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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 |
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 |
31719 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 126-128 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Bundle of inner bark strips sucked and decoction of leaf used as a wash for milk leg. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 126-128 |
32718 | Ranunculus repens L. 3316 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 71 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Chewed leaves swallowed for general sickness. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
40776 | Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal. 4029 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 26 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of plant used for injury from falling off a horse. | 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 26 |
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 |
36997 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 335 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion of roots taken for sickness caught from a menstruating girl. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 335 |
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 |
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 |
39684 | Tetraneuris argentea (Gray) Greene 3918 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for emergency treatment of 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 47 |
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 |
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 |
38164 | Smilax auriculata Walt. 3706 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of buds and leaves taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
38165 | Smilax auriculata Walt. 3706 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 272 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Complex infusion of buds taken for chronic conditions. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
43529 | Vittaria lineata (L.) Sm. 4185 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
34406 | Rubus cuneifolius Pursh 3446 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
37325 | Saururus cernuus L. 3591 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
33320 | Ribes americanum P. Mill. 3358 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 346 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of bark taken for fortune telling or divination. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 346 |
33698 | Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 3392 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 345 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of bark taken for fortune telling or divination. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 345 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
40309 | Tiarella cordifolia L. 3957 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 345 | 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 345 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
42382 | Vaccinium sp. 4087 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 411 | 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 411 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38182 | Smilax glauca Walt. 3709 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
38191 | Smilax herbacea L. 3710 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
38221 | Smilax pseudochina L. 3712 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
38230 | Smilax rotundifolia L. 3713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
43342 | Vitis aestivalis Michx. 4169 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
43428 | Vitis labrusca L. 4176 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
43472 | Vitis vulpina L. 4184 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | 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 37 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
36163 | Salix sp. 3551 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 655 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound infusion of root taken for dropsy and 'deer sickness.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38108 | Sisyrinchium angustifolium P. Mill. 3695 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 288 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound with plant used for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288 |
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 |
35741 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 247 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of bark 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 |
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 |
32969 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of branches with seed heads used as bathing water for frost bitten limbs. | 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 59 |
38455 | Solidago rugosa P. Mill. 3741 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 461 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of flowers and leaves taken for dizziness, weakness or sunstroke. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 461 |
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 |
30136 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 93 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of gum applied as a lotion for 'bad disease.' | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
32863 | Rhododendron maximum L. 3340 | 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 |
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 |
33321 | Ribes americanum P. Mill. 3358 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 346 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of leaves taken by women hurting inside from lifting. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 346 |
36369 | Salvia apiana Jepson 3555 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 39 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of leaves taken for a serious case of poison oak that 'has entered the blood.' | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 39 |
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 |
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 |
40723 | Trillium sessile L. 4023 | Wailaki 273 | c02 89 | 329 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant taken to prevent deep and lasting sleep. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 329 |
40726 | Trillium sessile L. 4023 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 329 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant taken to prevent deep and lasting sleep. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 329 |
36440 | Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii var. incana (Benth.) Strachan 3559 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 136137 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Decoction of plant tops used as a wash for swollen leg veins. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 136137 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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) );