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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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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 |
33581 | Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. 3375 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 469 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots and scraped stems 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 469 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38952 | Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica 3837 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31563 | Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC. 3219 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 271 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of roots used for chronic sickness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 271 |
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 |
36998 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 336 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of smashed roots taken for hiccoughs. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 336 |
35064 | Rubus ursinus Cham. & Schlecht. 3472 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 75 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of the entire vine taken for a general sick feeling. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75 |
42875 | Verbena hastata L. 4108 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 422 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of whole plant taken for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 422 |
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 |
40991 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 44 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction or infusion of bark, from inside of a crevice, taken for phlebitis. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 44 |
36492 | Sambucus nigra L. 3564 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction 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 33 |
36653 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction 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 33 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
41290 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 390 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Fruit fuzz used as a war medicine. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 390 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38516 | Sonchus oleraceus L. 3755 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 106 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Gum used as a cure for the opium habit. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
32443 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark and elm bark taken for ruptures caused by violence. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 38 |
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 |
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 |
41451 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 40 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark used for ruptures caused by exaggerated efforts. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 40 |
29604 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 37 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of bark used for ruptures. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 37 |
44339 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 51, 52 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of berries taken for minor maladies. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51, 52 |
38724 | Spiraea betulifolia Pallas 3791 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 133 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of branches taken for ruptures. | 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 133 |
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 |
39296 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 190 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves and blossoms taken for weakness and dizziness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 190 |
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 |
34633 | Rubus leucodermis Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray 3457 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 96 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves or root taken for weak bowels. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 96 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
39936 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 49 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of leaves used externally for swollen neck. | 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 49 |
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 |
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 |
37300 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 306 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant 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 |
37662 | Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii (DC.) B.L. Turner & T.M. Barkl. 3642 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 27 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant taken by women for 'lockjaw' after childbirth. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 27 |
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 |
31564 | Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC. 3219 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 304 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant taken for beaver sickness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 304 |
44622 | Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 4253 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 38 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used as a bath for excessive sweating. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
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 |
37984 | Silene laciniata Cav. 3677 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 69 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used as a reducing medicine. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 69 |
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 |
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 |
40349 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 384 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of plant used for severe injuries. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 384 |
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 |
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 |
39217 | Symphyotrichum simmondsii (Small) Nesom 3878 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
33493 | Ribes divaricatum Dougl. 3368 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 84 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots rubbed on the skin for a charley horse. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 84 |
33568 | Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. 3375 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 84 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots rubbed on the skin for a charley horse. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 84 |
33624 | Ribes lobbii Gray 3378 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 84 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Infusion of roots rubbed on the skin for a charley horse. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 84 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
40958 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Inner bark used for elimination of hard or sharp swallowed objects. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
32931 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 659 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Leaves mixed with tobacco and smoked for 'all cephalic and pectoral complaints.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 659 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
41695 | Urtica dioica L. 4058 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 292 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Moxa of plant fiber used to cauterize the skin for various ailments. | 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 292 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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