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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource ▼ |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
29877 | Prenanthes aspera Michx. 3139 | Choctaw 39 | c51 138 | 288 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a 'secernant' (which induces secretion). | Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 288 |
42561 | Valeriana sp. 4096 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 349 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Root salve applied to limbs for edema. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 349 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
39283 | Tagetes micrantha Cav. 3887 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 89 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plants used for 'summer complaint.' | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
37361 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 201 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used to suck out the cause of an illness. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 201 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
39581 | Taxus canadensis Marsh. 3903 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 122 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as one of the ingredients of 'the thirty-two medicine.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 122 |
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 |
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 |
42665 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 26 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Smoke used to assist the spirits of sleepwalkers to return to their bodies. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38155 | Smallanthus uvedalius (L.) Mackenzie ex Small 3704 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 42 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for rheumatism and '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 42 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
32160 | Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. 3268 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 302 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Used as a 'sugar medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 302 |
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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) );