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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
32779 | Rhamnus cathartica L. 3326 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark and fruit 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 27 |
33769 | Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum DC. 3398 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark and roots used as a physic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
12598 | Dirca palustris L. 1317 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 50 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark and wood used as a strong purgative. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 50 |
10951 | Cornus rugosa Lam. 1099 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 405 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark taken as a general cathartic or emetic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 405 |
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 |
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 |
2626 | Alnus sp. 174 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Bark used as a physic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
2495 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
33791 | Ricinus communis L. 3403 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 100 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Beans eaten as a purge. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 100 |
33795 | Ricinus communis L. 3403 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Beans used as a cathartic. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
36731 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Berries, bark and flower used as a purgative and bark used as a physic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
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 |
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 |
13993 | Eriogonum elatum Dougl. ex Benth. 1504 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 20 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Branch chewed or infusion of plant taken as a physic. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 20 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
13607 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1450 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49, 50 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound 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 49, 50 |
3209 | Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern. 227 | 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 |
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 |
38194 | Smilax herbacea L. 3710 | 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 |
42980 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 354 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound decoction of root 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 |
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 |
14574 | Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. 1585 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Compound infusion of plants taken for purging. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
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 |
38587 | Sorbus sitchensis var. sitchensis 3764 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Crushed fresh fruit eaten raw as a strong 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 59 |
182 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 41 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark and gum taken as a physic. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
194 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 462 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of bark and gum taken as a physic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462 |
7076 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 25, 74 | 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, 74 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
36690 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 449 | 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 449 |
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 |
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 |
330 | Abies sp. 8 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 51 | 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 51 |
2481 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 55 | 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 55 |
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 |
36833 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Sikani 236 | s29 9 | 64 | 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 64 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
34494 | Rubus idaeus L. 3453 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 131 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of branches taken as a physic. | 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 131 |
39069 | Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake 3849 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 95 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of branches, leaves and berries taken as a physic to clean out the system. | 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 95 |
3791 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | 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 |
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 |
43007 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 200 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of crushed root taken as a cathartic. | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
11587 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 57 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of dried roots used as a physic. | 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 57 |
8503 | Castilleja miniata Dougl. ex Hook. 790 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 63 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of entire plant 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 63 |
40642 | Trifolium sp. 4013 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 19 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of foliage used or foliage eaten 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 19 |
6647 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 50 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of fresh roots with salt 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 50 |
13063 | Empetrum nigrum L. 1393 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 60 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of green leaves 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 60 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
36819 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 360361 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of inner bark, considered dangerous, taken as a cathartic. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 360361 |
31634 | Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson 3229 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves and stems or flowers 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 61 |
31637 | Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson 3229 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves and stems or flowers 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 61 |
31695 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 126-128 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves or twigs 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 126-128 |
31714 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 126-128 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves or twigs 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 126-128 |
12008 | Dalea formosa Torr. 1221 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves taken as a cathartic. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
13255 | Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium (Keck) Raven 1412 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 174 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves 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 174 |
34477 | Rubus idaeus L. 3453 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 355 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 355 |
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 |
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 |
36502 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 24 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of leaves 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 24 |
36811 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 27, 28 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of peeled twigs, a drastic purgative, taken for severe constipation. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 27, 28 |
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 |
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 |
44629 | Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 4253 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction 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 54 |
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 |
1725 | Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze 88 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 33 | 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 33 |
13557 | Eriastrum filifolium (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. 1439 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 80, 81 | 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 80, 81 |
13561 | Eriastrum filifolium (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. 1439 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 80, 81 | 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 80, 81 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
11516 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 45 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken as a purgative. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45 |
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 |
8842 | Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 832 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 228 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken for wolf ghost sickness: diarrhea and painful defecation. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 228 |
37284 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 228 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken for wolf ghost sickness: diarrhea and painful defecation. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 228 |
1399 | Acourtia microcephala DC. 56 | Coahuilla 42 | b67 168 | 78 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plant taken to produce 'a very quick passage of the bowels.' | Barrows, David Prescott, 1967, The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California, Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900, page 78 |
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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) );