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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
43919 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 72 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Fruits eaten raw as a cathartic. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 72 |
43630 | Wyethia mollis Gray 4204 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 148149 | 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 148149 |
43629 | Wyethia mollis Gray 4204 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 148149 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic or emetic. | 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 148149 |
43616 | Wyethia mollis Gray 4204 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 148149 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken as a physic or emetic. | 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 148149 |
43165 | Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait. 4135 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 361 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of inner bark taken as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 361 |
43032 | Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf. 4130 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 64 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of crushed 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 64 |
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 |
42997 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 131 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong decoction of root taken as powerful cathartic. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 131 |
42996 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 53, 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Root used as a strong physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 53, 54 |
42986 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 435 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction or infusion of roots taken as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 435 |
42981 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 346 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | 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 |
42970 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | 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 31 |
42563 | Valeriana uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Rydb. 4097 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 57 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Large doses of plant produced purging. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 57 |
41531 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 56, 57 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of inner bark taken as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 56, 57 |
40769 | Triosteum perfoliatum L. 4027 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 207208 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root used as a 'drink for cleansing the system.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 207208 |
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 |
40296 | Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium (DC.) Strother 3953 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 67 | 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 67 |
39658 | Tetradymia canescens DC. 3914 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 144 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion or decoction of dried 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 144 |
39376 | Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 3894 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 75, 132 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong infusion of dried 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 75, 132 |
39375 | Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 3894 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 266 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of plant taken as a physic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
39151 | Symphoricarpos sp. 3858 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 346 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root, a very strong remedy, taken as a physic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 346 |
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 |
38988 | Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus (Michx.) Reveal 3840 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 374 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant used as a physic and infusion taken as a cough remedy. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 374 |
38940 | Stillingia sp. 3835 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 36 | 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 36 |
38928 | Stephanomeria spinosa (Nutt.) S. Tomb 3831 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 102103 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction 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 102103 |
38609 | Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray 3770 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 141142 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root or whole 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 141142 |
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 |
38515 | Sonchus oleraceus L. 3755 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 106 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Gum used as a cathartic. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106 |
38419 | Solidago gigantea Ait. 3736 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 67 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of leaves used as a strong physic. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67 |
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 |
38120 | Sisyrinchium montanum Greene 3699 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 288 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a physic for old people. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288 |
38114 | Sisyrinchium bellum S. Wats. 3697 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 233 | 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 233 |
38059 | Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid. 3688 | Yavapai 284 | g32 201 | 211 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Plant yielded oily food with cathartic qualities. | Gifford, E. W., 1932, The Southeastern Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 29:177-252, page 211 |
37987 | Silene latifolia ssp. alba (P. Mill.) Greuter & Burdet 3679 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 361 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root used as a physic. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 361 |
37901 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 472 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root or decoction of dried stem and leaves 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 472 |
37890 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Sioux 238 | b05 73 | 24 | 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 24 |
37880 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of plants taken by young men in training to purge themselves. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 61 |
37875 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Salish 216 | teit28 144 | 294 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of twigs taken as a mild physic. | Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 294 |
37822 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 60 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of 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 60 |
37760 | Sesamum orientale L. 3656 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Oil of seed 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 25 |
37712 | Senna marilandica (L.) Link 3651 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion given to children and adults 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 |
37701 | Senna hebecarpa (Fern.) Irwin & Barneby 3650 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion given to children and adults 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 |
37690 | Senecio spartioides var. multicapitatus (Greenm. ex Rydb.) Welsh 3648 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root 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 |
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 |
36890 | Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 3569 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 100 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark and roots taken by boys and girls as a purgative to cleanse the system. | 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 100 |
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 |
36828 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 46 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of inner bark taken as a physic and emetic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 46 |
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 |
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 |
36782 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 64 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root 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 |
36781 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 64 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root taken twice a day 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 |
36780 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Carrier, Northern 28 | s29 9 | 64 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root, second brewing only, 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 |
36773 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 64 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of root bark used or root bark chewed 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 |
36734 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 265 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark scraped downward and used as a physic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
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 |
36723 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 207 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Inner bark of young shoots used as a purgative. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 207 |
36691 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 449 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of blossoms given to babies as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 449 |
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 |
36646 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | 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 33 |
36612 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 436 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of pith used as a purge. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 436 |
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 |
36485 | Sambucus nigra L. 3564 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | 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 33 |
36255 | Salix sp. 3551 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 133-136 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of woody 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 133-136 |
35515 | Rumex venosus Pursh 3496 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 42 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a physic. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 42 |
35450 | Rumex salicifolius Weinm. 3494 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 380 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots used for severe constipation. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
35337 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 131132 | 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 131132 |
35292 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Roots 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 61 |
35291 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Micmac 141 | mech59 93 | 259 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of roots used as a purgative. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 259 |
35265 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 312 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction taken as a physic for general bowel trouble and intestinal colds. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 312 |
34741 | Rubus odoratus L. 3462 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | 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 52 |
34698 | Rubus occidentalis L. 3461 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 356 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Leaves used as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 356 |
34672 | Rubus occidentalis L. 3461 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | 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 52 |
34671 | Rubus occidentalis L. 3461 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 30 | 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 30 |
34514 | Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (Michx.) Focke 3454 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 30 | 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 30 |
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 |
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 |
34455 | Rubus idaeus L. 3453 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | 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 52 |
34143 | Rosa sp. 3432 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of roots and branches taken as a purgative for stomach pain. | 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 |
33796 | Ricinus communis L. 3403 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 275 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of seeds taken as a cathartic for constipation. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
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 |
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 |
33781 | Ricinus communis L. 3403 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 24 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of beans 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 24 |
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 |
33034 | Rhus sp. 3351 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 372 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark given to newborn babies as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 372 |
32935 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 55 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Fruits used as a purgative. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 55 |
32809 | Rheum rhaponticum L. 3331 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Used as a mild 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 52 |
32802 | Rhamnus sp. 3329 | Costanoan (Olhonean) 51 | m66 109 | 374 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark taken as a cathartic. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 374 |
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 |
32778 | Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r. 3325 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 75 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Inner bark 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 75 |
32769 | Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r. 3325 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 381 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark given to children as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381 |
32757 | Ratibida tagetes (James) Barnh. 3323 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Strong infusion 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 52 |
32082 | Quercus gambelii Nutt. 3263 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of root bark 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 22 |
31724 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 126-128 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Decoction of ripe, whole seeds 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31381 | Psorothamnus polydenius (Torr. ex S. Wats.) Rydb. 3208 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 126 | Drug 2 | Cathartic 29 | Infusion of bark taken as a physic. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 126 |
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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) );