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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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178 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 23 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Branch tips chewed for allergies caused by water hemlock. | 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 23 |
289 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 23 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Branch tips chewed for allergies caused by water hemlock. | 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 23 |
338 | Abies sp. 8 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 51 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Gum or mashed cones taken for many serious ailments. | Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 51 |
871 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 322 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used like an antibiotic. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 322 |
957 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a bath for invalids. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49 |
1558 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 34 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Given for 'sudden paralytic attacks as in bad pneumonia of children.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34 |
1591 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Herb used for fits and taken as an 'agreeable decoction.' | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
1928 | Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr. 109 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 357 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion given to children for diarrhea, 'summer complaint' and vomiting. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 357 |
2007 | Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 128 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Raw root chewed to strengthen veins. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
2865 | Ambrosia chamissonis (Less.) Greene 200 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 323 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as medicine for healing. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 323 |
3270 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 97 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plants rubbed on the hands to soften them for handling or touching sick people. | 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 97 |
3403 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 78 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots taken and used as a wash for 'bad disease.' | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 78 |
3416 | Angadenia berteroi (A. DC.) Miers 256 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 271 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots taken and used as a wash for chronic sickness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 271 |
3417 | Angadenia berteroi (A. DC.) Miers 256 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 248 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots used by men for menstruation sickness: painful abdominal swelling and impotence. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period, the results were more serious than the other menstruation sickness. A doctor would never do this, as it would damage the 'medicine' which he has in his body. Other men were, sometimes, willing to take the risk. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 248 |
3441 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 400 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots used as steam bath for frostbite and exposure. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 400 |
3482 | Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. 261 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 75 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots applied for a disorder characterized by sore groins and underarms. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 75 |
3587 | Angelica tomentosa S. Wats. 269 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 20 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Root shavings smoked by the shaman when doctoring. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 20 |
3654 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 472 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plants given to children and adults for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 472 |
3655 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 471 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plants given to children with 'red spots.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 471 |
3836 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 36 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for immersion in cold water. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 36 |
3877 | Apocynum sp. 298 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 340 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Snuff of dried, pulverized root used to cause sneezing for 'relieving the head.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
5064 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 12 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used as a bath for mother and father after childbirth. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12 |
5397 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 353 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant worn around the neck by orphans after parents death to keep the ghost away & prevent sickness. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 353 |
5439 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 28 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant placed in shoes to keep feet from sweating. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 28 |
6093 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 12 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Powdered, dried roots inhaled to cause sneezing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 12 |
6132 | Asclepias incarnata L. 434 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots taken and used as wash for stricture. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6296 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 416 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots taken for stricture. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
6345 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 416 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots used as a wash for arms, shoulders and body for lifting. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
6441 | Aster sp. 459 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 133 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Moxa of burned stems used over affected part. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 133 |
6455 | Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus (Gray) M.E. Jones 465 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 27 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a lotion for illness from exposure. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27 |
6534 | Astragalus pattersonii Gray 489 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 27 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for sore throats or swollen neck. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27 |
6603 | Atriplex argentea Nutt. 501 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion used for sickness from drinking bad water and to purify water. | 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 |
6746 | Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. 522 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion taken while fasting for four days for apoplexy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
6748 | Aureolaria laevigata (Raf.) Raf. 523 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion taken while fasting for four days for apoplexy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
6750 | Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. 524 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion taken while fasting for four days for apoplexy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
6817 | Bacopa caroliniana (Walt.) B.L. Robins. 539 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of leaves taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
7051 | Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch 569 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of stems taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
7083 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 55 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Wood used as a hot-water bottle. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
7404 | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. 605 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used as a demulcent. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
7548 | Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides 626 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of root taken for old injury or cough. | 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 |
7673 | Callicarpa americana L. 665 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 52 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots taken during attacks of dizziness. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 52 |
7921 | Camissonia multijuga (S. Wats.) Raven 707 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 33 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used for injuries by water or hail or dreaming of it. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33 |
8032 | Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood 730 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 341 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of plant taken for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 341 |
8092 | Carex platyphylla Carey 749 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 274 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used several ways to 'wash the snowsnake,' a snowsnake medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
8132 | Carex vulpinoidea Michx. 755 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 275 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots used as a 'rooster fighting medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
8244 | Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 758 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 299 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used for 'big injuries.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 299 |
8603 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 382 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of dried roots given to children with 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382 |
8688 | Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook. 819 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves taken for diagnosis and certain results mean certain things. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
8755 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 376 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots used as a wash on lips of bad children. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 376 |
