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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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15249 | Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 1659 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 413 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of bark taken for stricture. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 413 |
15435 | Gaillardia pinnatifida Torr. 1676 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for the effects of immersion. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
15689 | Gaultheria shallon Pursh 1703 | Skagit, Upper 242 | t89 131 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves taken as a convalescent tea. | Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 38 |
15798 | Geranium atropurpureum Heller 1722 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for over exertion. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
15851 | Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. 1730 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 82 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves applied to the head and eaten for large head, from dropsy or severe malnutrition. Two cases were described of a young girl and a woman whose heads became abnormally large, as with dropsy or severe malnutrition. An infusion of the leaves was applied to the head and consumed, effecting temporary recovery, but both lost their hair and died later. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 82 |
16068 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 317 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used for some sicknesses. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
16365 | Gymnocarpium disjunctum (Rupr.) Ching 1789 | 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 |
16442 | Hamamelis virginiana L. 1799 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 120 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Dried seeds used in a test to tell whether sick person would recover. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 120 |
16607 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Salve of pulverized seed and root used on injury from horse falling on person. | 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 |
16665 | Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. 1832 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 324 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used as a spider medicine. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 324 |
16755 | Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark 1849 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 328 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots given to children with 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328 |
16756 | Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark 1849 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 328 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Roots used to tell fortune. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328 |
16762 | Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark 1849 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 239 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of root taken and used as a wash for twisted mouth or crossed eyes. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 239 |
16771 | Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark 1850 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 74 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of root and leaves taken 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 74 |
17556 | Hylotelephium telephium ssp. telephium 1939 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 343 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Rubbed on paralyzed face. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 343 |
17578 | Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens (Greene) Jepson 1944 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for illness caused by lunar eclipse. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
17726 | Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray 1979 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 373 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Taken to retain vigor. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 373 |
17896 | Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F.W. Mey. 1991 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 419 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion taken or injured parts washed, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 419 |
18427 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Algonquin 6 | b36 202 | 142 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used for 'cold' conditions, since plant was regarded as 'hot.' | Bradley, Will T., 1936, Medical Practices of the New England Aborigines, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 25(2):138-147, page 142 |
18863 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 37 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Misbehaving youngsters held in a blanket over a smoldering fire of plant. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 37 |
18935 | Juniperus pinchotii Sudsworth 2061 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 3 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Dried leaves sprinkled on live coals and smoke inhaled for vertigo. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 3 |
19008 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 19 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of branch tips and needles considered a good emergency medicine. | 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 19 |
19053 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 92 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant considered effective in combating evil 'spirits' associated with illness and death. | 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 92 |
19169 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 234 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of leaves taken by convalescent patients. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 234 |
19199 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 30 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark taken for summer complaint (summer cholera). | Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30 |
19223 | Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Small) J. Silba 2065 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 260 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Leaves burned for ghost sickness: dizziness and staggering. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 260 |
19513 | Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch 2099 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 45 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark 'drives out inflammation and generates heat.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 45 |
19532 | Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch 2099 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark taken to drive out inflammation and to warm body. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 69, 70 |
19929 | Lepidium montanum Nutt. 2137 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 24 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for palpitations and dizziness. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24 |
19962 | Lespedeza sp. 2146 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 364 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of plant taken for stricture caused by bad blood. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 364 |
20004 | Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don 2156 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of leaves rubbed into scratches made on legs as preliminary treatment. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 49 |
20181 | Licania michauxii Prance 2173 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of leaves and roots taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
20217 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 64 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Roots burned and smoke used for unconsciousness, trances or 'possession' by 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 64 |
20453 | Liquidambar styraciflua L. 2210 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Gum used as drawing plaster and compound infusion of bark 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 58 |
20463 | Liquidambar styraciflua L. 2210 | Koasati 116 | t40 115 | 26 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of bark taken for 'night sickness.' | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26 |
20653 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 452 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of plants taken for stricture caused by menstruating women. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 452 |
20654 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 452 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots, plants and blossoms taken for cramps. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 452 |
20655 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 453 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots taken or washed on injured parts, 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 453 |
20672 | Lobelia inflata L. 2222 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Smoked 'to break tobacco habit.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
20683 | Lobelia inflata L. 2222 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 455 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of whole plant used as a divining agent. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 455 |
20706 | Lobelia sp. 2225 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 451 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for 'divining sickness.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 451 |
20740 | Lomatium californicum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2232 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 44 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Root dried, ground and smoked in a pipe for severe colds; this occasionally caused dizziness. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 44 |
20779 | Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2235 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 66 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion or decoction of roots taken for some general illness. | 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 66 |
20838 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to make a scent for a sick person. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
21396 | Luzula sp. 2312 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 279 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction used to increase strength to physically punish one of bewitchment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
21536 | Lycopus virginicus L. 2331 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Chewed root given to infants to give them eloquence of speech. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
