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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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4563 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 29 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of stems and blueberry stems taken to speed a woman's recovery after childbirth. | 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 |
4564 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 29 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Roots and several other herbs used to slow excessive menstrual bleeding. | 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 |
4797 | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott 366 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 23 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used for 'female disorders.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 23 |
4819 | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott 367 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 276 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Cold infusion of roots taken 'for nonconception caused by cold blood.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 276 |
4944 | Artemisia absinthium L. 382 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used as a sanitary napkin to 'heal the mother's insides' after a baby's birth. | 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 75 |
4968 | Artemisia biennis Willd. 386 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Used for painful menstruation. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62 |
4973 | Artemisia californica Less. 387 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant taken to prevent dysmenorrhea and ease menopause trauma. | 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 42 |
4974 | Artemisia californica Less. 387 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant taken to start menstrual activity, for easy childbirth and post natal recovery. | 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 42 |
4986 | Artemisia californica Less. 387 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 14 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plants taken for vaginal troubles. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 14 |
5002 | Artemisia campestris L. 388 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 35 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of roots used by women for difficult births. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 35 |
5013 | Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck 389 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken by women after childbirth. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
5016 | Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck 389 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken by women after childbirth. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
5017 | Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck 389 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of fresh or dried leaves taken postpartum to hasten recovery. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
5084 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 119 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction or infusion of leaves taken to stop excessive menstruation or to ease cramps. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 119 |
5099 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 45 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant used as a steam bath for difficulties attending childbirth. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 45 |
5113 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 356 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of root taken for 'excessive flowing.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356 |
5114 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 356 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of whole plant taken to aid in difficult labor. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356 |
5142 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 76 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Leaves used as sanitary napkins. | 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 76 |
5152 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of whole plant used as a bath for women after childbirth. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
5161 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 39, 40 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic after childbirth. | 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 39, 40 |
5181 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used by women at childbirth. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
5195 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 463 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for women after childbirth. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 463 |
5196 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of whole plant used as a bath for women after childbirth. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
5206 | Artemisia filifolia Torr. 396 | Comanche 48 | cj40 147 | 520 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Padding of plants placed over hot coals as a bed after childbirth. | Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 520 |
5230 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 56 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant taken by women during menses. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56 |
5231 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 79 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Pad of the plant worn by women during menses to reduce skin irritation. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 79 |
5248 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Cheyenne 33 | j87 146 | 56 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant taken by women during menses. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56 |
5323 | Artemisia furcata var. heterophylla (Bess.) Hult‚n 398 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 392 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Poultice of leaves applied after childbirth to promote blood circulation. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 392 |
5461 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of root or entire plant taken as a tonic after childbirth. | 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 40-42 |
5462 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of leaves used as a regulator of menstrual disorders. | 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 40-42 |
5497 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of leaves used as a regulator of menstrual disorders. | 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 40-42 |
5668 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 81 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plants taken by women as an aid for deliverance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 81 |
5678 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaves taken for postpartum pain. | 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 |
5716 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth. | 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 44-47 |
5779 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth. | 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 44-47 |
5836 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 390 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant taken by women for the pains of afterbirth. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390 |
5853 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 15 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaves taken to stop excessive menstruation. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 15 |
5854 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 15 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used in childbirth. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 15 |
5868 | Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) Fern. 414 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of root used to prevent excessive bleeding at childbirth. | 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 |
5966 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35, 36 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Used for 'scant or painful menstruation' and infusion taken to start periods. | 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, 36 |
6123 | Asclepias hallii Gray 433 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 69 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant used as tonic after deliverance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 69 |
6192 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 54 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used for sore breasts. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 54 |
6265 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 36, 87 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used to increase mother's milk flow. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 87 |
6266 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 164 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Used by the mother to produce a flow of milk. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 164 |
6268 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 30 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Crushed leaves rubbed on mothers' breasts to produce more and richer milk. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
6269 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 30 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of plant used by mothers for more and richer milk. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
6284 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 360 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Cold decoction of root added to food to produce postpartum milk flow. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360 |
6294 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction of plants taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6310 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 357 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Root used as a female remedy for unspecified ailment. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 357 |
6334 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion used for 'bloody flux.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
6340 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 37 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Roots administered to women following childbirth. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
