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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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45 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 338 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Gum melted on warm stone and fumes inhaled for headache. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 338 |
79 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 45 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of inner bark taken for chest pain. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 45 |
214 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 79 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Needle smudge smoke inhaled for headaches. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 79 |
409 | Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. hirtellus Blake 20 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 9 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Mashed plant used as a salve for pain. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 9 |
606 | Acer rubrum L. 32 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of bark taken for cramps. | 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 |
635 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of bark taken for cramps. | 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 |
730 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 240 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Crushed leaves used as a snuff for headaches. | 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 240 |
734 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 118 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of leaves and flowers used for headaches. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 118 |
741 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 65 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of plant taken or rubbed on the body to soothe the pain of gastroenteritis. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 65 |
766 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 17 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves and flowers taken for chest pains. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
778 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 336 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of leaves steamed and inhaled for headache. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 336 |
788 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 23 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of plant heads used to make a compress for headaches. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 23 |
807 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 360 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of plant used for headaches. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 360 |
814 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 61 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Leaves chewed and the juice swallowed for any kind of internal pain. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 61 |
818 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 469 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of roots or leaves used internally or externally for headaches. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 469 |
819 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 470 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant chewed and poultice of leaves applied for neuralgia. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 470 |
859 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 49 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of flowers taken for body aches. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49 |
875 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 391 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves and flowers taken for headaches. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 391 |
891 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 166 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Dried or green mashed leaves used for pain and used during influenza epidemic. | 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 166 |
892 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 166 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Dried or green mashed leaves used for pain. | 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 166 |
908 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of roots taken for headaches. | 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 |
922 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 317 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Green plants smelled by old men for headaches. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
993 | Achillea millefolium var. borealis (Bong.) Farw. 40 | Aleut 5 | bt53 130 | 426 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves taken for pains in stomach, throat, chest and muscles. | Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 426 |
1027 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 44 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant used for headaches caused by weak or sore eyes. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 44 |
1036 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Crushed green plant smelled for headaches. | 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 31-33 |
1037 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of leaves taken for headaches. | 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 31-33 |
1038 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for gas pains. | 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 31-33 |
1039 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of boiled, whole plant applied to pains or sores. | 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 31-33 |
1040 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 118 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of fresh, mashed and boiled leaves applied to sprained ankle pains. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 118 |
1041 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 118 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of fresh, mashed leaves dampened with water applied with a cloth to tired, aching feet. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 118 |
1042 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of mashed leaves applied as a compress for headaches. | 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 31-33 |
1067 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Crushed green plant smelled for headaches. | 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 31-33 |
1068 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of flower taken for stomachaches and used as a liniment for muscular pains. | 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 31-33 |
1069 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of leaves taken for headaches. | 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 31-33 |
1070 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 31-33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of boiled, whole plant applied to pains or sores. | 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 31-33 |
1096 | Achillea sp. 44 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 23 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Fresh, crushed flower inserted into the nostril for headaches. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 23 |
1178 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 23 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rootstock ground, mixed with tobacco and smoked inhaled for headaches. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 23 |
1184 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Root chewed for headache. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
1198 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 42 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for bowel pain. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
1199 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 171 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root taken for bowel pain. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 171 |
1200 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 7 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant smoked for headaches. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
1234 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of powdered roots and yellow pond lily roots or cow parsnip roots applied for headaches. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
1281 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 31, 74 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Compound containing root used for stomachache and intestinal pains. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
1313 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 22, 23 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Root, a very powerful remedy, used for stomach cramps. | 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 |
1317 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 202 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for 'a cramp expected in the stomach.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 202 |
1332 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69, 128 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root taken for stomach pains. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
1340 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 355 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Root used for stomach cramps. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 355 |
1414 | Actaea pachypoda Ell. 59 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 237238 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for childbirth pain. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237238 |
1419 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 73, 74 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root 'in spirits' used for rheumatic pains. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73, 74 |
1420 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as an anodyne. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
1445 | Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 61 | Algonquin 6 | b36 202 | 142 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for stomach pains, in some seasons for males, other seasons for females. | Bradley, Will T., 1936, Medical Practices of the New England Aborigines, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 25(2):138-147, page 142 |
1460 | Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 61 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 201 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for stomach pain caused by having 'swallowed hair.' | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 201 |
