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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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25655 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 273 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Root used in food to make estranged married people congenial & a love medicine used to return love | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273 |
25658 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 432 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Chopped root added to food as a love charm. The root was added to some dish of food that was cooking, without the knowledge of the people who were going to eat it, and if they had been quarrelsome, then they became lovers again. However, the informant said that it was too often put to bad uses. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 432 |
25659 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 389390 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Finely cut root secretly added to another's food as an aphrodisiac. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 389390 |
25886 | Penstemon fruticosus (Pursh) Greene 2808 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 434 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Compound decoction of plants taken as an emetic to cure a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 434 |
26129 | Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. 2837 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 400 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Leaves sung over to get the love of a particular girl. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 400 |
26475 | Phlox pilosa L. 2887 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 235 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Compound containing root used as a love medicine. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 235 |
26530 | Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston 2896 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Infusion taken after vomiting for four days, to cure 'love sickness.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
26831 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 316 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | 'Tie in a poplar tree, then place among roots,' as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 316 |
28545 | Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys (Lindl.) Luer 3011 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 506 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used in wash by women 'hoping to gain a mate and have success in love.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 506 |
28558 | Platanthera stricta Lindl. 3016 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 275 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Compound with plant used as a love charm. | 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 275 |
28559 | Platanthera ?media (Rydb.) Luer (pro sp.) [dilatata ? hyperborea] 3008 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 121 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Women rubbed this plant on their cheek as a love charm to enable them to secure a good husband. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 121 |
28690 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 32, 78 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love charm. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 78 |
28881 | Polygonum arenastrum Jord. ex Boreau 3055 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 314 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Powdered, dry root placed in other person's tea as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 314 |
29161 | Populus alba L. 3093 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 293 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Compound decoction of branches used as a body wash for anti-love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 293 |
29292 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 381 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Leaves used as a love medicine. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381 |
29886 | Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fern. 3141 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 479 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Root chewed and rubbed on hands and face as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 479 |
29918 | Prosartes hookeri var. oregana (S. Wats.) Kartesz 3149 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 25 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love medicine. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 25 |
29921 | Prosartes smithii (Hook.) Utech 3150 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 25 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love medicine. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 25 |
32331 | Quercus phellos L. 3281 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 250 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Decoction of wood ashes placed on the tongue to cleanse the body and strengthen the marriage. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 250 |
32576 | Quercus virginiana P. Mill. 3294 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 250 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Decoction of wood ashes placed on the tongue to cleanse the body and strengthen the marriage. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 250 |
35275 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 312 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Decoction used as a wash for face, hands and clothes as love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 312 |
35603 | Sagittaria latifolia Willd. 3510 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 112 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love charm and for 'witchcraft.' | 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 112 |
35738 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 249 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Bark used as a medicine to prevent adultery. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 249 |
36932 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Algonquin 6 | b36 202 | 142 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Used as a love charm and red dye for skin, clothing and weapons. | Bradley, Will T., 1936, Medical Practices of the New England Aborigines, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 25(2):138-147, page 142 |
37028 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Micmac 141 | r48 188 | 56 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Used as an aphrodisiac. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1948, Ethnobotanique Et Ethnozoologie Gaspesiennes, Archives de Folklore 3:51-64, page 56 |
37055 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 83 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Root rubbed on palm of bachelor as a love charm. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 83 |
37192 | Sarracenia purpurea L. 3588 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 343 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Powdered plant sprinkled on person for a lovemedicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 343 |
37508 | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla 3609 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 118 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Flowers used by women as a love medicine. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 118 |
37956 | Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq. 3667 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 250 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Decoction of wood ashes placed on the tongue to cleanse the body and strengthen the marriage. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 250 |
38391 | Solidago canadensis L. 3734 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 461 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Compound infusion of roots taken to kill a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 461 |
38744 | Spiraea sp. 3795 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 349 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Infusion of bark from young twigs taken as an antidote for love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 349 |
39187 | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (L.) Nesom 3872 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 462 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 462 |
39358 | Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 3894 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 477 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Decoction of roots used as wash for a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 477 |
39694 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 240 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Used as a love medicine to reconcile a quarrelsome couple. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 240 |
39699 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 80 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant tops rubbed in hands of bachelors as a love charm. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
39704 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 123 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Seeds mixed with tobacco and smoked when going to call upon a favorite lady friend. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 123 |
39705 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 75 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Seeds used as a love medicine by the Prairie Potawatomi. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 75 |
40504 | Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth 3979 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 16 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as an aphrodisiac. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16 |
40712 | Trillium ovatum Pursh 4021 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 25 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Poultice of pounded bulbs applied as a love medicine. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 25 |
42497 | Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica S. Wats. 4093 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 64 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Roots used as a love medicine to attract a person whose affections were desired. It was a kind of bad medicine and viewed as a curse. The root of this plant was said by some to be an ingredient in love medicine; others denied this. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 64 |
43092 | Viburnum lantanoides Michx. 4131 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 446 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Plant used as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 446 |
43184 | Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. 4139 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 365 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Infusion of roots used by women as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
43219 | Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn. 4143 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 283 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Used as a 'love medicine.' If you want your girlfriend to love you, take the plant and rub down with it after bathing, and she will love you forever. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 283 |
43221 | Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn. 4143 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 39 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Roots rubbed on woman and placed under pillow to bring back husband. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
43225 | Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. 4144 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 365 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Cold infusion of plant used as a love medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
43374 | Vitis arizonica Engelm. 4171 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 62 | Drug 2 | Love Medicine 133 | Vine used to make a cross & put on top of the basket of cornmeal & paper bread offered in courtship. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
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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) );