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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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29159 | Pontederia cordata L. 3088 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 315 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | 'Brew' from plant used for 'illness in general.' | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
35278 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 312 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | 'Good for all illnesses.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 312 |
21456 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark and dried berries used as 'life medicine.' | 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 42 |
21468 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark and dried berries used as 'life medicine.' | 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 42 |
11057 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 404 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark smoked for every ailment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 404 |
35785 | Salix discolor Muhl. 3525 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 81 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark used as a universal remedy. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 81 |
22244 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 268 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark used for any illness and considered a complete medicine, all in itself. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 268 |
31887 | Quercus alba L. 3253 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 25, 78 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bark used in many medicinal compounds. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 78 |
33571 | Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. 3375 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 63 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Berries used for health and strength. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 63 |
42714 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 273 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Braided leaves with the root suspended worn around the neck by sick people. | 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 273 |
18518 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 4 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Branches burned on top of the wood stove to keep sickness away. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 4 |
19570 | Larix occidentalis Nutt. 2100 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 99 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Branches used as a medicine for any type of illness. | 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 99 |
7708 | Calochortus aureus S. Wats. 669 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bulb used as 'life medicine.' | 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 20 |
7725 | Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats. 673 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bulb used as 'life medicine.' | 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 20 |
40691 | Trillium erectum L. 4019 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 174 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Bulbs ground and given to sick children with unidentified illnesses. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 174 |
41637 | Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. 4056 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 349 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Burning leaf vapor used for many diseases. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 349 |
21243 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 39 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Carried in small beaded bags and worn around the neck to protect against illness. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 39 |
1206 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 42 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Chewed root rubbed on skin for any illness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
21057 | Lomatium triternatum (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2254 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 83 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Chewed roots blown onto affected part by the diviner. The healing qualities of the spray were believed to penetrate the body at that place. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 83 |
25997 | Perideridia gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Mathias 2831 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 83 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Chewed roots sprayed onto affected part by the diviner. A diviner, like Dog Child, would find the root mysteriously during the rituals. While he sang, often with a drum, he would dig the ground with a special bear claw, coming up with the root every time and anywhere. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 83 |
3668 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of leaves thought to 'benefit the entire body.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70 |
9965 | Cirsium neomexicanum Gray 961 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of plant taken when one 'feels bad all over.' | 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 50 |
10021 | Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng. 973 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of plant taken when one 'feels bad all over.' | 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 50 |
19347 | Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit 2080 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 25 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of plant used as 'life medicine.' | 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 25 |
29847 | Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana 3129 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of root taken as 'life medicine.' | 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 31 |
11528 | Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea 1147 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 40 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of root used as 'life medicine.' | 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 40 |
17572 | Hymenopappus filifolius var. cinereus (Rydb.) I.M. Johnston 1943 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of root used as 'life medicine.' | 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 |
13945 | Eriogonum alatum Torr. 1494 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of root used as an important 'life medicine.' | 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 |
21673 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 53 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of roots taken for any sickness. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 53 |
29826 | Potentilla crinita Gray 3126 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of whole plant taken as 'life medicine.' | 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 31 |
16672 | Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. 1832 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold infusion of whole plant used as 'life medicine.' | 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 |
7444 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15, 16 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Cold, compound infusion of root used internally and externally as 'life medicine.' | 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 15, 16 |
17038 | Heuchera americana L. 1865 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 246 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound containing root used as a 'healer.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246 |
12940 | Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray 1369 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 220 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound containing root used as a universal remedy for all sicknesses. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
23628 | Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Loes. 2571 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 39 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction boiled down to syrup and used for many kinds of diseases. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 39 |
16433 | Hamamelis virginiana L. 1799 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 347 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction of roots taken as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 347 |
20361 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume 2198 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 335 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction of roots taken as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 335 |
36999 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 337 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction of roots taken as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 337 |
43318 | Viola sp. 4166 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 386 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction of roots taken as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 386 |
25374 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 395 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction of roots taken or dried roots smoked as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
43671 | Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray 4211 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 30 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound decoction used for complaint. | 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 |
9292 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 389 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion of twigs and roots taken as a panacea for pain. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 389 |
40350 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 384 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion of twigs and roots taken as a panacea. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 384 |
8007 | Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw. 729 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 339 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 339 |
15888 | Geum canadense Jacq. 1733 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 353 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 353 |
22530 | Medeola virginiana L. 2426 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 285 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 285 |
28555 | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 3014 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 290 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 290 |
37344 | Saxifraga pensylvanica L. 3595 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 344 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 344 |
11925 | Cypripedium acaule Ait. 1205 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 32 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound of dried roots and whiskey taken for general ailments. | 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 32 |
39919 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 311 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound poultice of bark applied 'for all kinds of trouble.' | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
