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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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13618 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1450 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 45 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | White galls from plants hung around babies' necks to stop dribbling. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 45 |
34287 | Rubus allegheniensis Porter 3438 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Washed root chewed for coated 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 26 |
34350 | Rubus argutus Link 3442 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Washed root chewed for coated 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 26 |
34414 | Rubus flagellaris Willd. 3448 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Washed root chewed for coated 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 26 |
35050 | Rubus trivialis Michx. 3471 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Washed root chewed for coated 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 26 |
37113 | Sanvitalia abertii Gray 3582 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Warm infusion used as mouthwash and leaves chewed for canker 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 53 |
32107 | Quercus gambelii var. gambelii 3264 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 64 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Velvet pubescence rubbed on babies' tongues to remove milk coating. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 64 |
19364 | Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy 2082 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Used 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 52 |
36080 | Salix sericea Marsh. 3548 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 294 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Used for mouth and throat abscesses. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 294 |
12565 | Diospyros virginiana L. 1310 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Syrup used 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 49 |
41703 | Urtica dioica L. 4058 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 246 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stems put under splints to hasten the healing process. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 246 |
10677 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 309 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stems chewed for mouth sores and mouths irritated by tobacco smoking. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309 |
7402 | Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. 604 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stem used as a toothpick. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
7403 | Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. 604 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stem used as a toothpick. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
13539 | Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde 1431 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 29 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stem rubbed on child's teeth to keep them from gritting their teeth. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
43692 | Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marsh. 4213 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Stem 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 62 |
30230 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 35 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Smashed fruits used for mouth disease. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 35 |
17067 | Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook. 1868 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 282 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Small, peeled, cleaned root piece chewed for mouth sores and gum boils. | 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 282 |
17088 | Heuchera micrantha Dougl. ex Lindl. 1873 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 282 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Small, peeled, cleaned root piece chewed for mouth sores and gum boils. | 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 282 |
6403 | Asplenium nidus L. 453 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 22 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Shoots & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting liquid used for children with mouth sores. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
15825 | Geranium maculatum L. 1727 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 366 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots used several ways for sore mouth, trench mouth and chancre sores. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 366 |
10679 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 74 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots used for sore gums and especially for pain of teething babies. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 74 |
38245 | Solanum carolinense L. 3716 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots strung around baby's neck for teething. | 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 |
33738 | Ribes sp. 3396 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 382 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots scraped on sandstone and rubbed on sores or around the mouths of children. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 382 |
30364 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 290 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots held in the mouth by children with canker 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 |
37221 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 44 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed to remove odor caused by eating ramps. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 44 |
4916 | Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. 377 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed for tongue and mouth diseases. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
12427 | Desmodium nudiflorum (L.) DC. 1281 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed for sore gums and mouth, including pyorrhea. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
12431 | Desmodium perplexum Schub. 1283 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed for sore gums and mouth, including pyorrhea. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
10653 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 87 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed for mouth pains. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 87 |
32823 | Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia 3335 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 36 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Roots chewed and the juice spat out for sores in the mouth. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 36 |
12750 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 188 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root used to stimulate the flow of saliva. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 188 |
28794 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 51 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root used for sore mouths. | 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 |
15839 | Geranium maculatum L. 1727 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 370371 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root used for sore mouths and flux. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 370371 |
28872 | Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. 3053 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 236 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root used for mouth sores. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
3761 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 354355 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root used for coated tongue and headache. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 354355 |
9992 | Cirsium remotifolium (Hook.) DC. 968 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 383 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root skins dried, soaked in water and used as a wash for mouth rashes and cankers. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
35407 | Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. 3487 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 51 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root held in the mouth for sore gums. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 51 |
163 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 268 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root held in the mouth for gum boils and canker 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 268 |
9991 | Cirsium remotifolium (Hook.) DC. 968 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 383 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root held in mouth for rash or cankers in mouth and infusion used for children. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
1387 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Shinnecock 231 | cw45 62 | 118 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root dried, cooked in sugar and eaten for the breath. | Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 118 |
16078 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Zuni 291 | cb80 157 | 376 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root chewed to keep the mouth sweet and moist. | Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 376 |
3586 | Angelica tomentosa S. Wats. 269 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 20 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root chewed or held in the mouth to prevent bad breath. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 20 |
38449 | Solidago odora Ait. 3740 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root 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 36 |
32973 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root chewed for sore mouth or tongue. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
33006 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root chewed for sore mouth or tongue. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
6867 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 38, 39 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root chewed and saliva allowed to run down throat for sore mouth and throat. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 38, 39 |
14064 | Eriogonum jamesii Benth. 1514 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 50 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root carried in mouth for sore tongue, then buried in river bottom. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 50 |
30269 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 242 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root bark used as an astringent medicine for mouth cankers. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 242 |
33737 | Ribes sp. 3396 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 382 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Root 'rubbed on sores or around the mouths of children.' | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 382 |
29009 | Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat. 3076 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 91 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Rhizomes used as medicine for sore gums. | 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 91 |
