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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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3971 | Arabis fendleri (S. Wats.) Greene 308 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | 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 28 |
14945 | Fragaria vesca ssp. californica (Cham. & Schlecht.) Staudt 1639 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | 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 31 |
25951 | Penstemon virgatus Gray 2823 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Whole plant or 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 45 |
22589 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Used by children for maladies. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
40692 | Trillium erectum L. 4019 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Used by children for maladies. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
25389 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 204 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Used as a universal remedy for children and adults. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
24975 | Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC. 2696 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 249 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Used as a 'good medicine for everything.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 249 |
5398 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 336 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Small bundles of plant made into necklaces to keep disease away. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 336 |
3891 | Aquilegia caerulea James 299 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 362 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Seed chewed or infusion of roots used when 'sick all over.' | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 362 |
7615 | Bursera microphylla Gray 650 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 48 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Sap used for almost any 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 48 |
1272 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Rootstock regarded as a panacea. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1358 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Rootstock regarded as a panacea. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1369 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Rootstock regarded as a panacea. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1377 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Rootstock regarded as a panacea. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
1396 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 69, 70 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Rootstock regarded as a panacea. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
33527 | Ribes hudsonianum Richards. 3371 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 227 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Roots used 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 227 |
24943 | Osmorhiza berteroi DC. 2692 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Roots used for any illness. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
4717 | Arenaria fendleri Gray 354 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 26 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used, only in the summer, 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 26 |
10273 | Clematis viorna L. 1021 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 239 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used to make a drink taken for 'any kind of common sickness.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 239 |
20221 | Ligusticum filicinum S. Wats. 2178 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 55 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for many ailments. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 55 |
11600 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116117 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
11620 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116117 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
11628 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116117 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
11630 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116117 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
11637 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116117 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
20869 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for a wide variety of ailments, usually as a decoction. | 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 97-100 |
20895 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for a wide variety of ailments, usually as a decoction. | 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 97-100 |
20915 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used for a wide variety of ailments, usually as a decoction. | 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 97-100 |
3829 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 201 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a universal remedy for many things, especially dropsy and ague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 201 |
9033 | Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) Nesom 854 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a universal panacea. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
39718 | Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum Torr. 3924 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 348 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a universal charm and panacea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 348 |
1902 | Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene 102 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 47 |
5045 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 48 |
5282 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 48 |
5404 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 48 |
6503 | Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats. 478 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 32 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 32 |
7067 | Besseya plantaginea (James) Rydb. 572 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 43 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 43 |
8959 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 30 |
9966 | Cirsium neomexicanum Gray 961 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 50 |
10022 | Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng. 973 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 50 |
10730 | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria 1083 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 50 |
12660 | Draba helleriana Greene 1326 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 28 |
13733 | Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray 1470 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 50 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 50 |
14061 | Eriogonum jamesii Benth. 1514 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 |
16329 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 51 |
17017 | Heterotheca villosa var. villosa 1864 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 49 |
17109 | Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 1876 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29, 30 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 29, 30 |
17423 | Houstonia wrightii Gray 1918 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 45 |
24267 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37, 38 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 37, 38 |
28448 | Plantago major L. 3001 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 45 |
29854 | Potentilla pensylvanica L. 3132 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 31 |
35306 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 24 |
35478 | Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc. 3493 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 24 |
37982 | Silene drummondii var. drummondii 3676 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 27 |
38662 | Sphaeralcea digitata (Greene) Rydb. 3774 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 36 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 36 |
38916 | Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nels. 3828 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root 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 53 |
20587 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a 'life medicine' and considered a 'big 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 41 |
20604 | Lithospermum multiflorum Torr. ex Gray 2217 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a 'life medicine' and considered a 'big 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 41 |
18099 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 57 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root used as a 'basic medical cure' and for cholera. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
4796 | Argythamnia cyanophylla (Woot. & Standl.) Ingram 365 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 35 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root or whole plant used in summer as 'the head of the 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 35 |