19262 | Kalmia angustifolia L. 2070 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 311 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound poultice of plant applied 'for all kinds of trouble.' | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
21000 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 276 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Compound with seeds used in a steambath for general 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 276 |
39561 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 111 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of bark taken for any illness. | 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 111 |
189 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of bark taken for tuberculosis and other sickness. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 50 |
26990 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of bark taken for tuberculosis and other sickness. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 51 |
37896 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 13 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of berries taken for sickness. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 13 |
27268 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 100 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of boughs used for any kind of illness. | 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 100 |
8718 | Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook. 819 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 252 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of branches taken for general illness. | 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 252 |
29238 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 4 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of buds taken for colds, coughs and other illnesses. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 4 |
11105 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 96 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of inner bark and chokecherry bark or alder bark taken for any kind of sickness. | 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 |
24522 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 85 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of inner bark from young spring growth taken for any kind of sickness. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 85 |
33521 | Ribes hudsonianum Richards. 3371 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 11 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves and berries taken for sickness in general. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 11 |
22751 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Sanpoil 225 | r32 44 | 218 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves taken by adults for 'illnesses of a general nature.' | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
31772 | Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia 3239 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 314 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves taken for any ailment. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
15893 | Geum macrophyllum Willd. 1735 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 59 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves taken for any sickness. | 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 59 |
7379 | Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. 592 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 15 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves taken for general ill health. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
19107 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 32 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves taken for various disorders. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 32 |
942 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 49 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of leaves used as an aromatic bath for sick infants. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49 |
26535 | Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston 2896 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 58 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant said to be good for sickness in general, a panacea. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58 |
13674 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa 1454 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 178 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant taken for 'all diseases.' | 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 178 |
25828 | Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth 2801 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant taken for internal injuries, a 'life medicine.' | 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 44 |
15807 | Geranium lentum Woot. & Standl. 1726 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 34 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant taken for internal injury, a 'life medicine.' | 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 34 |
29702 | Porphyra abbottae Krishnamurthy 3108 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 131 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant taken or poultice applied for any kind of sickness in the stomach or body. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 131 |
13251 | Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium (Keck) Raven 1412 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 22 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant used as a general remedy. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 22 |
975 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 166 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for any kind of sickness. | 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 166 |
35465 | Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc. 3493 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 34 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant used for many complaints. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 34 |
31599 | Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels 3225 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 57 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plant, without roots, taken for any sickness. | 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 57 |
5008 | Artemisia campestris L. 388 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plants taken as a medicine for everything. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
21254 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 43 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plants taken as a panacea. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 43 |
40724 | Trillium sessile L. 4023 | Wailaki 273 | c02 89 | 329 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plants taken for any kind of sickness. | 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 |
40727 | Trillium sessile L. 4023 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 329 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of plants taken for any kind of sickness. | 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 |
39607 | Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Dougl. ex Lindl. 3907 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 31 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of pounded plants taken for any kind of sickness. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
24266 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of root taken and used as a lotion for muscle strain, a 'life medicine.' | 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 37 |
37066 | Sanicula bipinnatifida Dougl. ex Hook. 3574 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 172 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of root taken as a cure all. | 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 172 |
16548 | Helianthella parryi Gray 1818 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of root used as 'life medicine,' especially for arrow or bullet wounds. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
14799 | Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. 1625 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 63 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots and bark taken as a 'health beverage.' | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 63 |
21827 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots taken as a good medicine for all kinds of sickness. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
15176 | Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb. 1654 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 76 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots taken as a tonic for any general weakness or illness. | 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 76 |
10465 | Collinsonia canadensis L. 1046 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 429 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots taken for any ailment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 429 |
3595 | Angelica tomentosa S. Wats. 269 | Yana 282 | ss43 181 | 253 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots taken for colds, diarrhea, headaches and other ailments. | Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier, 1943, Notes on the Culture of the Yana, Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253, page 253 |
19737 | Lathyrus vestitus Nutt. 2117 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 19 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of roots used as a general remedy. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 19 |
19868 | Ledum palustre L. 2126 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 16 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of stems & leaves, blackberry leaves & spruce inner bark taken for sickness in general. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 16 |
18508 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of stems and needles taken for any sickness. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 50 |
19027 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of stems and needles taken for any sickness. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 50 |
33308 | Rhus typhina L. 3355 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 30 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of stems, leaves or berries used for complaint. | 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 |
976 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 166 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of whole plant taken for any sickness. | 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 166 |
14075 | Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & Gray) Woot. & Standl. 1516 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction of whole plant used as a 'life medicine.' | 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 |
36419 | Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii var. incana (Benth.) Strachan 3559 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 110 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction or infusion of leaves used for any illness of a general nature. | 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 110 |
25089 | Osmunda cinnamomea L. 2700 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 261 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Decoction taken for malaise. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 261 |
5800 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 172 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Dried branch smoke used to fumigate the house, to protect the inhabitants against sickness. | 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 172 |
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