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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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14595 | Euphorbia corollata L. 1586 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 369 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of pounded root taken before eating as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 369 |
14616 | Euphorbia sp. 1592 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 661 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots, 'a very violent remedy,' taken to make the bowels act. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661 |
14720 | Fendlera rupicola Gray 1605 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25 |
15045 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 22 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of inner bark used as a purgative. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 22 |
15057 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 21 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Powdered bark used as a cathartic for constipation. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 21 |
15058 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 368 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark used as a cathartic. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 368 |
15062 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 366 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark and leaves used as a cathartic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366 |
15064 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 224 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a cathartic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224 |
15075 | Frangula californica ssp. tomentella (Benth.) Kartesz & Gandhi 1646 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 37 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark used as a physic. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 37 |
15079 | Frangula caroliniana (Walt.) Gray 1647 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 25, 78 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 78 |
15086 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 56 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a purgative. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 56 |
15094 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 385 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark taken as a physic. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
15099 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 56 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a purgative. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 56 |
15122 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Sanpoil 225 | r32 44 | 221 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark used as a cathartic. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 221 |
15133 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 473 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong decoction of bark or wood used as a physic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 473 |
15134 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 253 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong or mild decoction of bark and sometimes wood used as a physic. | 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 253 |
15139 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | West Coast Indian 277 | r34 200 | 133 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root bark or bark taken as a cathartic. | Reagan, Albert, 1934, Various Uses of Plants by West Coast Indians, Washington Historical Quarterly 25:133-37, page 133 |
15144 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Yurok, South Coast (Nererner) 290 | m66 109 | 169 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark used as a cathartic medicine. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 169 |
15146 | Frangula rubra ssp. rubra 1649 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 172 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a cathartic. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172 |
15185 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 25, 76 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 76 |
15190 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 411 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 411 |
15317 | Fraxinus sp. 1661 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 364 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used as an enema. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
15326 | Fremontodendron californicum (Torr.) Coville 1663 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 32 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of inner bark taken as a physic. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 32 |
15776 | Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia 1719 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a cathartic. | 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 |
15793 | Geocaulon lividum (Richards.) Fern. 1721 | Cree, Hudson Bay 56 | h84 83 | 303 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of chewed leaves and bark taken as a purgative. | Holmes, E.M., 1884, Medicinal Plants Used by Cree Indians, Hudson's Bay Territory, The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 15:302-304, page 303 |
16066 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 32 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used as a cathartic. | 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 |
16294 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 46 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant used as a cathartic. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
16462 | Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. 1805 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 83 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a physic. | 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 83 |
16886 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots taken as a purgative. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
16891 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 107 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 107 |
16935 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 457 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used as a purgative and tonic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 457 |
16936 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots taken as a purgative. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
16937 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 504 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots taken by warriors and hunters as a purgative. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
17134 | Heuchera sp. 1879 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 350 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative for babies and adults with intestinal disorders. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 350 |
17473 | Huperzia selago var. selago 1924 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 60 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative. | 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 60 |
17482 | Hydrangea arborescens L. 1926 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a purgative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54 |
17498 | Hydrangea cinerea Small 1927 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken as a cathartic by women during menses. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 25 |
17590 | Hymenoxys bigelovii (Gray) Parker 1949 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 328 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a purge. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 328 |
17622 | Hypericum brachyphyllum (Spach) Steud. 1957 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 275 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
17627 | Hypericum fasciculatum Lam. 1961 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 231 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken for rat sickness: blocked urination and bowels. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 231 |
17628 | Hypericum fasciculatum Lam. 1961 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 275 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
17722 | Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray 1979 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 373 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 373 |
17734 | Ilex vomitoria Ait. 1980 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 666 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | 'Black drink' used to 'clear out the system.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 666 |
17813 | Inula helenium L. 1984 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 467 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound roots used to clean out the intestines. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 467 |
17920 | Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata 1996 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 37 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 37 |
17928 | Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata 1996 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 76, 77 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Simple or compound decoction of plant or root taken as a physic. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 76, 77 |
17937 | Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata 1996 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 76, 77 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant or root taken as a physic. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 76, 77 |
17951 | Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta 1999 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 77-80 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a physic. | 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 77-80 |
17957 | Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta 1999 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 77-80 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a physic. | 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 77-80 |
17971 | Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta 1999 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 77-80 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a physic. | 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 77-80 |
18049 | Iris missouriensis Nutt. 2011 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 261 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a purgative. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
