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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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15879 | Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1731 | Ojibwa, South 174 | h91 56 | 200 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Weak decoction of root taken for chest soreness. | Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
21637 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Makah 133 | ttco83 101 | 78 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warmed leaves applied to chest for pain. | 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 78 |
33030 | Rhus sp. 3351 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 370 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warm poultice of bark applied to abdomen for pain when urinating. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370 |
37974 | Silene douglasii var. douglasii 3675 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 381 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381 |
37992 | Silene scouleri Hook. 3682 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 381 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381 |
28901 | Polygonum aviculare L. 3057 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warm infusion of plant taken for stomachache. | 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 23 |
28967 | Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. 3071 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Warm infusion of plant taken for stomachache. | 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 24 |
41749 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used in a sweatbath for pains similar to rheumatism all over the body. | 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 |
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 |
10822 | Cornus canadensis L. 1091 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for side pains. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
8260 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8307 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8376 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
19375 | Lactuca canadensis L. 2084 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 42 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for pain and infusion given 'for calming nerves.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
4268 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for headaches. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
32646 | Ranunculus acris L. 3300 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for headaches. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
41867 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 143 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for headaches and sore backs. | 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 143 |
13302 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 261 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for headaches and pains. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 261 |
25339 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used 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 36 |
23913 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for cramps and sharp 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 59 |
23953 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for cramps and sharp 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 59 |
4964 | Artemisia biennis Willd. 386 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for cramps and painful menstruation. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62 |
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 |
6331 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for breast, stomach and intestinal 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 27 |
43201 | Vicia caroliniana Walt. 4140 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for back pains, local pains and rubbed on stomach 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 60 |
42854 | Verbena hastata L. 4108 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used for afterpains and taken as a tonic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60 |
41756 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 83 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as whip for pain. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 83 |
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 |
20161 | Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. 2171 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as an anodyne and decoction or tincture used for backache and limb 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 27 |
8253 | Carum carvi L. 761 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as an analgesic. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
13772 | Erigeron philadelphicus L. 1480 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as a poultice 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 35 |
13798 | Erigeron pulchellus Michx. 1481 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as a poultice 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 35 |
3634 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Used as a 'sudorific and anodyne for colds.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
44669 | Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (Gray) M.C. Johnston 4258 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 50 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Thorns used to prick the skin over rheumatic pains. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 50 |
4874 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for sharp pains in the breast and used as a wash 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 55 |
28886 | Polygonum aviculare L. 3057 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for painful urination. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
28926 | Polygonum hydropiper L. 3066 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for painful urination. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
22803 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48, 49 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for colic pains, cramps and used for nervous 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, 49 |
22838 | Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] 2442 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48, 49 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for colic pains, cramps and used for nervous 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, 49 |
25584 | Pastinaca sativa L. 2764 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for 'sharp 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 47 |
23088 | Mitchella repens L. 2494 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Taken for 'monthly period 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 47 |
4103 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Choctaw 39 | c51 138 | 287 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Sweetened decoction of root given to children for 'gripes, colic, etc.' | Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
26609 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 116 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Sugary sap taken by pneumonia patients to loosen phlegm and soothe lung pain. | 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 116 |
31338 | Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene 3204 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong infusion taken for stomachache or 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 |
34453 | Rubus idaeus L. 3453 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong infusion of red raspberry leaves used for childbirth 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 52 |
34669 | Rubus occidentalis L. 3461 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong infusion of red raspberry leaves used for childbirth 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 52 |
34739 | Rubus odoratus L. 3462 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong infusion of red raspberry leaves used for childbirth 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 52 |
32756 | Ratibida tagetes (James) Barnh. 3323 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong infusion of leaves used for stomachache or 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 |
8725 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Strong compound infusion used for pain of childbirth. | 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 |
39897 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 62 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Stems used for headaches. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62 |
24747 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 39 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Stems smashed and used for backache. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
41876 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 68 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Stems and leaves used as a counterirritant for sore limbs and back. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 68 |
6859 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 38 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Steam of decoction of plant inhaled for headache and used as wash on head. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 38 |
18443 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Carrier, Southern 29 | s29 9 | 49 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Steam from boiling branches inhaled for headache and chest 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 49 |
