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id | species | tribe | source | pageno ▲ | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
14277 | Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose 1552 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 95 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to make a medicine taken by students in medical training. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
35719 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 95 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots taken by students in medical training. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
21003 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 92 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Seeds burned as a protective fumigant against bad spirits and illness. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 92 |
17219 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 9 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as a ceremonial incense for purification. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
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 |
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 |
31017 | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana 3184 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 88, 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Fruit prepared in unspecified way and used in old-time ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88, 89 |
31022 | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana 3184 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 88, 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Fruit prepared in unspecified way and used in old-time ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88, 89 |
31027 | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana 3184 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 88, 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Fruit prepared in unspecified way and used in old-time ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88, 89 |
31033 | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana 3184 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 88, 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Fruit prepared in unspecified way and used in old-time ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88, 89 |
31039 | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana 3184 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 88, 89 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Fruit prepared in unspecified way and used in old-time ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88, 89 |
25619 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 88 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in the liniment for the Chiricahua Apache Wind Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
16594 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 87 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant, double bladderpod, sumac and mistletoe used in the liniment for the War Dance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 87 |
16306 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 86 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood made into charcoal used in the medicines applied to the ailing gods. Two kinds of charcoal were used in the medicines which were applied to the ailing gods. The first was made from the bark of the pine and willow. The second was made from this plant and three-lobed sagebrush, to which were added the feathers dropped from a live crow and a live buzzard. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 86 |
5831 | Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita 409 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant burned to charcoal & given to patient to blacken legs & forearms in Mountain Chant Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
6555 | Astragalus sp. 496 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 80 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 80 |
37524 | Scirpus nevadensis S. Wats. 3612 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 8 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in the Sun Dance ceremony. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 8 |
19971 | Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller 2149 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 77 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Infusion of root taken as a ceremonial emetic. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 77 |
12304 | Delphinium scaposum Greene 1257 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 76 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 76 |
3622 | Antennaria rosea Greene 279 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots dried, powdered, put into hot coals at winter dance & smoke used to drive away bad spirits. | 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 75 |
3623 | Antennaria rosea Greene 279 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots dried, powdered, put into hot coals at winter dance & smoke used to revive passed out dancers. | 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 75 |
5265 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 74 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Leaves chewed as 'ceremonial' medicine. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 74 |
23950 | Nicotiana sp. 2586 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 74 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Infusion of leaves given to the patient in a painted turtle shell during the Raven Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 74 |
36250 | Salix sp. 3551 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 73, 74 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Stems thrust in gashes on forearms of grieving young men at funeral ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 73, 74 |
12102 | Datura sp. 1242 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 73 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Raw, dried roots chewed in a ceremony for chills and fevers. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
22801 | Mentha sp. 2444 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 73 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used with sage, red penstemon, red willow, scrub oak & chokecherry as medicine for Shooting Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
16461 | Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. 1805 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 72 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by assistant during the War Dance. At noon of the third day of the War Dance, the body of the patient was painted black. Medicine was then made of yarrow, red juniper, pine needles and meadow rue, which were previously pulverized, then thrown into a bowl of water and stirred. This was then dabbed all over the patient who sipped the mixture before bathing his whole body in it. Foxtail grass and mock pennyroyal were then chewed by the assistant and sputtered on the patient. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 72 |
41020 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Kwakwaka'wakw 123 | c93 14 | 71 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant considered to have special powers to purify and cure. | 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 71 |
41050 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 71 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant considered to have special powers to purify and cure. | 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 71 |
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 |
17982 | Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora 2002 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 70 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as medicine in the Wind and Female Shooting Chants. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 70 |
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 |
1201 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 7 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in a sweat lodge ceremony. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
8079 | Carex nebrascensis Dewey 745 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 7 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in the Sun Dance and Massaum ceremonies. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
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 |
20852 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 67 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Infusion of dried, ground plant mixed with other plants & taken by patients for Mountain Top Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 67 |
24894 | Oreoxis alpina ssp. alpina 2677 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 67 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant, greasewood and wild privet used as a medicine for the Coyote Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 67 |
17730 | Ilex vomitoria Ait. 1980 | Alabama 3 | swan28 128 | 666 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant taken to 'clear out the system and produce ceremonial purity.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 666 |
17227 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
17264 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
17268 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
17270 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
17276 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
40157 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood made into shamanistic soul catchers to use in ritual healing. | 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 66 |
25414 | Panax sp. 2734 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 656 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to keep ghosts away and for religious occasions. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 656 |
20213 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 64 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots burned and smoke used to revive a subdued person possessed by the 'bluejay spirit.' | 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 64 |
20214 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 64 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots burned and smoke used to revive singers from a trance, considered ceremonially dead. | 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 64 |
38627 | Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don 3771 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 63 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots used as a ceremonial medicine. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 63 |
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 |
25559 | Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc. 2759 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 62 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as part of the medicine the patient takes in the Mountain Chant Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
1592 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 61 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by dancers to make them light footed. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 61 |
10275 | Clematis virginiana L. 1022 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60 |
12056 | Dasylirion durangensis 1235 | Tarahumara 256 | bc41 58 | 60 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used in the annual ceremonial curing of animals and fields from sickness and lightning. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 60 |
23917 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used extensively in rituals. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
23957 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used extensively in rituals. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
37695 | Senecio spartioides var. multicapitatus (Greenm. ex Rydb.) Welsh 3648 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Infusion of powdered root ceremonially rubbed on limbs for 'aching bones.' | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 59 |
43209 | Vicia faba L. 4141 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in the Coyote Chant for medicine. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 59 |
13361 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | 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 |
13396 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
16362 | Gutierrezia sp. 1787 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 563 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Infusion of plant taken as a ceremonial emetic. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 563 |
20596 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 56 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Salve of powdered root applied ceremonially to swelling of any body part. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 56 |
40527 | Tragopogon porrifolius L. 3985 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 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 54 |
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 |
44630 | Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 4253 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 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 54 |
42998 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 53, 54 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as a 'reviver' to purify whoever had been defiled by touch of bereaved. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 53, 54 |
25289 | Packera fendleri (Gray) W.A. Weber & A. L”ve 2727 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in 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 53 |
25296 | Packera multilobata (Torr. & Gray ex Gray) W.A. Weber & A. L”ve 2728 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant rubbed on body 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 53 |
26231 | Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila 2846 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 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 53 |
39644 | Tetradymia canescens DC. 3914 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 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 53 |
21241 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Comanche 48 | cj40 147 | 522 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in ceremonies as a narcotic. | Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 522 |
2845 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | 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 |
2890 | Ambrosia trifida L. 203 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31817 | Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC. 3245 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Flower stalks 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 |
32758 | Ratibida tagetes (James) Barnh. 3323 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in 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 52 |
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 |
1681 | Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze 84 | Cree 54 | j87 146 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Flowers frequently included in medicine bundles. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 51 |
11698 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 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 |
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 |
31132 | Pseudognaphalium stramineum (Kunth) W.A. Weber 3195 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | 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 51 |
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 |
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 |
10728 | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria 1083 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in 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 |
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 |
13718 | Erigeron canus Gray 1466 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in 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 |
13730 | Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray 1470 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used ceremonially in several ways. | 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 |
26944 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Pitch, swan feathers & slender grass tops burned by shamans when making medicine for a sick person. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
248 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 5 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Needles burned as incense in ceremonies by persons afraid of thunder. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 5 |
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