1517 | Adenostoma sparsifolium Torr. 67 | Coahuilla 42 | b67 168 | 77, 78 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of twigs taken for stomach and intestinal pain. | 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 |
1542 | Adiantum jordanii C. Muell. 70 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of plant used for 'pain below the shoulders.' | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
1566 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 258 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of plant used by children for cramps. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 258 |
1639 | Aesculus hippocastanum L. 77 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 379 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Compound of powdered roots used for chest pains. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 379 |
1665 | Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze 84 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 186 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves used for chest pains from coughing. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 186 |
1677 | Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze 84 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 340 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root taken for cold and chest pain. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
1721 | Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze 88 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Cold infusion of leaves used for stomach pains. | 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 |
1892 | Ageratina herbacea (Gray) King & H.E. Robins. 100 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for headache. | 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 51 |
2136 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2157 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2240 | Allium sp. 160 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 79 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant smudge smoke inhaled for headaches. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 79 |
2351 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 38 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of young plant taken for pain. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 38 |
2365 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69, 128 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of twigs used as a liniment for pain of sprains, bruises, backache and headache. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
2413 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of compound containing buds applied for lung or hip pains. | 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 |
2492 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 27 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rotten wood rubbed on the body to ease 'aching bones.' | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
2494 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | 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 |
2519 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 279 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of bark applied to sores and aches. | 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 279 |
2525 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 260 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of bark, fresh sea wrack and black twinberry applied for aches and pains. | 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 260 |
2597 | Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. 173 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 22 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for childbirth pain and infusion of bark used for various pains. | 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 |
2623 | Alnus sp. 174 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Bark used for cramps. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
2634 | Alnus sp. 174 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 265 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion used as wash for sprains, bruises, headaches and backache. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
2640 | Alnus sp. 174 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 309 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of bark taken for cramps. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309 |
2679 | Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott 178 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 17 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant, other plants & water taken as a laxative & an appetizer for acute pain in stomach or bowels. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
2685 | Aloysia wrightii Heller ex Abrams 180 | Havasupai 89 | spier28 164 | 285 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant boiled and taken for headaches. | Spier, Leslie, 1928, Havasupai Ethnography, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 29(3):101-123, 284-285, page 285 |
2841 | Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) Payne 197 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 103 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of crushed roots taken by women for pains and menstrual hemorrhage. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 103 |
2867 | Ambrosia psilostachya DC. 201 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 39 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves and stem taken for cramps in the bowels. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 39 |
2868 | Ambrosia psilostachya DC. 201 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 188 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of leaves and stems taken for bowel pains and bloody stools. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 188 |
3187 | Amorpha canescens Pursh 221 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 200 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for stomach pain. | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
3189 | Amorpha canescens Pursh 221 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 93 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Moxa of stems used in cases of neuralgia. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 93 |
3190 | Amorpha canescens Pursh 221 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 334 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Moxa of twigs applied for neuralgia. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334 |
3240 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion steamed and inhaled for headache. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
3282 | Andropogon floridanus Scribn. 239 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 227 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of plant taken for wolf sickness: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and frequent urination. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 227 |
3283 | Andropogon floridanus Scribn. 239 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 285 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of roots used for moving sickness: moving pain in the waist region. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 285 |
3284 | Andropogon floridanus Scribn. 239 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used with a song or spell as an analgesic. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
3296 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 342 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root taken for stomach pain. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
3307 | Andropogon glomeratus (Walt.) B.S.P. 241 | Catawba 30 | t40 115 | 5 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for backaches. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 5 |
3319 | Androsace septentrionalis L. 245 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 38, 39 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Cold infusion taken for internal pain. | 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 38, 39 |
3323 | Androsace septentrionalis ssp. subulifera (Gray) G.T. Robbins 246 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Plant used for pain from witches' arrows. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
3333 | Anemone canadensis L. 248 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 201 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of root used for pain in the lumbar region. | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 201 |
3337 | Anemone cylindrica Gray 249 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 238 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root taken for headache and dizzy spells. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 238 |
3345 | Anemone multifida var. hudsoniana DC. 250 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 274275 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Cottony flower burned on hot coals for headache. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274275 |
3351 | Anemone sp. 253 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 200 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of powdered, dry leaves used as an errhine for headache. | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
3372 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 8 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of roots used as a general pain remedy. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 8 |
3432 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 400 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Compound infusion of plants used as steam bath to sweat out headaches. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 400 |
3446 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of cooked, pounded root applied to painful areas. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 55 |
3448 | Angelica breweri Gray 260 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 166 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Root chewed for headaches. | 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 166 |
3458 | Angelica breweri Gray 260 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 34, 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of pulped roots applied to rheumatic pains or swellings. | 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 34, 35 |
3505 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 61 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Compound decoction of root taken for headache. | 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 |
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