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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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30 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as an antiseptic. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
804 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 6 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Herb used as a disinfectant. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 6 |
850 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 6 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Herb used as a disinfectant. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 6 |
1490 | Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. 66 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 29 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of leaves and branches used to bathe infected, sore or swollen areas of the body. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 29 |
1705 | Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders 86 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as fumigant for 'deer 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 41 |
1899 | Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene 102 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for 'deer 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 47 |
2096 | Allium cepa L. 140 | Shinnecock 231 | cw45 62 | 120 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used to destroy germs because of a volatile oil in roots. | Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120 |
2847 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Juice of wilted leaves applied to infected toes. | 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 |
2892 | Ambrosia trifida L. 203 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Juice of wilted leaves applied to infected toes. | 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 |
3104 | Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik. 210 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 366 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Compound decoction of inner bark used as a disinfectant wash. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 366 |
3248 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 42 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Smoke used to purify gift made to the spirits. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
3375 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 8 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Dried, powdered plant applied as a disinfectant to wounds. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 8 |
3380 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 22 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion of leaves used as a disinfectant on open wounds. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
3392 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 15 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Powdered plants used as a disinfectant for knife wounds. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 15 |
3410 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 33, 34 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of roots used as an antiseptic wash. | 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 33, 34 |
3535 | Angelica lucida L. 265 | Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut 73 | o57 187 | 31 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Burning stems shaken inside and outside the house for purification. | Oswalt, W. H., 1957, A Western Eskimo Ethnobotany, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 6:17-36, page 31 |
3886 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant placed on hot rocks and applied to patient's head for 'deer 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 39 |
4074 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 40, 41 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Poultice of root applied to swellings and infections. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 40, 41 |
4089 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion of roots and berries taken as an antiseptic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
4878 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as an antiseptic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
5021 | Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. 390 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 45 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as a ceremonial fumigant ingredient. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 45 |
5252 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 366 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Dried leaves burned to disinfect room of contagious patient. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 366 |
5395 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 353 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion of plant used as a disinfectant to wash the bodies of the mourners after funerals. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 353 |
5416 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 170 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as incense to disinfect the house. | 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 170 |
5457 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Branches used as a bed in a sweatbath to steam out infection of influenza. | 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 40-42 |
5492 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant tops taken for severe infections. | 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 40-42 |
5515 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for purification. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5547 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for purification. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5553 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for purification. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5558 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for purification. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5566 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for purification. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5572 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Eskimo 66 | s73 94 | 326 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as an infection inhibitor. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 326 |
5598 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Poultice of leaves applied or decoction of leaves used as a wash for infections. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
5606 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 43 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Dried leaves and stems burned, in the homes and sweathouses, as a disinfectant. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 43 |
5708 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of leaves used as an antiseptic wash for cuts, wounds or sores. | 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 44-47 |
5771 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of leaves used as an antiseptic wash for cuts, wounds or sores. | 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 44-47 |
5772 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Warm decoction of leaves used as an antiseptic bath for newborns. | 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 44-47 |
5787 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used to fumigate the house and keep germs off. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
5814 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Branches burned as fumigant for sickroom or for utensils used for 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 44-47 |
5994 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 309 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion or decoction used as hand and face wash for ghost contamination. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
6066 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 19 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Poultice of leaves applied for any infections. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 19 |
6540 | Astragalus purshii Dougl. ex Hook. 492 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 504 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of roots taken and poured on head in sweathouse for purification. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
6776 | Baccharis douglasii DC. 531 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 26 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Dried, powdered stems applied as a disinfectant to wounds. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 26 |
6913 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 50, 51 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root burned as a fumigant in the sickroom. | 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 50, 51 |
6958 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 50, 51 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root burned as a fumigant in the sickroom. | 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 50, 51 |
7537 | Brickellia brachyphylla (Gray) Gray 624 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root used with 'lizard figurine' for prenatal 'lizard 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 49 |
7934 | Campanula rotundifolia L. 713 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as ceremonial fumigant for deer 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 47 |
8068 | Carex inops ssp. heliophila (Mackenzie) Crins 742 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 19 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion of plant used as lotion for 'eagle infections.' | 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 19 |
8449 | Castilleja affinis Hook. & Arn. 777 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 15 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as a wash or powdered plant applied to infected sores. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 15 |
9692 | Chionanthus virginicus L. 918 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 50 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of roots used as a wash for infected sores. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 50 |
9745 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Wailaki 273 | c02 89 | 319 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Poultice of roasted bulbs used antiseptically for sores. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 319 |
