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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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31339 | Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene 3204 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong infusion of plant taken 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 52 |
31249 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 51 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Gum and dogfish oil taken as a purgative for many ailments. | 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 51 |
31062 | Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray 3187 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 125126 | 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 125126 |
31050 | Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray 3187 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 125126 | 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 125126 |
30759 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 354 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound decoction of bark used as a blood-cleansing cathartic for scrofula sores. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 354 |
30711 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 68 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of cambium and saskatoon taken as a purge. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 68 |
30540 | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 3173 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 96 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purgative. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96 |
30539 | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 3173 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Dried fruit used as a purgative. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
30517 | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 3173 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47, 48 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of any part taken 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 47, 48 |
30184 | Prunella vulgaris L. 3159 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 346 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound decoction of root taken as a physic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 346 |
30124 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 79 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of inner bark taken as a cathartic. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79 |
30123 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 93 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of gum taken to cleanse the system. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
29852 | Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn. 3131 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 384 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant known to be a physic, even by the very young. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 384 |
29755 | Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britt. 3115 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 350 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350 |
29606 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark 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 54 |
29605 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark used as a purgative. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
29527 | Populus sp. 3105 | Cree, Hudson Bay 56 | h84 83 | 303 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Inner bark eaten 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 |
28946 | Polygonum lapathifolium L. 3067 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 58 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as an emetic and purgative. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58 |
28829 | Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. 3048 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 374 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a physic and decoction used as cough remedy. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 374 |
28775 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root or root powder taken 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 55 |
28728 | Polemonium reptans L. 3038 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 235236 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound containing root used as powerful physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 235236 |
28709 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 206 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound containing root used as a physic and for rheumatism. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 206 |
28692 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 331 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Cold infusion of smashed root taken or raw root chewed for a strong physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 331 |
28677 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 74 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root boiled into a syrup, made into pills and given as a purgative. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
28676 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Boiled root eaten 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 44 |
28564 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Taken 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 58 |
28563 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 26 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots taken by women during menses as a cathartic. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26 |
27765 | Pinus lambertiana Dougl. 2964 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 306 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant 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 306 |
27522 | Pinus echinata P. Mill. 2958 | Nanticoke 154 | t42 22 | 55, 84 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | 'Pellets of tar' used as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 55, 84 |
27417 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 49, 50 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Needles or inner bark eaten or decoction of inner bark 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 49, 50 |
27345 | Pimpinella anisum L. 2945 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 28, 78 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 28, 78 |
27343 | Pimpinella anisum L. 2945 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 33 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots used as a cathartic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33 |
26823 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 316 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 316 |
26788 | Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim. 2929 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a purgative, a large dose fatal. | 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 59 |
26772 | Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze 2927 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 289 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root extract used as a purgative. | 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 289 |
26498 | Phoradendron californicum Nutt. 2894 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 82 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of berries taken as a purge. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 82 |
26458 | Phlox longifolia Nutt. 2884 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 115 | 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 115 |
26438 | Phlox caespitosa Nutt. 2881 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 162 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | 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 162 |
26385 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 108 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a physic in the morning and evening. | 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 108 |
26230 | Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila 2846 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong decoction taken 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 53 |
25843 | Penstemon confertus Dougl. ex Lindl. 2804 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 493 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction used as a beverage, but if too strong acted as a purgative. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 493 |
25842 | Penstemon confertus Dougl. ex Lindl. 2804 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 467 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a purgative. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 467 |
25661 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 83 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 83 |
25063 | Osmorhiza sp. 2699 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 398 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 398 |
25052 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 109110 | 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 109110 |
25029 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 41 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken as a general physic. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 41 |
25028 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 109110 | 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 109110 |
25002 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 109110 | 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 109110 |
24932 | Osmorhiza berteroi DC. 2692 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 201 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of ground root pieces taken as a purgative. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 201 |
24924 | Orthocarpus purpureoalbus Gray ex S. Wats. 2689 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of whole plant taken 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 44 |
24643 | Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) P. Mill. 2658 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 96 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Boiled fruit used as a purgative. | 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 96 |
24429 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound decoction taken as a diuretic and purgative for 'strangury.' | 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 62 |
24414 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark taken as a purgative before and after childbirth. | 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 62 |
24412 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Inner bark acts as a purgative, especially if taken with hot water. | 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 62 |
24407 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root bark chewed as purgative and decoction of root bark and stems taken. | 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 62 |
24345 | Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum 2632 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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