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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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13422 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant used for retarded menstruation. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
13423 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Contraceptive 126 | Decoction of plant used as a contraceptive. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
13424 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Decoction of stalks used as a hair wash. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
13425 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Decoction of plant used for bladder ailments. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
13426 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 19 | Drug 2 | Hypotensive 184 | Infusion of stems taken for high blood pressure. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 19 |
13427 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13428 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Rootstocks dried and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13429 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Rootstocks eaten as a delicacy. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13430 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Rootstocks eaten during puberty ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13431 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried, ground plant used for ceremonial bread. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
13432 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried, ground with corn meal and used to make a ceremonial bread. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
13433 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 28 | Food 1 | Fodder 50 | Plant used for horse feed. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 28 |
13434 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used to sandpaper madrone spoons. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
13435 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 42 | Drug 2 | Hemorrhoid Remedy 74 | Plant chewed before meals for piles. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 42 |
13436 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 15 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of plant taken or cold infusion used as a lotion for backaches. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 15 |
13437 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 15 | Drug 2 | Orthopedic Aid 39 | Infusion of plant taken or cold infusion used as a lotion for backaches. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 15 |
13438 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Compound decoction of plant used for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 11 |
13439 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Antirheumatic (Internal) 92 | Infusion of stems taken for lumbago. | 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 17 |
13440 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Cold Remedy 21 | Decoction of plant and chokecherry twigs given to children for colds. | 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 17 |
13441 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Plant pounded, mixed with water and used to wash areas of the body affected by poison ivy. | 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 17 |
13442 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Diuretic 117 | Infusion of stems taken as a diuretic to stimulate the kidneys. | 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 17 |
13443 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Orthopedic Aid 39 | Infusion of stems taken for backaches. | 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 17 |
13444 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Pediatric Aid 42 | Decoction of plant and chokecherry twigs given to children for colds. | 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 17 |
13445 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Stimulant 90 | Infusion of stems taken for sluggishness due to a cold. | 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 17 |
13446 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Venereal Aid 46 | Decoction of plant and false box taken or used as a bath for syphilis and gonorrhea. | 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 17 |
13447 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Drug 2 | Veterinary Aid 34 | Given to thin, old horses with diarrhea after eating fresh grass in spring. | 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 17 |
13448 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13449 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13450 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Food 1 | Fodder 50 | Used in winter for fodder during hay shortage. | 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 17 |
13451 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Food 1 | Heads used for food. | 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 17 | |
13452 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Hollow stems used to administer medicines to babies. | 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 17 |
13453 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Burn Dressing 82 | Poultice of plant ash and grease applied to burns. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
13454 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13455 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 59 | Drug 2 | Kidney Aid 3 | Decoction of whole plant taken for kidney trouble and associated back trouble. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 59 |
13456 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13457 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Rootstocks dried and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13458 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Rootstocks eaten as a delicacy. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13459 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Rootstocks eaten during puberty ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13460 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | San Felipe 222 | c35 19 | 27 | Food 1 | Porridge 44 | Plant dried and ground to make mush. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 27 |
13461 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Burn Dressing 82 | Poultice of plant ash and grease applied to burns. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
13462 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Drug 2 | Eye Medicine 25 | Stem liquid used for sore eyes or decoction of stems used for sore, itchy eyes or blindness. The stem liquid, which was collected in the springtime, could be stored in the refrigerator and used whenever needed. The stem decoction was used as an eyewash for sore or itchy eyes or for impending blindness such as that caused by cataracts. | 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 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | 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 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | 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 |
13465 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Decoction of new growths taken for bladder trouble. | 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 |
13466 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 |
13467 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13468 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Other 3 | Fertilizer 186 | Stem liquid used to kill any type of weed. The stem segments were pulled apart and the water was splashed over the weeds. | 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 |
13469 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Ute 272 | c09 142 | 34 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Used by children as whistles. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 34 |
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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) );