9872 | Cicuta maculata L. 942 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 398 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Handling plants caused fits and decoction used as floor wash to prevent disease. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 398 |
10007 | Cirsium sp. 971 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 26 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Pounded stalk pulp used to dry infections. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 26 |
10394 | Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. 1031 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 138 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Poultice of leaves applied to infections. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 138 |
10615 | Conyza canadensis var. canadensis 1069 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 47 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Hot poultice of plant applied to infants with prenatal infection. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 47 |
10729 | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria 1083 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion of dried plant taken with salt for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 50 |
10756 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root bark used as an antiseptic and astringent. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
10872 | Cornus florida L. 1093 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root bark used as an antiseptic and astringent. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
11163 | Corydalis aurea Willd. 1107 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 23 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for puerperal infection. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23 |
11522 | Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea 1147 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 40 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant given to newborn infant for prenatal snake or toad infection. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 40 |
11551 | Cryptantha sp. 1155 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 39 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for coyote infection. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 39 |
11975 | Dalea candida var. candida 1216 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 33 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Compound decoction used 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 33 |
11976 | Dalea candida var. candida 1216 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 33 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used 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 33 |
12123 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant juice or ground flowers and roots used as a disinfectant. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
12457 | Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould 1290 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 17 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | 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 |
12577 | Diphylleia cymosa Michx. 1311 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59, 60 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as an antiseptic. | 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, 60 |
13249 | Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium (Keck) Raven 1412 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 22 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used for infected sores. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 22 |
13348 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 366 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Leaves burned as a disinfectant. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 366 |
13438 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Compound decoction of plant used for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 11 |
13719 | Erigeron canus Gray 1466 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for 'deer 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 50 |
13723 | Erigeron concinnus (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & Gray 1468 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for 'antelope 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 50 |
13731 | Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray 1470 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 50 |
13747 | Erigeron flagellaris Gray 1473 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50, 51 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion of leaves used ceremonially for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 50, 51 |
13866 | Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. 1488 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 13 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant combined with other herbs and used for infected sores. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 13 |
13970 | Eriogonum annuum Nutt. 1497 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Cold infusion taken for 'lightning infection.' | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 23 |
14031 | Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. 1510 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 505 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | 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 |
14169 | Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. 1533 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 20 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as a fumigant for biliousness. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20 |
14221 | Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait. 1547 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for infections. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
14414 | Euonymus americana L. 1574 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as an antiseptic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
14476 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as a tonic, sudorific, stimulant, emetic and antiseptic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
14808 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for 'bear 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 39 |
14894 | Fragaria vesca L. 1636 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 125 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Leaf powder applied to any open sore as a disinfectant. | 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 125 |
15009 | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne 1640 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 125 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Leaf powder applied to any open sore as a disinfectant. | 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 125 |
15053 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 58 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Crushed berries applied to infected sores. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 58 |
15109 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 115 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion of spring or early summer bark used as a disinfectant for cuts, wounds and sores. | 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 115 |
15152 | Frasera caroliniensis Walt. 1651 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Used as an antiseptic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
15717 | Gaura mollis James 1706 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 33 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as a fumigant. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33 |
15946 | Geum triflorum Pursh 1738 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 504 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of whole plant used as a wash after the purifying sweatbath. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
16178 | Grindelia nana Nutt. 1776 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 81, 82 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as an antiseptic wash to help heal broken bones. | 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 81, 82 |
16210 | Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal 1780 | Cheyenne, Northern 34 | h92 30 | 32 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of flowering tops used to wash sores and other skin lesions. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 32 |
16234 | Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal 1780 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 15 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Infusion used as a disinfectant wash. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 15 |
16246 | Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal 1780 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 81, 82 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of plant used as an antiseptic wash to help heal broken bones. | 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 81, 82 |
16318 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used as a ceremonial fumigant ingredient. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
16325 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction 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 51 |
16341 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 82, 83 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Compound decoction of plant used as an antiseptic wash for measles and other rashes. | 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 82, 83 |
16344 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 56 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used on hot coals to fumigate mother and newborn child. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 56 |
16604 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Plant used for prenatal infection caused by solar eclipse. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
16649 | Helianthus cusickii Gray 1824 | Shasta 230 | h46 149 | 340 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Root burned in the house after a death. | Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340 |
16939 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 457 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | 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 |
16940 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 504 | Drug 2 | Disinfectant 129 | Decoction of roots taken by warriors and hunters as a purifier. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );