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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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3426 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | 'Root tonic' used as gargle for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
10663 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 48 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Astringent root used as a wash for oral cankers and babies' teething pains. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 48 |
39268 | Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & Perry 3883 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 31 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark & other plants pounded, squeezed & the resulting liquid taken for bad breath & mouth sores. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 31 |
36028 | Salix pulchra Cham. 3545 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 34 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark and leaves chewed for mouth sores. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 |
11786 | Curcuma longa L. 1172 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 33 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark and other plants pounded, squeezed and the resulting liquid used to gargle. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 33 |
7038 | Berberis vulgaris L. 568 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 55 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark and root used for ulcerated gums. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
30361 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 290 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark ash rubbed on chest of baby as protection from mouth sores. | 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 290 |
30362 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 383 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark ash rubbed on newborn's chest to protect against rash and sore mouth. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
2356 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 245 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed and used for ulcerated mouths. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 245 |
22264 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 109 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed by hunters to suppress thirst. | 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 109 |
31867 | Quercus alba L. 3253 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
32044 | Quercus falcata Michx. 3262 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
32168 | Quercus imbricaria Michx. 3269 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
32354 | Quercus rubra L. 3285 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
32499 | Quercus stellata Wangenh. 3290 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
32536 | Quercus velutina Lam. 3293 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth sores. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
25212 | Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. 2713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for mouth ulcers. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
33142 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 27 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for sore gums. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
8269 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8316 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8385 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
36167 | Salix sp. 3551 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 67 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark chewed for tooth hygiene. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
39261 | Syringa vulgaris L. 3882 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 413 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark or leaves chewed by children for sore mouths. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 413 |
39262 | Syringa vulgaris L. 3882 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 413 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark or leaves chewed for sore mouth caused by kissing a girl with menses. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 413 |
39263 | Syringa vulgaris L. 3882 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 413 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark or leaves chewed for sore mouth caused by smoking someone else's pipe. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 413 |
2364 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bark used for ulcerated mouth. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
19161 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Berries chewed for canker sores in the mouth. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
33149 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 66 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Berries used for a mouth wash. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 66 |
32892 | Rhus copallinum L. 3345 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 32 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Berries used to make mouthwash. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 32 |
32896 | Rhus copallinum L. 3345 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 26, 78 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Berries used to make mouthwash. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 78 |
32919 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 135 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Blossoms chewed for sore mouth. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 135 |
31313 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 19 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Bud tips chewed for mouth sores. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
6399 | Asplenium horridum Kaulfuss 452 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 14 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Buds and burnt potato peel chewed for sore mouths. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 14 |
28333 | Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia 2989 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 24 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Burned plant ashes used for mouth sores. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 24 |
16034 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 113 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Burs kept in the mouth by buffalo runners to protect against thirst. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 113 |
43648 | Xanthium strumarium L. 4210 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 130 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Burs rubbed on sore gums to take the pain, poison and blood out. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 130 |
31098 | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium 3194 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51, 52 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Chewed for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51, 52 |
8270 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 14 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Chewed inner bark used for sore mouth. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
16583 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 60 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Coagulated sap chewed, by the elders, to diminish thirst. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 60 |
28611 | Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides 3021 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 55 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold decoction of fronds used as a wash for babies' sore mouth or thrush. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |
35305 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold infusion of leaf used on mouth sores. | 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 |
37359 | Schoenocrambe linearifolia (Gray) Rollins 3602 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold infusion of leaves used as a mouthwash for sore gums. | 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 |
13944 | Eriogonum alatum Torr. 1494 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold infusion of root used as a mouthwash for sore gums. | 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 |
362 | Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. 10 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 26 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold infusion used as lotion for sores or sore mouth. | 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 |
26446 | Phlox gracilis ssp. gracilis 2882 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 40 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cold infusion used as mouthwash for mouth sores. | 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 |
32920 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 342 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound decoction of blossoms used as mouthwash for teething children. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
17132 | Heuchera sp. 1879 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 342 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound decoction of root used as mouthwash for teething children. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
43341 | Vitis aestivalis Michx. 4169 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound decoction used to wash child's mouth for thrush. | 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 |
43427 | Vitis labrusca L. 4176 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound decoction used to wash child's mouth for thrush. | 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 |
43471 | Vitis vulpina L. 4184 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound decoction used to wash child's mouth for thrush. | 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 |
18197 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 295 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound infusion of buds used as mouth wash for mouth ulcers. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 295 |
29688 | Populus ?jackii Sarg. [balsamifera ? deltoides] 3091 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 292 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound infusion used as a wash for mouth ulcers. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 292 |
37478 | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla 3609 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Compound used as medicine for 'spoiled saliva.' | 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 |
