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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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12627 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Leaves used as a brushing material for cleaning implements or removing cactus thorns from objects. | 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 66 |
12628 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 66 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Leaves burned into ashes to remove the salt and used as a condiment. | 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 66 |
12629 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Decoction of plant taken for doodle bug bites that cause pimples. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12630 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of plant taken 'when the heart beats fast.' | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12631 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Drug 2 | Laxative 36 | Infusion of plant taken as a laxative. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12632 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Drug 2 | Venereal Aid 46 | Cold infusion of plant taken for gonorrhea. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12633 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Dried grass cakes used to make a beverage. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12634 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 26 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Green grass immersed in cold water, strained and used as a beverage. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 26 |
12635 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Tubatulabal 269 | v38 137 | 15 | Food 1 | Leaves and stems used extensively for food. | Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15 | |
12636 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 423 | Drug 2 | Cold Remedy 21 | Decoction of salt cooked into a gum, placed in the mouth and allowed to melt for bad colds. The salt grass, when dry, was placed on a dry hide or a large piece of canvas or cloth and beaten for a long time until the tiny black salty specks on the stem and narrow blades fell off and collected on the cloth. This material was kept in bottles or jars (formerly in baskets). When needed for medicine, it was put in hot water and boiled until it formed a dark reddish brown gum. The informant remarked that it should be 'cooked like gravy until the gum comes.' | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423 |
12637 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 423 | Drug 2 | Dietary Aid 363 | Decoction of salt cooked into a gum, placed in the mouth and allowed to melt for loss of appetite. The salt grass, when dry, was placed on a dry hide or a large piece of canvas or cloth and beaten for a long time until the tiny black salty specks on the stem and narrow blades fell off and collected on the cloth. This material was kept in bottles or jars (formerly in baskets). When needed for medicine, it was put in hot water and boiled until it formed a dark reddish brown gum. The informant remarked that it should be 'cooked like gravy until the gum comes.' | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );