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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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617 | Acer rubrum L. 32 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 378 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Complex compound taken as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
678 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 378 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Complex compound used as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
828 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 470 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of plants, roots and bark taken as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 470 |
863 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 49 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of leaves taken to purify the blood. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49 |
864 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 322 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Leaves chewed as a blood purifier. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 322 |
951 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of flowers and roots taken as a blood purifier. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
1044 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | 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 |
1286 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 279 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound infusion of roots taken as a blood remedy. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
1287 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 70 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant and another plant given to children with poor blood circulation. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 70 |
1386 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Shinnecock 231 | cw45 62 | 118 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Root nibbled 'to dry your blood.' | Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 118 |
1438 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 321 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Root used as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 321 |
1468 | Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hult‚n 62 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 174 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of dried, pounded roots and stems used as a blood medicine. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 174 |
1543 | Adiantum jordanii C. Muell. 70 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of plant used to purify the blood. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
1560 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 5 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of plant used to purify the blood. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 5 |
1878 | Ageratina altissima var. altissima 98 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 459 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of roots taken to separate venereal disease from the blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 459 |
1917 | Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr. 109 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken to build up blood. | 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 |
1934 | Agrimonia parviflora Ait. 110 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken to build up blood. | 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 |
2330 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 128 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of bark taken for anemia. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 128 |
2466 | Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. 171 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 332 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of dried bark taken as a blood purifier. | 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 |
2598 | Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. 173 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of bark taken to purify blood and compound infusion used as a blood tonic. | 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 |
2636 | Alnus sp. 174 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 315 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of twigs taken as a blood purifier. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
2852 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 198 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 35 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Poultice of plant used to prevent blood poisoning. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
2853 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 198 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 29 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Poultice of plant applied to prevent 'blood poison.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29 |
2896 | Ambrosia trifida L. 203 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 468 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Plant used in a blood medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468 |
3098 | Amelanchier arborea var. arborea 209 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 96 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Fruits formerly used as a blood remedy. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96 |
3109 | Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik. 210 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 96 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Fruits formerly used as a blood remedy. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96 |
3378 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 22 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of leaves taken as a blood medicine. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
3434 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 401 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Dried roots used as blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 401 |
3609 | Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. 277 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 44 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Plant chewed with deer or sheep tallow as a blood purifier. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 44 |
3647 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 472 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of bark, plants and roots taken as blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 472 |
3796 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 415 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Roots used as blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 415 |
3917 | Aquilegia elegantula Greene 301 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 27 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant used as a blood purifier. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
4003 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 154 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Used as a tonic to strengthen the blood. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
4004 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 170 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Used to strengthen the blood. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 170 |
4013 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 53 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken as a blood tonic. | 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 |
4015 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 340 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of root taken for 'humor in the blood.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
4016 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 350 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Mashed root taken as a 'remedy for the blood.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 350 |
4030 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 393 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of roots taken as a blood medicine and blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 393 |
4064 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 231 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of leaves taken as a blood medicine. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
4065 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 237 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plants taken as a blood medicine. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 237 |
4069 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Plant used as a blood purifier. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
4075 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 471 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of root taken 'for the blood and pimples.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 471 |
4076 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Plant used as a blood purifier. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
4115 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 392 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of roots and bark taken for watery blood and as purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392 |
4137 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 24 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Root used in cases of blood poisoning and as a poultice for sores. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 24 |
4252 | Arctium lappa L. 327 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root or seed used to cleanse blood. | 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 |
4266 | Arctium lappa L. 327 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 238 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Roots used as a blood medicine. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 238 |
4279 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 36 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of roots used as a blood purifier. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 36 |
4282 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 31, 74 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken as a blood purifier. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
4285 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 66, 82 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Roots used as a blood purifier. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 66, 82 |
4290 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 62 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of roots with other roots used to purify the blood. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 62 |
4305 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 49 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken as a blood purifier and general tonic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 49 |
4312 | Arctium sp. 329 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 474 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound infusion of roots and leaves taken as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 474 |
4334 | Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. 332 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 231 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of bark taken for internal blood diseases. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
