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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category ▼ | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
334 | Abies sp. 8 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 51 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Gum or mashed cones used as purgative and diuretic for consumption and gonorrhea. | 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 |
355 | Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. 10 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 21 | 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 21 |
439 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 65 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark taken in the morning as a cathartic. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 65 |
865 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 322 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Leaves chewed 'to clean one out.' | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 322 |
911 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction or roots and scarlet gilia leaves 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 74 |
1023 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 5 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of herb used as a cathartic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
1215 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 344 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Warm infusion of root taken as a physic by children and adults. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344 |
1314 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 22, 23 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a 'good physic for the whole system, clearing the bile and all.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 22, 23 |
1319 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 201202 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 201202 |
1341 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 355 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a quick acting physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 355 |
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 |
1455 | Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 61 | 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 |
1518 | Adenostoma sparsifolium Torr. 67 | Coahuilla 42 | b67 168 | 77, 78 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of twigs used 'to produce vomit and bowel relief.' | Barrows, David Prescott, 1967, The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California, Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900, page 77, 78 |
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 |
1879 | Ageratina altissima var. altissima 98 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 458 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of whole plant and roots taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 458 |
1963 | Aletes acaulis (Torr.) Coult. & Rose 124 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | 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 25 |
2049 | Allium canadense L. 138 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a mild 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 |
2213 | Allium sativum L. 157 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a mild 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 |
2308 | Allium vineale L. 166 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a mild 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 |
2389 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 14 | 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 14 |
2406 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 301 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of young shoot bark taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301 |
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 |
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 |
2496 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 55 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of stem bark used as an emetic and purgative for headache and other maladies. | 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 |
2599 | Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. 173 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as an 'emetic and 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 22 |
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 |
2675 | Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve 177 | Gitksan 78 | c93 14 | 225 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Pistillate catkins crushed and eaten raw as a physic. | 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 225 |
2902 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 68 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant and choke cherry cambium taken as a purge. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 68 |
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 |
3502 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root or raw root 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 61 |
3751 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 6 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root, poisonous in large doses, used as a cathartic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
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 |
4061 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 7 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a cathartic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 |
4732 | Arenaria sp. 357 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 261 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of pounded root, with cathartic qualities, taken for stomachaches. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
4734 | Arenaria triflora var. obtusa S. Wats. 358 | 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 |
4739 | Argemone hispida Gray 359 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 42 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of seeds taken as a physic. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 42 |
4748 | Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey 361 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 38, 39 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roasted, mashed seeds taken as powder or pills to serve 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 38, 39 |
5173 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 39, 40 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Hot 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 39, 40 |
5393 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 366 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant used as a mild cathartic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366 |
5480 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of whole plant or shoots 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 40-42 |
5551 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Paiute 183 | m90 111 | 42 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion taken as a physic. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 42 |
5928 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 275 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used as a cathartic. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
5986 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 309 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root taken as a spring tonic by the old and works as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
6143 | Asclepias incarnata L. 434 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 205 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used 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 205 |
6258 | Asclepias subulata Dcne. 444 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 81 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
6557 | Astragalus sp. 496 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 20 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots chewed as a cathartic. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
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 |
6734 | Atriplex sp. 517 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 437 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of leaves used as a cathartic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 437 |
6820 | Bahia dissecta (Gray) Britt. 540 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 32 | 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 32 |
6872 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 20 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots taken as a cathartic. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 20 |
6974 | Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 553 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | 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 40 |
6987 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | 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 40 |
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 |
7161 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 364 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of inner bark used as an enema. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
8490 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 53 | 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 53 |
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 |
8733 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 344 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used, especially for babies, as a physic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344 |
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 |
9005 | Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. 848 | Sanpoil 225 | r32 44 | 221 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots taken by family of dead one as a purge to avoid illness. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 221 |
9178 | Chamaesyce lata (Engelm.) Small 870 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 151 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a purge. | 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 151 |
9181 | Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small 871 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | 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 45 |
9246 | Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia 880 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 51 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a cathartic. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 51 |
9834 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots used 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 61 |
9843 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 276 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Poultice of soaked roots applied to the stomach 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 276 |
9853 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 89 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used with caution as a purgative. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 89 |
10824 | Cornus canadensis L. 1091 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 211 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of leaves used as a cathartic tea. | 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 211 |
10902 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Green River Group 81 | g73 25 | 42 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
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 |
11498 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant taken as a purgative. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
11508 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 40 | 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 40 |
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 |
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 |
11622 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 62, 63 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic for venereal disease. | 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 62, 63 |
11631 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 62, 63 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic for venereal disease. | 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 62, 63 |
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 |
12032 | Dalea villosa var. villosa 1229 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 47 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots used as a purge. | 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 47 |
12154 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 14 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Dried leaves smoked 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 14 |
12256 | Daucus carota L. 1245 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 56 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Leaves 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 56 |
12592 | Dirca palustris L. 1317 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 346 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of stalk taken or green stalk chewed as a physic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 346 |
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 |
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 |
13215 | Ephedra viridis Coville 1407 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 68-70 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root or salted decoction of stems 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 68-70 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
13708 | Erigeron aphanactis var. aphanactis 1462 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 70, 71 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of whole plant, a violent remedy, 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 70, 71 |
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 |
14128 | Eriogonum sp. 1530 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 72 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Leaves, growing near the root, 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 72 |
14252 | Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. 1551 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 655656 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic called 'the war physic.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
14430 | Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq. 1575 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 74, 130 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of leaves taken as a physic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
14431 | Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq. 1575 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 265 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant used as a physic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
14435 | Euonymus europaea L. 1576 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 374 | 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 374 |
14473 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | 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 26 |
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 |
14582 | Euphorbia corollata L. 1586 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | 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 45 |
14593 | Euphorbia corollata L. 1586 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 220221 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root or compound taken before breakfast as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220221 |
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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) );