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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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32861 | Rhododendron maximum L. 3340 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 'Throw clumps of leaves into a fire and dance around it to bring cold weather.' | 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 |
22215 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 265 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Afterbirth of a child tied to a young tree to ensure the child would grow up strong. | 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 265 |
18986 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 14 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Aromatic twigs burned as incense. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14 |
32901 | Rhus copallinum L. 3345 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark and berries used in medicine ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
32957 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark and berries used in medicine ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
32877 | Rhus aromatica Ait. 3344 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark and berries used in medicine ceremoniess. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
10959 | Cornus sericea L. 1100 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 237 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark smoked for various ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 237 |
11088 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 237 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark smoked for various ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 237 |
35717 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark used as an emetic in purification after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
37285 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark used as an emetic in purification after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
41096 | Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. 4044 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 271 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Bark used in ritual to make children as light-skinned as the inner bark. | 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 271 |
15730 | Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch 1707 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Berries used ceremonially by those desiring health and prosperity for the coming season. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 |
41963 | Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. 4070 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Berries used ceremonially by those desiring health and prosperity for the coming season. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 |
1267 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1352 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1364 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1372 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1391 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
27148 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 198 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Boughs used ritually for protection from death and illness. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 198 |
158 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 268 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Branches and pollen used in purification rites and ceremonies. | 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 268 |
28271 | Pinus virginiana P. Mill. 2979 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Branches burned and ashes thrown on hearth fire after a death in the home. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
30229 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 35 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Branches used for the Sun Dance ceremony. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 35 |
8543 | Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv. 800 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Burned as incense during certain ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
8546 | Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv. 800 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Burned as incense during certain ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
16018 | Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. 1755 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Burned as incense during certain ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
16021 | Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. 1755 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Burned as incense during certain ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
10507 | Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. 1055 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Burned, dried leaves used as incense in religious ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
6355 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 109 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Ceremony connected with the obtaining and distribution of this prized root. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
40422 | Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter 3968 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Chewed and spit upon ceremonial knots to unravel them, 'untying medicine.' | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
43676 | Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray 4211 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 62, 63 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Chewed seeds rubbed on body prior to cactus ceremony to protect from spines. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 62, 63 |
40535 | Tragopogon pratensis L. 3986 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion gargled as ceremonial treatment for throat trouble. | 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 54 |
11323 | Cosmos parviflorus (Jacq.) Pers. 1116 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of dried leaves used as ceremonial chant lotion. | 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 50 |
13715 | Erigeron bellidiastrum Nutt. 1464 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of dried leaves used as ceremonial chant lotion. | 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 50 |
25971 | Pericome caudata Gray 2829 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of leaves used as a ceremonial chant lotion and emetic. | 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 52 |
14707 | Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. 1604 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30, 31 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of leaves used as a ceremonial lotion and leaves used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 30, 31 |
31340 | Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene 3204 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of leaves used as ceremonial eyewash. | 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 52 |
13745 | Erigeron flagellaris Gray 1473 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50, 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of leaves used ceremonially as a medicine and as a fumigant. | 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 50, 51 |
13735 | Erigeron eximius Greene 1471 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of plant taken and used ceremonially as a lotion for various ills. | 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 51 |
28944 | Polygonum lapathifolium L. 3067 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23, 24 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of plant used as ceremonial chant lotion. | 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 23, 24 |
31359 | Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb. 3205 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 34 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of plant used as ceremonial chant lotion. | 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 34 |
13941 | Eriogonum alatum Torr. 1494 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of root used as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 23 |
35389 | Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. 3487 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of root used as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 24 |
26219 | Peteria scoparia Gray 2844 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 33 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of root used by family to protect hogan and livestock. | 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 33 |
6502 | Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats. 478 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 32 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion of whole plant used as a ceremonial chant lotion. | 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 32 |
19977 | Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standl. 2150 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion used as a ceremonial eyewash and pulverized plant used as a ceremonial snuff. | 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 29 |
18995 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion used as a ceremonial medicine to protect from enemies and witches. | 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 12 |
4248 | Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. 324 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cold infusion used internally and externally as ceremonial medicine. | 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 23 |
1032 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 362 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Compound containing flowering heads smoked for ceremonial purposes. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 362 |
17573 | Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens (Greene) Jepson 1944 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Compound containing plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 |
19394 | Lactuca serriola L. 2087 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Compound decoction of plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 52 |
24925 | Orthocarpus purpureoalbus Gray ex S. Wats. 2689 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Compound decoction used as ceremonial medicine. | 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 44 |
