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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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29022 | Polypodium virginianum L. 3080 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 123 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Used to make a medicinal tea for heart disease. | 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 |
29049 | Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. 3081 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 16 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of ashes taken for palpitations. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16 |
29202 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 338 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of root, bud and blossom prepared ceremonially and used for the heart. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 338 |
29589 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 338 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of inner bark prepared ceremonially for heart trouble. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 338 |
30171 | Prunella vulgaris L. 3159 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 63 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Weak decoction of roots, leaves and blossoms taken for the heart. | 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 63 |
30332 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 58 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of root and inner bark taken daily for heart trouble. | 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 58 |
30333 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 209 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of bark used for heart trouble. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 209 |
30359 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 290 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of bark taken for heart trouble. | 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 |
31736 | Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Walt.) B.S.P. 3234 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of leaves taken for 'heart 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 |
31744 | Pycnanthemum incanum (L.) Michx. 3235 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of leaves taken for 'heart 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 |
32276 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 338 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of inner bark prepared ceremonially for heart trouble. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 338 |
32367 | Quercus rubra L. 3285 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 338 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of inner bark prepared ceremonially for heart trouble. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 338 |
32379 | Quercus rubra L. 3285 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 369370 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Bark used for 'heart troubles and bronchial affections.' | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 369370 |
32862 | Rhododendron maximum L. 3340 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of leaf taken for heart 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 52 |
32968 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of bark &/or roots taken & applied externally to the chest for a 'tight chest.' | 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 |
34468 | Rubus idaeus L. 3453 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 57 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Fruit used as a heart 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 57 |
35140 | Rudbeckia hirta L. 3476 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 469 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of plants taken for the heart. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 469 |
35357 | Rumex giganteus Ait. 3486 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 73 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Plant used for heart disease. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
36463 | Salvia mellifera Greene 3561 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 16 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of green leaves taken for heart disorders. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 16 |
36699 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 450 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of pith taken for heart disease. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 450 |
36933 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 171 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Root chewed for heart trouble. | 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 171 |
36991 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 337 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of roots taken to regulate the heart and make blood redder. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 337 |
37070 | Sanicula canadensis L. 3575 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 64 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Hot decoction of root taken for heart trouble. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64 |
37257 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Koasati 116 | t40 115 | 24 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of roots taken for heart troubles. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 24 |
37585 | Scutellaria galericulata L. 3624 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 372 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Plant used for heart trouble. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 372 |
37704 | Senna hebecarpa (Fern.) Irwin & Barneby 3650 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of root taken for heart 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 54 |
37715 | Senna marilandica (L.) Link 3651 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of root taken for heart 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 54 |
37909 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 209 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Berry juice and whip taken in a one teaspoon dose for heart attacks. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 209 |
38333 | Solanum sp. 3727 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 43 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of leaves taken for heart trouble. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43 |
38464 | Solidago sp. 3744 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 239 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of plant used for heart disease. | 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 239 |
38503 | Sonchus asper (L.) Hill 3754 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 50 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Plant smoked or taken for palpitations. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50 |
39249 | Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. 3880 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 128129 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of root used for 'weak heart.' | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 128129 |
39709 | Thalictrum dioicum L. 3922 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 327 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of roots taken for heart palpitations. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 327 |
39934 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 49 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of leaves used externally for heart trouble. | 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 49 |
39935 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 197 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Poultice of pounded bough tips and eulachon grease applied to the back and chest for heart trouble. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197 |
40936 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 51 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Poultice of compound containing gum applied to the chest for heart trouble. | 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 51 |
42055 | Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. ex Torr. 4077 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 63 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of roots and stems taken for heart trouble. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 63 |
42639 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 53 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Poultice of compound containing bulb applied to chest for heart trouble. | 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 53 |
42835 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Ojibwa 173 | ahj81 135 | 2304 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Peeled roots used as a heart stimulant. | Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2304 |
42991 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 436 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Decoction of roots taken as a physic or for a bad heart. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
43152 | Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait. 4135 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 447 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Compound decoction of root taken to regulate the heart and as blood medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 447 |
43263 | Viola conspersa Reichenb. 4155 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 392 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of whole plant taken for heart trouble. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 392 |
43290 | Viola pubescens Ait. 4160 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 87, 88 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Root used for various heart diseases. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 87, 88 |
44315 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 35 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of inner bark used for heart trouble. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
44316 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 30, 80 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of inner bark taken sparingly for heart trouble. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 30, 80 |
44349 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 269 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of bark taken for heart, 3 days on, 3 days off before resuming. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 269 |
44350 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 77, 132 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Infusion of inner bark taken in small doses for heart trouble. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 77, 132 |
44515 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 97 | Drug 2 | Heart Medicine 104 | Blue cornmeal and water used for 'heart-sickness,' 'palpitations or pains.' | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 97 |
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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) );