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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
43491 | Vitis vulpina L. 4184 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 383 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Vines chewed for hiccoughs. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 383 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
39710 | Thalictrum dioicum L. 3922 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 327 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to 'make you crazy.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 327 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38647 | Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. 3772 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 31 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for hydrophobia. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
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 |
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 |
38392 | Solidago canadensis L. 3734 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 461 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a 'gambling medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 461 |
38317 | Solanum nigrum L. 3724 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 431 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for injured person who had relapse. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 431 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38169 | Smilax bona-nox L. 3707 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 667 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant moistened and rubbed on face to make one young. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 667 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
36416 | Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii var. incana (Benth.) Strachan 3559 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 91 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used as a 'deer medicine.' | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 91 |
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 |
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 |
35898 | Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs 3533 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 103 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to make a medicine and given to students in medical training. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 103 |
35742 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 305 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used for lightning sickness. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 305 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
34306 | Rubus allegheniensis Porter 3438 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 357 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Root used for 'summer complaint.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 357 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
32943 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 37 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Plant used to 'purify' the body and mind. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 37 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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) );