6343 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 31, 74 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Root used to make a drink taken by women after childbirth. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
6365 | Asclepias verticillata L. 448 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 18 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of entire plant taken by nursing mother with scanty flow of milk. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
6368 | Asclepias verticillata L. 448 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Used by mothers to increase their milk. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 34 |
6382 | Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 449 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of whole plant taken by mothers to increase their milk. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 34 |
6436 | Aster sp. 459 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 462 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction of leaves and roots taken for leucorrhea (sick womb). | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 462 |
6498 | Astragalus gracilis Nutt. 476 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 46 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Roots chewed by mothers with no milk. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 46 |
6529 | Astragalus pachypus Greene 488 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 14 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 14 |
6544 | Astragalus purshii var. tinctus M.E. Jones 493 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 15 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 15 |
6575 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 14 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of pounded stems taken by women to ease labor. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 14 |
6577 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 237 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of root taken by women for bosom pains caused by childbirth. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237 |
6580 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 381 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of root induced milk flow in patients with caked breast. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 381 |
6582 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 73 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of root taken for caked breasts and other female disorders. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 73 |
6791 | Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav¢n) Pers. 535 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 46 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaves and stems used as a female hygienic agent. | 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 46 |
6825 | Bahia dissecta (Gray) Britt. 540 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction of plant taken for menstrual pain. | 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 |
6842 | Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels. 547 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 50 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of root taken for female complaints. | 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 50 |
6866 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 38 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of root taken when labor begins, to insure easy delivery. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 38 |
6976 | Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 553 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Poultice used 'to allay inflammation and stop mortification.' | 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 |
6989 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Poultice used 'to allay inflammation and stop mortification.' | 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 |
6994 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 37 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of roots used as a douche. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
6996 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 31 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of root used as a douche. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31 |
7082 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 301 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant used for lactation. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301 |
7103 | Betula lenta L. 576 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 300 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction taken by women who have had gonorrhea and are pregnant. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300 |
7171 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of wood and inner bark used for 'women's troubles.' | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7172 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of wood taken to ensure an adequate supply of milk for breast feeding. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7205 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 300 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Burned bark ashes used to 'shrivel the womb.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 300 |
7323 | Betula pumila var. glandulifera Regel 584 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 358 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of cones taken during menses and for strength after childbirth. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 358 |
7443 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15, 16 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a postpartum 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 |
7635 | Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. 658 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 140 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Dried grass rubbed until soft and used as sanitary napkins. | 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 140 |
7661 | Calliandra eriophylla Benth. 663 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 261 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaves and stems taken after childbirth. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
7724 | Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats. 673 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of whole plant taken to ease delivery of placenta. | 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 |
7794 | Caltha palustris L. 685 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 360 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction of root taken during 'confinement.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360 |
7845 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of roots taken to induce labor. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
7846 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Infusion of grass taken for vaginal bleeding after birth and to help expel the afterbirth. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
7924 | Campanula aparinoides Pursh 710 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 451 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of stems taken by young women to induce childbirth. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 451 |
7926 | Campanula parryi Gray 712 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 44 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant taken by pregnant woman when female baby was desired. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 44 |
7989 | Capsicum annuum var. annuum 725 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Powdered chili pepper rubbed on breast to wean nursing child. | 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 |
8064 | Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie 738 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 275 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound infusion of plant taken for evacuation of the placenta. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
8191 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 53 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant used to make the milk flow after childbirth. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 53 |
8239 | Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 758 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 68 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound infusion of root or bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
8243 | Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 758 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 299 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction taken to facilitate childbirth and for parturition. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 299 |
8282 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 82 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound infusion of bark taken for 'female disorder.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 82 |
8334 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 68 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound infusion of bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
8406 | Cassytha filiformis L. 773 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 46 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Plant pounded, water added and taken by women to remove blood from the womb while giving birth. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 46 |
8411 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 29 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Cold, compound infusion of bark used to stop bleeding after childbirth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29 |
8474 | Castilleja integra Gray 787 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 43, 44 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaf taken during pregnancy to keep baby small, for easy labor. | 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, 44 |
8478 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 297 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant used for excessive menstrual discharge. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297 |
8479 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 35, 91 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant used to ease menstrual difficulties. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 91 |
8488 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of leaf taken during pregnancy to keep baby small, for easy labor. | 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 |
8494 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 297 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of plant used for excessive menstrual discharge. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297 |
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