27059 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 49 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Cone chewed for a sore mouth. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 49 |
15811 | Geranium maculatum L. 1727 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction and fox grapes used to wash children's mouths for 'thrush.' | 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 |
5600 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of above the ground part of the plant taken for mouth sores. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
8602 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 382 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of bark used as a wash for sore roof of the mouth. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382 |
40247 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Skokomish 243 | g73 25 | 19 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of buds used as a gargle. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
28612 | Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides 3021 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 55 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of fronds used for bleeding gums. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |
9792 | Chrysothamnus sp. 934 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 21 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of green parts tied with cedar boughs or twigs and used as a gargle. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
30135 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 93 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of gum held in the mouth for painful gums or sore lips. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
19616 | Larrea tridentata (Sess‚ & Moc. ex DC.) Coville 2101 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 61 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of gum used as a gargle. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 61 |
36178 | Salix sp. 3551 | Eskimo, Western 75 | l59 177 | 5, 6 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of inner bark used as a wash for mouth sores. | Lantis, Margaret, 1959, Folk Medicine and Hygiene, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 8:1-75, page 5, 6 |
5684 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 78 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of leaves and branches taken for tonsillitis. | 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 78 |
5823 | Artemisia tripartita Rydb. 408 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 79 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of leaves and branches taken for tonsillitis. | 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 79 |
10673 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 383 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of root used as a wash for sore mouth and to soothe mouth of teething baby. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 383 |
43737 | Ximenia americana L. 4218 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 307 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of roots used as a mouthwash for sore mouth and gums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 307 |
14872 | Fragaria sp. 1635 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 352 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of roots used as a wash for chancre sores. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 352 |
4022 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 29 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of roots used to wash teething child's infected gums to prevent spread of infection. | 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 |
27007 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of tree tip, Hudson Bay tea and blackberry stems used for mouth sores. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
27008 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction of young tips, Hudson Bay tea and blackberry stems taken for mouth sores. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
17541 | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. 1936 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 420 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction or chewed roots used as wash for cracked lips and mouth sores. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 420 |
18351 | Juncus effusus L. 2042 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 53 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction used 'to dislodge spoiled saliva.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
18390 | Juncus tenuis Willd. 2050 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 53 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Decoction used 'to dislodge spoiled saliva.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
10012 | Cirsium sp. 971 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 278 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried outer root held in the mouth for cankers and gum sores. | 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 278 |
12773 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 11 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried root with 'smarting, acrid taste' caused a profuse flow of saliva. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 11 |
9161 | Chamaesyce fendleri (Torr. & Gray) Small 866 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 33, 83-84 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried, ground plant used as soothing lip balm. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 33, 83-84 |
23072 | Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM. 2490 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 78 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried, ground root applied to baby's sore mouth. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
15814 | Geranium maculatum L. 1727 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 342 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried, pulverized root put in mouth, especially by children, for sores. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
24154 | Nymphaea odorata Ait. 2599 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 342 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Dried, pulverized root put in the mouth for sores. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
23663 | Nepeta cataria L. 2574 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 58 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Flowers and roots used for excess saliva. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 58 |
13922 | Eriodictyon trichocalyx Heller 1491 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 71 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Fresh leaves chewed as a thirst quencher. | 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 71 |
36287 | Salix sp. 3551 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 7 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Fresh leaves chewed for mouth sores. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 7 |
33005 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 466 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Fresh root chewed for sore mouth or tongue. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 466 |
41526 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 23 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Fresh, inner bark used as a masticatory. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 23 |
22631 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 45 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Ground flowers and yarrow placed in a cloth, moistened and rubbed on infected gums to remove pus. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 45 |
17178 | Hieracium sp. 1892 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 492 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Gummy juice chewed to cleanse the mouth. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 492 |
10667 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 56 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Herb used for sore and diseased mouth. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56 |
10420 | Clitoria mariana L. 1034 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion held in mouth for ten to twenty minutes for thrush. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
40302 | Tiarella cordifolia L. 3957 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 34 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion held in mouth to 'remove white coat from tongue.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34 |
2612 | Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. 173 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark given to babies for 'thrash,' a mouth soreness. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22 |
10941 | Cornus racemosa Lam. 1098 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 218, 219 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark held in mouth for toothache. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 218, 219 |
37298 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 225 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark taken as an emetic by children & adults for dog sickness: appetite loss & drooling. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 225 |
37299 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 220 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark taken by babies for opossum sickness: appetite loss and drooling. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 220 |
22189 | Malus coronaria (L.) P. Mill. 2389 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark taken for gallstones and infusion used as a wash for sore mouth. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
11056 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 403 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark taken for nose or mouth hemorrhages. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 403 |
22021 | Mahonia sp. 2377 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 30 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark used as a wash for mouth sores. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30 |
43012 | Viburnum acerifolium L. 4128 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark used as a wash for sore tongue. | 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 |
43122 | Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray 4133 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark used as a wash for sore tongue. | 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 |
43173 | Viburnum prunifolium L. 4136 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Infusion of bark used as a wash for sore tongue. | 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 |
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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) );