9860 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 476 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root eaten to protect against disease and give feeling of 'perfect wellness.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 476 |
31425 | Ptelea trifoliata L. 3211 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root considered a sacred medicine and credited with all sorts of cures. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51 |
1335 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69, 128 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root chewed to insure good health and root carried to 'ward off sickness.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
1389 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Sioux, Fort Peck 239 | b05 73 | 5 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root chewed and swallowed as a 'cure-all.' | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
6868 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 38, 39 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root chewed and rubbed over the body for any sickness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 38, 39 |
1207 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 171 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root chewed and rubbed on the skin for any illness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 171 |
23500 | Morus rubra L. 2532 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 251 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root bark used as a medicine for any sickness. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 251 |
32086 | Quercus gambelii Nutt. 3263 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root bark 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 22 |
1327 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 53, 54 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Root and herb used for the prevention of disease in general and root used for disease in general. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53, 54 |
14195 | Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny 1537 | Eskimo, Kuskokwagmiut 73 | o57 187 | 27 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Raw stems eaten to restore good health to persons in generally poor health. | Oswalt, W. H., 1957, A Western Eskimo Ethnobotany, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 6:17-36, page 27 |
2002 | Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 128 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 26 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered stem base and many other herbs used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
15862 | Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1731 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 39 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered roots used in a many herb remedy for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 39 |
4023 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 29 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered roots and many other herbs used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29 |
42499 | Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica S. Wats. 4093 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 64 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered roots and many other herbs used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 64 |
28795 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered roots added to a many herb remedy and used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 51 |
28866 | Polygonum amphibium L. 3052 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 51 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered roots added to a many herb remedy and used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 51 |
24137 | Nuphar lutea ssp. variegata (Dur.) E.O. Beal 2597 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 46 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered rhizomes added to a many herb remedy for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 46 |
39862 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 62 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Powdered branches and many herbs used for various ailments. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
24308 | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner 2620 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of root used only for large swellings, 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 |
24316 | Oenothera flava (A. Nels.) Garrett 2621 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 38 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of root used for swellings and 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 38 |
25829 | Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth 2801 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of root applied to gun wounds, arrow wounds and swellings, 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 |
39311 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 473 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of plants applied for any ailment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 473 |
24296 | Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Munz 2618 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of plant or root used only for large swellings, 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 |
24300 | Oenothera coronopifolia Torr. & Gray 2619 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of plant or root used only for large swellings, 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 |
24315 | Oenothera flava (A. Nels.) Garrett 2621 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 38 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of plant or root used only for large swellings, 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 38 |
21665 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 22 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of leaves applied for many ailments. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22 |
5837 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 390 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Poultice of branches applied for any kind of sickness. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390 |
44439 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 77 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Pollen eaten for almost any kind of medicine. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 77 |
16002 | Gleditsia triacanthos L. 1752 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 669 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Pod considered a good antidote for the complaints of children. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 669 |
904 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 96 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plants chewed and swallowed as 'medicine for everything.' | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 96 |
19617 | Larrea tridentata (Sess‚ & Moc. ex DC.) Coville 2101 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 61 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used to cure everything. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 61 |
29783 | Portulaca oleracea L. 3116 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 47 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used to 'cure sick people.' | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 47 |
14295 | Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose 1552 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 161 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used medicinally for everything. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 161 |
38920 | Stephanomeria sp. 3830 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 317 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for various ailments, especially fever. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
26201 | Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. 2842 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 390 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for sickly babies. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390 |
3524 | Angelica lucida L. 265 | Eskimo 66 | s73 94 | 325 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for most illnesses. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 325 |
42376 | Vaccinium sp. 4087 | Alabama 3 | swan28 128 | 664 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for many unspecified ailments. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 664 |
19652 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 96, 97 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for many different illnesses and considered a 'cure-all.' | 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 96, 97 |
6262 | Asclepias subulata Dcne. 444 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 81 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for many ailments. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
40551 | Trichostema lanatum Benth. 3994 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 48 | Drug 2 | Panacea 20 | Plant used for many ailments. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 48 |
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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) );