8846 | Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 832 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 247 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots taken for menstruation sickness: yellow eyes and skin, weakness and shaking head. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period, the results were more serious than the other menstruation sickness. A doctor would never do this, as it would damage the 'medicine' which he has in his body. Other men were, sometimes, willing to take the risk. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 247 |
9148 | Chamaesaracha coronopus (Dunal) Gray 864 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 41 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound containing plant used in cases of drowning. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 41 |
9311 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 41 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of whole plants used as a bath for invalids. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41 |
9903 | Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis (L.) Aschers. & Magnus 949 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 391 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion taken and used as wash on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 391 |
10193 | Clematis baldwinii var. baldwinii 1013 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 303 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used for sunstroke. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
10260 | Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. 1019 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 247 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant used to bathe babies if they seemed to take after animals or deceased people. | 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 247 |
10428 | Cocos nucifera L. 1040 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 73 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Young meat applied as a rub for the brain. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
10504 | Commelina erecta var. angustifolia (Michx.) Fern. 1054 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 303 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Mucilaginous sap used to soothe irritations. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
10721 | Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & Gray 1079 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 303 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used for heat prostration. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
11104 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 96 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of inner bark and chokecherry bark or alder bark taken to heal the body. | 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 96 |
11175 | Corydalis curvisiliqua ssp. occidentalis (Engelm. ex Gray) W.A. Weber 1108 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for injuries. | 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 |
11592 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 57 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Dried gourds used to make ladles, syringes for feminine hygiene and rattles. | 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 57 |
12049 | Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz 1234 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 35 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a medicine against an enemy. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 35 |
12098 | Datura discolor Bernh. 1240 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 85 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Roots chewed to become crazy for 'bad disease.' | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 85 |
12133 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 60 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to diagnose ailments and permitted the shamans to 'see' the pain or disease. | 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 60 |
12134 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 60 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to divine cures for diseases. | 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 60 |
12174 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 37 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used to cure meanness. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 37 |
12219 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 318 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant enabled one to ascertain one's life span and 'whose days were numbered.' | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 318 |
12220 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 318 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant taken to find lost objects and remember where things were hidden. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 318 |
12237 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 423 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots taken for many different diseases. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423 |
12511 | Diervilla lonicera P. Mill. 1298 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 45 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of twigs used for vertigo. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 45 |
12654 | Draba helleriana Greene 1326 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 42 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant made into a drink and taken when not feeling well. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 42 |
12737 | Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) A.S. Hitchc. 1346 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 33 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant smoked for epileptic fits. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
12761 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12769 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 37 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant chewed for over perspiring. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 37 |
12786 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12797 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12807 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12822 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12876 | Echinocactus williamsii Lem. 1355 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 318 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for alcohol addiction. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 318 |
13034 | Elymus canadensis L. 1383 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 274 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of plants taken for stricture. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
13040 | Elymus glaucus Buckl. 1385 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a medicine to settle quarrels between families or individuals. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
13131 | Ephedra nevadensis S. Wats. 1403 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 70 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of fresh or dried twigs used to 'clear the system.' | 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 70 |
13178 | Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats. 1406 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 76 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as antileuretic. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 76 |
13279 | Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. 1419 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 17 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for general body disease. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 17 |
13417 | Equisetum hyemale var. affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eat. 1423 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 262 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant taken for backache or 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 262 |
13673 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa 1454 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 178 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a medicine for 'drinking and bathing.' | 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 178 |
13765 | Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus (Greene) Cronq. 1479 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 187 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of dried, pulverized roots, stems and flowers used as a steambath or taken for dizziness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 187 |
13950 | Eriogonum alatum Torr. 1494 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of powdered root taken after a fall and relieve general misery. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 49 |
13959 | Eriogonum androsaceum Benth. 1495 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Mild or medium decoction taken for general indisposition. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
13971 | Eriogonum annuum Nutt. 1497 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion taken or used as lotion for sickness from swallowing an ant. | 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 |
14036 | Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. 1510 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Mild or medium decoction taken for general indisposition. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
14156 | Eriogonum sp. 1530 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Mild or medium decoction taken for general indisposition. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
14418 | Euonymus americana L. 1574 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion taken for 'bad disease.' | 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 |
14439 | Euonymus obovata Nutt. 1577 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 375 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of plants taken for stricture caused by bad blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 375 |
14443 | Euonymus sp. 1578 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 374 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction taken for stricture caused by a menstruating woman. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 374 |
14453 | Eupatorium maculatum L. 1579 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41, 42 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of root used as a wash 'after becoming sick from odor of corpse.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42 |
14504 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 457 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots taken for stricture caused by menstruating girls. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 457 |
14553 | Eupatorium purpureum L. 1582 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41, 42 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of root used as a wash 'after becoming sick from odor of corpse.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42 |
14571 | Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum 1583 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 455 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion used as wash on injured parts, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 455 |
14755 | Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) Alexeev 1615 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 273 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used as a 'corn medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 273 |
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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) );