4616 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 231 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of bark taken for internal blood diseases. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
4622 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 101 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of leaves and stems taken as a blood tonic. | 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 101 |
4712 | Arenaria congesta Nutt. 352 | Shoshoni 232 | n66 139 | 47 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of flower heads and seeds taken as a blood purifier. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47 |
4815 | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott 367 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 276 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | 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 |
4857 | Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum (Buckl.) Huttleston 368 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 6 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of plant taken to make blood. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 6 |
4858 | Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum (Buckl.) Huttleston 368 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 23 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of root taken 'to make blood.' | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 23 |
4923 | Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. 377 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 342 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of smashed roots taken for the blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 342 |
5595 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Poultice of leaves applied or decoction of leaves used as a wash for blood poisoning. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
5913 | Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris (Maxim.) Hara 416 | Tlingit 265 | k56 133 | 283 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root used for 'diseases of the blood.' | Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 283 |
5956 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35, 36 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound infusion of root used 'for blood.' | 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 |
5985 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 310 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Complex compound decoction taken as blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
6394 | Asparagus officinalis L. 451 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 282 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction with bark taken before meals for the blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 282 |
6398 | Asplenium horridum Kaulfuss 452 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 14 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant, other ingredients and coconut milk taken for impure blood. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 14 |
6435 | Aster sp. 459 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 462 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of plants and roots taken as a blood remedy. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 462 |
6727 | Atriplex sp. 517 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 32 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant used as a blood medicine. Infusion of any atriplex in which the stems or leaves have a red color was used for blood medicine. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 32 |
7017 | Barbarea vulgaris Ait. f. 559 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Cooked salad eaten to purify blood. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
7046 | Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch 569 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 40 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Plant used for the blood. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
7080 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 300 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Complex compound used as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300 |
7084 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 231 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of bark taken for internal blood diseases. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
7100 | Betula lenta L. 576 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 300 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction taken when the 'blood gets bad and cold.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300 |
7229 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 231 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of bark taken for internal blood diseases. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
7359 | Bignonia capreolata L. 591 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of leaf taken to purify blood. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
7360 | Bignonia capreolata L. 591 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 74 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of leaves used to cleanse the blood. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
7390 | Bobea sp. 597 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 5 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Bark used as a blood purifier. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 5 |
7620 | Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. 653 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 47 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Beans and other plants pounded, squeezed and the resulting liquid taken to purify the blood. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 47 |
7627 | Caesalpinia kavaiensis Mann 656 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 38 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Bark, young leaves & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting liquid taken to purify the blood. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 38 |
8472 | Castilleja integra Gray 787 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 43, 44 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of root used to 'clean out the blood' after internal injury. | 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 |
8489 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 53 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of root taken as a blood purifier. | 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 53 |
8549 | Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don 801 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 51 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Bark and other plants pounded, the resulting liquid heated and taken to purify the blood. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 51 |
8552 | Caulanthus crassicaulis (Torr.) S. Wats. 804 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 53 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root taken as a blood tonic. | 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 53 |
8598 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 382 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of roots taken for the blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382 |
8747 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 376 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound decoction of plants taken to make blood or for watery blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 376 |
8748 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 54 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of root bark with another plant and wine taken for anemia. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 54 |
8841 | Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 832 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 247 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of roots taken for menstruation sickness: yellow eyes and skin, weakness and shaking head. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period, the results were more serious than the other menstruation sickness. A doctor would never do this, as it would damage the 'medicine' which he has in his body. Other men were, sometimes, willing to take the risk. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 247 |
8910 | Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. 841 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 53-55 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Cold decoction of bark taken as a blood tonic. | 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 53-55 |
8926 | Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. 841 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 53-55 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Cold decoction of bark taken as a blood tonic. | 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 53-55 |
9189 | Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small 871 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 9 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant taken to purify the blood. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 9 |
9212 | Chamaesyce ocellata ssp. ocellata 876 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 169 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of leaves taken as a blood purifier. | 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 169 |
9373 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 86 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of plant taken to improve the blood. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 86 |
9453 | Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 895 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 241 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of whole plant taken for worm sickness: pale skin and laziness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 241 |
9607 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 35 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plant, mallow root, elder flowers and dwarf elder bark used as a blood purifier. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
9612 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 29, 74 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Compound containing plant taken as a blood purifier. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 74 |
9621 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 253 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Infusion of plants used as a blood purifier. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 253 |
9624 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 129 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of leaves taken to 'clear the blood.' | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 129 |
9627 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 56 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Herb used as a blood purifier. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56 |
9644 | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart. 915 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 101 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a blood purifier. | 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 101 |
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