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1 row where use_subcategory = 363
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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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12637 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 423 | Drug 2 | Dietary Aid 363 | Decoction of salt cooked into a gum, placed in the mouth and allowed to melt for loss of appetite. The salt grass, when dry, was placed on a dry hide or a large piece of canvas or cloth and beaten for a long time until the tiny black salty specks on the stem and narrow blades fell off and collected on the cloth. This material was kept in bottles or jars (formerly in baskets). When needed for medicine, it was put in hot water and boiled until it formed a dark reddish brown gum. The informant remarked that it should be 'cooked like gravy until the gum comes.' | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423 |
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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) );