.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 662"
38997,3842,Stylosanthes biflora (L.) B.S.P.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,57,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound used to promote 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 57"
39056,3849,Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake,120,Kutenai,30,h92,59,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of cut branches taken for menstrual disorders.,"Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 59"
39203,3876,Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,31,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of roots taken for failure to menstruate.,"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"
39299,3892,Tanacetum vulgare L.,38,Chippewa,4,d28,358,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,"Decoction of leaf taken, especially by young girls, for 'stoppage of period.'","Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358"
39433,3901,Taxus baccata L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,264,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound taken for menstruation when stopped by a cold.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 264"
39577,3903,Taxus canadensis Marsh.,8,"Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule",113,ray45,132,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,"Infusion of young branches, alone or with other plants, used for stomachaches and irregular menses.","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 132"
39627,3911,Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.,59,Creek,128,swan28,658,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Compound decoction of plant taken and used as wash for irregular menstruation.,"Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 658"
39642,3914,Tetradymia canescens DC.,157,Navajo,141,h56,156,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of plant used as bath for (inducing?) menstruation.,"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"
39890,3950,Thuja occidentalis L.,138,Menominee,51,s23,46,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of dried inner bark taken during a cold to treat suppressed menses.,"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 46"
39944,3951,Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don,31,Chehalis,25,g73,19,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Chewed bark or decoction of bark taken to induce menstruation.,"Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19"
40704,4020,Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.,138,Menominee,51,s23,41,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of root taken for 'irregularity of the menses.',"Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 41"
40752,4027,Triosteum perfoliatum L.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,444,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,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"
42102,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of leafy stems used to bring menstruation.,"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"
42103,4079,Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.,58,"Cree, Woodlands",47,l85,63,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of plant used to bring menstruation.,"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"
42702,4105,Veratrum viride Ait.,121,Kwakiutl,63,tb73,273,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Juice taken by women to bring about an abortion.,"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 273"
42853,4108,Verbena hastata L.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,60,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Used for female obstructions.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60"
42911,4118,Verbesina virginica L.,35,Chickasaw,138,c51,289,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Plant used as a 'deobstruant.',"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"
43105,4132,Viburnum lentago L.,134,Malecite,93,mech59,258,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Infusion of roots used for irregular menstruation.,"Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258"
43107,4132,Viburnum lentago L.,141,Micmac,35,cfh79,63,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Roots used for irregular menstruation.,"Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 63"
43223,4144,Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,365,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of plant taken by women with suppressed menses.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365"
44127,4230,Yucca glauca Nutt.,125,Lakota,108,r80,28,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Roots and prickly pear cactus roots used as 'medicine for not 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"
44318,4241,Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.,100,Iroquois,7,h77,368,2,Drug,84,Abortifacient,Decoction of bark taken to promote miscarriage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 368"