18066 | Iris verna L. 2016 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 669670 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a powerful cathartic. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 669670 |
18074 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Cree, Hudson Bay 56 | h84 83 | 303 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative. | Holmes, E.M., 1884, Medicinal Plants Used by Cree Indians, Hudson's Bay Territory, The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 15:302-304, page 303 |
18076 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 10 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 10 |
18077 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 669670 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a powerful cathartic. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 669670 |
18088 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 287 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 287 |
18104 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 371 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a 'quick physic.' | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 371 |
18172 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Pills from inner bark used as a cathartic and compound infusion used for toothache. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
18173 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 75 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Pills prepared from inner bark and used as a cathartic. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 75 |
18180 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant sap taken as a cathartic. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
18188 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 296 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a physic and cathartic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 296 |
18215 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 254 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a purgative. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 254 |
18216 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 38, 39 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Syrup from sap used as a standard 'physic.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 38, 39 |
18220 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 224 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of twig bark or decoction of wood and bark taken as a cathartic. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 224 |
18222 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 57 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark used as a purgative. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
18225 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 60, 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark used as a physic and infusion of inner bark taken as a tonic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 60, 61 |
18270 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 24, 76 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong decoction of bark taken as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 24, 76 |
18300 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 224225 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Inner bark used as a very strong physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 224225 |
18441 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 49 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of tips taken as a purgative and for coughs. | Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 49 |
18523 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 92 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of branches taken as a physic. | 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 92 |
19091 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Gitksan 78 | c93 14 | 314 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative. | 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 314 |
19092 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 49 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong decoction of whole plant taken as a purgative and diuretic. | Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 49 |
20678 | Lobelia inflata L. 2222 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 455 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Cold infusion of whole plant taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 455 |
21120 | Lonicera dioica L. 2261 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 234 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a cathartic. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 234 |
21154 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 67 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of berries used as a cathartic and emetic to cleanse the body. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 67 |
21281 | Lotus wrightii (Gray) Greene 2279 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 32 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves used as a cathartic. | 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 |
21506 | Lycopodium dendroideum Michx. 2323 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 316 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a purgative for biliousness. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
21675 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Skokomish 243 | g73 25 | 22 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken as a physic. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22 |
21718 | Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. leucanthemifolia (Greene) Welsh 2346 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 49 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Warm infusion of plant tops taken as a physic. | 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 49 |
21729 | Machaeranthera parviflora Gray 2350 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 148 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative. | 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 148 |
22075 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 53 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root, a very strong medicine, taken as a purgative. | Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 53 |
22142 | Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link 2382 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 38 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots combined with others and used to cleanse the system. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 38 |
22145 | Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link 2382 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 32, 80 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound containing root taken to 'cleanse the system.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 80 |
22390 | Marah macrocarpus (Greene) Greene 2413 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 229 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots used as a purgative. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 229 |
23017 | Mirabilis alipes (S. Wats.) Pilz 2482 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 86, 87 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic. | 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 86, 87 |
23025 | Mirabilis californica Gray 2484 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 232 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves taken as a purgative. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 232 |
23116 | Mitchella repens L. 2494 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 441 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots given to newborn babies as a physic for stomachaches. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 441 |
23162 | Mitella sp. 2497 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 348 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root juice taken to hasten elimination and purging. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 348 |
23163 | Mitella sp. 2497 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 350 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative for babies and adults with intestinal disorders. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 350 |
23213 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of leaves taken as a cathartic. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 54 |
23374 | Monardella odoratissima Benth. 2513 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 105106 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of branches taken as a physic. | 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 105106 |
23465 | Morus alba L. 2529 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a purgative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
23477 | Morus nigra L. 2531 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 25, 76 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 76 |
23484 | Morus rubra L. 2532 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark used as a purgative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
23771 | Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats. 2577 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 106107 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Weak decoction of leaves taken as a physic. | 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 106107 |
23795 | Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats. 2577 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 106107 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Weak decoction of leaves taken as a physic. | 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 106107 |
23879 | Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf 2584 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 14 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Leaves smoked as a general purgative in social and ritual contexts. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14 |
23916 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a cathartic. | 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 |
23956 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a cathartic. | 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 |
24240 | Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC. 2611 | Kitasoo 112 | c93 14 | 326 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots used as a purgative. | 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 326 |
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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) );