21625 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 271 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Leaves used in a sweatbath for undefined sickness. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 271 |
21668 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Samish 221 | g73 25 | 22 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots used as a wash for invalids. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22 |
21679 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 22 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots used as a wash for invalids. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22 |
21686 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Roots used in a steam for stroke. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
21826 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Fruits, if eaten, caused diarrhea. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
21830 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 32 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant chewed for sickness that occurred during hunting when approached by a dying deer. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 32 |
22088 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 283 | 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 283 |
22329 | Malva neglecta Wallr. 2397 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 36 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for injury or swelling. | 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 36 |
22336 | Malva nicaeensis All. 2398 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 8 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant taken for migraine headaches. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 8 |
22731 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 317 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant chewed or infusion of entire plant, except root, taken to keep cool. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
22824 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 427 | 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 427 |
22856 | Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] 2442 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 428 | 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 428 |
23340 | Monarda sp. 2509 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 426 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots given to children with 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 426 |
23341 | Monarda sp. 2509 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 426 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used in 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 426 |
23584 | Myriophyllum verticillatum L. 2561 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 391 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of plants used as a 'snowsnake medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 391 |
23664 | Nepeta cataria L. 2574 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 423 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of plants taken for fever and 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 423 |
23681 | Nepeta cataria L. 2574 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 372 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves used to bathe a patient to raise the body temperature. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 372 |
23896 | Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf 2584 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 43 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for infanticide and suicide. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43 |
23926 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used for apoplexy, dizziness and fainting. | 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 |
23927 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 56 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of leaves rubbed in scratches made on the patient for apoplexy. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 56 |
23966 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used for apoplexy, dizziness and fainting. | 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 |
24059 | Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (Ait.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2595 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 319 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of roots used as a 'ghost medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 319 |
24111 | Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal 2596 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 114 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Large rhizomes placed in hot water and liquid taken to prevent sickness during epidemics. | 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 114 |
24176 | Nymphoides cordata (Ell.) Fern. 2601 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of roots taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
24189 | Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. 2604 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of bark used 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 26 |
24440 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 62 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction taken continuously for rupture. | 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 62 |
24918 | Orobanche sp. 2686 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 153 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for infections. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 153 |
25104 | Osmunda regalis L. 2702 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of roots taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
25150 | Oxalis oregana Nutt. 2709 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 39 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plants taken for 'summer complaint.' | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
25172 | Oxalis stricta L. 2711 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 365 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant taken for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
25345 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Root used as a tonic and expectorant and for palsy and vertigo. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
25431 | Panax trifolius L. 2735 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 44 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots rubbed into scratches made for apoplexy. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
25432 | Panax trifolius L. 2735 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Taken for 'nervous debility, dyspepsia and 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 36 |
25544 | Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. 2757 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 382 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of bark taken for stricture caused by menstruating woman. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382 |
25785 | Pellaea mucronata ssp. mucronata 2789 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 171 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion taken as a spring medicine. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 171 |
25961 | Peperomia sp. 2827 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 13 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Stems and other ingredients pounded and the resulting liquid taken for wasting away of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 13 |
26134 | Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. 2837 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 306 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves taken and rubbed on the body for 'mythical wolf' sickness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 306 |
26135 | Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. 2837 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 260 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Leaves burned for ghost sickness: dizziness and staggering. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 260 |
26425 | Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm. 2878 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of tuberous roots taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
26584 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | 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 |
26802 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 50 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used for 'white swelling.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
27210 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 269 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Branch tips rubbed to cleanse person contaminated with menstrual blood. | 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 269 |
27578 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 35 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Fresh, white pitch burned to purify the air. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 35 |
27651 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12, 13 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound containing inner bark 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 12, 13 |
27736 | Pinus glabra Walt. 2962 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Skim turpentine off root decoction and use on deer's skin for drawing plaster. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28161 | Pinus sp. 2976 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 74 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of root used on deerskin for a 'drawing plaster.' | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
28211 | Pinus strobus L. 2977 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 267 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound used as a sugar medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 267 |
28284 | Pinus virginiana P. Mill. 2979 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Skim turpentine off root decoction and use on deer's skin for drawing plaster. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28573 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of bark 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 58 |
28759 | Polygala lutea L. 3042 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of whole plant taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
28781 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used for 'inflammatory complaints' and swellings. | 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 |
28806 | Polygala verticillata L. 3047 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion taken for 'summer complaint.' | 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 |
28807 | Polygala verticillata L. 3047 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 369 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant given to babies with 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369 |
29016 | Polypodium incanum Sw. 3078 | 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 |
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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) );