27983 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 13, 14 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Cones with seeds removed used as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 13, 14 |
26439 | Phlox caespitosa Nutt. 2881 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Crushed plant and other plants used to make the Night Chant liniment. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 70 |
43756 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Crushed root used in purification ceremony. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
29339 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 276 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of bark taken 'for your health' after childbirth if someone close had passed away. | 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 276 |
36692 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 19 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of flowers with other plants used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 19 |
13044 | Elymus hystrix var. hystrix 1387 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 18 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves and reed grass rootstocks used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 18 |
35819 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves used as ceremonial emetic. | 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 22 |
35968 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves used as ceremonial emetic. | 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 22 |
28693 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 19 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves with other plants used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 19 |
33885 | Rosa acicularis Lindl. 3417 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 131 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves, branches and other boughs taken and used as body and hair wash by sweatbathers. | 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 131 |
33998 | Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. 3426 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 131 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves, branches and other boughs taken and used as body and hair wash by sweatbathers. | 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 131 |
34053 | Rosa nutkana K. Presl 3427 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 131 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves, branches and other boughs taken and used as body and hair wash by sweatbathers. | 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 131 |
34206 | Rosa woodsii Lindl. 3434 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 131 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of leaves, branches and other boughs taken and used as body and hair wash by sweatbathers. | 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 131 |
29815 | Potamogeton natans L. 3121 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant taken as ceremonial emetic. | 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 15 |
39713 | Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex Gray 3923 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant taken as ceremonial medicine. | 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 28 |
8692 | Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook. 819 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 120 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant tops with leaves used as a cleansing solution in the sweathouse. | 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 120 |
18029 | Iris missouriensis Nutt. 2011 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 21 |
18549 | Juniperus communis var. montana Ait. 2055 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 12 |
22155 | Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link 2382 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 20 |
4250 | Arceuthobium vaginatum (Willd.) J. Presl 326 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 23 |
18004 | Ipomopsis multiflora (Nutt.) V. Grant 2003 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 40 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 40 |
31765 | Pyrola asarifolia Michx. 3238 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 387 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used as a steam bath for 'goofy' child in the Brush Dance. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387 |
12456 | Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould 1290 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 17 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant used ceremonially for 'snake 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 17 |
13032 | Elymus canadensis L. 1383 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 19 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of plant with other plants used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 19 |
3898 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 238239 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of root and leaf used as a 'power of persuasion at trade or council.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 238239 |
38048 | Silphium perfoliatum L. 3687 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of root used as a ceremonial emetic. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
16938 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 457 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of root used ceremonially as a wash for purification. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 457 |
12235 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 423 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of roots used as a ceremonial narcotic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423 |
26583 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 18 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of rootstocks and bottle brush grass used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 18 |
10330 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of seeds used ceremonially to improve voice and give 'good blood.' | 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 29 |
22451 | Matelea biflora (Raf.) Woods. 2420 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 9 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of thick, white roots used for ghost sickness. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9 |
22458 | Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm.) Woods. 2421 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 9 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of thick, white roots used for ghost sickness. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9 |
14028 | Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. 1510 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 505 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of whole plant used as a purifying ceremonial wash in the sweathouse. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 505 |
27643 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12, 13 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction of wood or needles used as ceremonial emetic. | 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 12, 13 |
16323 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction used ceremonially for snake infection or snakebite. | 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 51 |
39192 | Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum 3874 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction used ceremonially for snakebite. | 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 48 |
18688 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11, 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Decoction used in 'bath for purification of burial party.' | 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, 12 |
24263 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried flowers used as ceremonial medicine. | 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 37 |
24264 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37, 38 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried flowers used as ceremonial medicine. | 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 37, 38 |
21776 | Madia glomerata Hook. 2362 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 15 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried herbs burned as incense in some ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 15 |
23805 | Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats. 2577 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 103104 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried leaves and other plant parts smoked ceremonially. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 103104 |
18933 | Juniperus pinchotii Sudsworth 2061 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 3 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried leaves sprinkled on live coals and smoke inhaled for ghost sickness. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 3 |
38825 | Stachys rothrockii Gray 3816 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried leaves used as a ceremonial medicine and plant used in chant lotion. | 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 42 |
17218 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 170 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried plant burned in many ceremonies. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
21771 | Madia glomerata Hook. 2362 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 22 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried plant used in special ceremony for perverted, over-sexed people. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 22 |
20558 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 277 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried tops burned as incense in ceremonials. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 277 |
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 |
12048 | Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz 1234 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 176 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Dried, powdered leaves rubbed over hands, arms and body for Contrary dance. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 176 |
906 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 362 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Florets smoked for ceremonial purposes. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 362 |
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