29013 | Polypodium hesperium Maxon 3077 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 91 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Rhizomes used as medicine for sore gums. | 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 91 |
28979 | Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat. 3076 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 196 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Rhizomes chewed to flavor the mouth. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
226 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 123 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Resin chewed for bad breath and pleasure. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
29777 | Portulaca oleracea L. 3116 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 62 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Raw leaves rubbed in mouth for difficulty in opening the mouth. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 62 |
26168 | Persea planifolia 2839 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 25 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Powdered seeds used for pyorrhea. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 25 |
30363 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 383 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of rubbed root applied to sores in child's mouth. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
33618 | Ribes lobbii Gray 3378 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 286 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of roots and salt water applied to 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 286 |
18837 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 92-96 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of pounded, moistened leaves applied to jaw for swollen and sore gums. | 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 92-96 |
20952 | Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose 2243 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 69 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of pounded roots applied to the inside of babies mouths for mouth sores or 'thrush.' | 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 69 |
7043 | Berberis vulgaris L. 568 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 309 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of pounded root or bark applied to ulcerated gums. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309 |
18917 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 93-96 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of pounded leaves held to the jaw for swollen and sore gums. | 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 93-96 |
40469 | Toxicodendron pubescens P. Mill. 3973 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 373 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of plant applied to infectious sores on lips. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 373 |
16113 | Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 1764 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 265 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of mashed leaves used for babies with sore mouths. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
30891 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 273 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of mashed leaves applied to oral abscesses. | 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 273 |
17321 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 33 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of leaves applied to sore lips. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 33 |
28865 | Polygonum amphibium L. 3052 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 51 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of fresh roots applied directly to blisters in the 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 51 |
6375 | Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 449 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 75 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of chewed roots applied to nursing baby's sore gums. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 75 |
1092 | Achillea sibirica Ledeb. 43 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 23 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of chewed roots applied to gum sores. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 23 |
17102 | Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 1876 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 76 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Poultice of chewed roots applied to cold sores and children's mouth cankers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 76 |
23050 | Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray 2488 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 161 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for various mouth disorders. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 161 |
12874 | Echinocactus sp. 1354 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 47 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for the prevention of salivary gland swelling. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 47 |
37652 | Sempervivum sp. 3639 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 47 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for the prevention of salivary gland swelling. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 47 |
37639 | Sedum spathulifolium Hook. 3636 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 205 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for sore gums. | 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 205 |
38900 | Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus 3825 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 97 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for sore gums. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 97 |
35739 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 232 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for lion sickness: panting, staring and tongue hanging out. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 232 |
21883 | Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde 2372 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 33, 76 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used for gums. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 33, 76 |
10491 | Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl 1051 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 18 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant used as a mouth wash for canker sores. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18 |
12768 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 37 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed when thirsty. | 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 37 |
9231 | Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia 880 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 158 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed to sweeten the saliva. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158 |
14052 | Eriogonum jamesii Benth. 1514 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 157 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed to sweeten the saliva. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157 |
37356 | Schkuhria multiflora Hook. & Arn. 3601 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed ten minutes 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 49 |
36041 | Salix pulchra Cham. 3545 | Eskimo, Nunivak 74 | s73 94 | 325 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed for sore mouth. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 325 |
36339 | Salix tweedyi (Bebb ex Rose) Ball 3552 | Eskimo, Nunivak 74 | s73 94 | 325 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed for sore mouth. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 325 |
17045 | Heuchera bracteata (Torr.) Ser. 1867 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 52 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed for sore gums. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
37106 | Sanvitalia abertii Gray 3582 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 88 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant chewed for mouth sores. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
28334 | Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia 2989 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 60 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant ashes used as powder for mouth sores. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 60 |
28303 | Piper methysticum G. Forst. 2980 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 17 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Plant ashes and other ashes rubbed on children for thick white coatings on the tongue. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
27175 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 175 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Pitch chewed as a breath freshener. | 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 175 |
31210 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Peeled plant tops chewed, especially by young people at puberty, as a mouth freshener. | 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 107 |
261 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 2 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Needles pounded, mixed with lard and used for bleeding gums. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 2 |
22957 | Menziesia ferruginea Sm. 2463 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 65 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Nectar sucked from flowers to sweeten the mouth. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 65 |
5864 | Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg 413 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 38 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Milk and other plants used for mouth sores. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 38 |
16112 | Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 1764 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 72 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Mashed leaves used to wipe out infants' mouths to prevent soreness. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 72 |
28988 | Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat. 3076 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 30 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Long, slender rhizomes eaten raw to sweeten the mouth. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 30 |
18017 | Iris douglasiana Herbert 2008 | Yokia 285 | c02 89 | 330 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Leaves used to wrap babies during berry gathering trips to retard perspiration and prevent thirst. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 330 |
15641 | Gaultheria shallon Pursh 1703 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 299 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Leaves used to dry the mouth. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 299 |
29609 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 286 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Leaves used for mouth abscesses. | 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 286 |
4568 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 40 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Leaves pulverized and powder used for canker sores of the mouth. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 40 |
36035 | Salix pulchra Cham. 3545 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 10 | Drug 2 | Oral Aid 23 | Leaves made the mouth smell good. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 10 |
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