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 |
13787 | Erigeron philadelphicus L. 1480 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 213214 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of powdered florets used for sick headaches. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 213214 |
37313 | Satureja hortensis L. 3590 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of leaves used 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 54 |
31350 | Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb. 3205 | Arapaho 17 | n66 139 | 48 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of leaves and sneezeweed blossoms inhaled for headaches. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 48 |
3876 | Apocynum sp. 298 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 340 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of dried, pulverized root used to cause sneezing for 'relieving the head.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
38416 | Solidago flexicaulis L. 3735 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 129 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of dried, powdered leaves used for headache. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 129 |
5357 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 44 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of crushed leaves used for headache. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 44 |
17597 | Hymenoxys hoopesii (Gray) Bierner 1951 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of crushed blossoms and string plant leaves inhaled for headaches. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
16530 | Helenium autumnale L. 1814 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 129 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Snuff of compounded flowers used to cause sneezing for headaches. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 129 |
7679 | Callirhoe involucrata (Torr. & Gray) Gray 666 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 103 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Smoke of dried root used to bathe aching body parts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 103 |
31482 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 382 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Smoke from dried leaves on coals used for headaches. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 382 |
38037 | Silphium perfoliatum L. 3687 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 334 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Smoke from burning plant inhaled for pain. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334 |
40406 | Torreya californica Torr. 3966 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 6 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Smashed nuts and fat rubbed on temples for headaches. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
5736 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 128 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Small plant pieces stuffed into the nostrils for headaches. | 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 128 |
42626 | Veratrum californicum var. californicum 4103 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 275 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Small piece of root snuffed up nose for headache. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 275 |
29023 | Polypodium virginianum L. 3080 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 48 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Simple or compound decoction taken for stomach 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 48 |
15335 | Freycinetia arborea Gaud. 1665 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 22 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Shoots and leaves laid over the sheets in bed for severe body pain. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
16865 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 249 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Seeds used for severe headache and root used for stomach cramps. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 249 |
19446 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 256 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Seeds used for adult's sickness caused by adultery: headache, body pains and crossed fingers. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 256 |
5049 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 42, 43 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Seeds placed on coals and used as a sweatbath for body pains from a serious cold. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 42, 43 |
18868 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 152 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Seeds eaten for headaches. | 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 152 |
3888 | Aquilegia caerulea James 299 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 362 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Seed chewed or infusion of roots used for abdominal pains. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 362 |
13814 | Erigeron sp. 1483 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 468 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Salve of toasted, crushed plant and grease rubbed on painful area. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 468 |
27461 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 461 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Salve of boiled sap and grease applied for pains. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 461 |
38174 | Smilax glauca Walt. 3709 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rubbed in brier scratches for local 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 37 |
38184 | Smilax herbacea L. 3710 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rubbed in brier scratches for local 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 37 |
38214 | Smilax pseudochina L. 3712 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rubbed in brier scratches for local 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 37 |
38223 | Smilax rotundifolia L. 3713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Rubbed in brier scratches for local 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 37 |
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 |
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 |
11949 | Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight 1209 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 69 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used with another plant for lower back pain. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 69 |
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 |
38126 | Sisyrinchium nashii Bickn. 3701 | 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 |
20223 | Ligusticum grayi Coult. & Rose 2179 | Atsugewi 19 | g53 129 | 140 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used to avoid pains. | Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 140 |
29879 | Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh 3140 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used in stomachache medicine. | 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 |
29881 | Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fern. 3141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used in stomachache medicine. | 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 |
42734 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 76 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used in small doses for internal pains. | 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 76 |
26836 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 65 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for severe, neuralgic pains. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 65 |
37084 | Sanicula marilandica L. 3577 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for menstrual pain. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
9848 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 71 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for headaches. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 71 |
10497 | Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl 1051 | Ute 272 | c09 142 | 33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for headaches. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 33 |
23442 | Morella cerifera (L.) Small 2525 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 58 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for headaches. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
33827 | Robinia sp. 3407 | Chickasaw 35 | t40 115 | 33 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for headaches. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 33 |
36138 | Salix sp. 3551 | Chickasaw 35 | t40 115 | 12 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for headache or poultice of branches applied for severe headache. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 12 |
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 |
15445 | Galactia volubilis (L.) Britt. 1679 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 253 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Roots used for baby sickness caused by adultery: appetite loss, fever, headache and diarrhea. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 253 |
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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) );