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id | species | tribe | source ▼ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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1644 | Aesculus pavia L. 78 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of pounded nuts used for tumors and infections. | 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 |
4936 | Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (L.) H.E. Robins. 381 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice used for cancer and to draw out blood or poisonous matter. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58 |
9180 | Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small 871 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction prepared with herbs and taken for cancer. | 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 |
9580 | Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh 913 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Used as a wash for cancer and ulcers. | 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 |
11861 | Cynoglossum virginianum L. 1194 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Root used for cancer. | 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 |
14581 | Euphorbia corollata L. 1586 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction prepared with herbs and taken for cancer. | 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 |
16397 | Hackelia virginiana (L.) I.M. Johnston 1796 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Bruised root with bear oil used as ointment for cancer. | 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 |
17481 | Hydrangea arborescens L. 1926 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Used for tumors. | 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 |
17502 | Hydrastis canadensis L. 1928 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Used for cancer. | 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 |
19359 | Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy 2082 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Strong decoction used as a wash for cancer. | 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 |
25135 | Oxalis corniculata L. 2706 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Used for cancer 'when it is first started.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
25192 | Oxalis violacea L. 2712 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Used for cancer 'when it is first started.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
40512 | Tradescantia virginiana L. 3982 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56, 57 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of root used for cancer. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56, 57 |
40695 | Trillium erectum L. 4019 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice used for 'putrid ulcers, tumors and inflamed parts.' | 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 |
43688 | Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marsh. 4213 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Ashes 'burnt from greenswitch' used for cancer. | 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 |
4031 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 394 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant used for cancer. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 394 |
9670 | Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (Blake) Hult‚n 916 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 407 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of stalks and roots taken for stomach cancer. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 407 |
10040 | Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. 975 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 475 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant used for cancer. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 475 |
11856 | Cynoglossum officinale L. 1193 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 421 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of plant used as a wash and applied as poultice to leg cancer. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421 |
25122 | Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch 2705 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 299 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of bark used for rectum cancer. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 299 |
8715 | Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook. 819 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 252 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of plant used for cancer. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 252 |
15425 | Gaillardia aristata Pursh 1675 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 181 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Infusion of whole plant used for cancer. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 181 |
19561 | Larix occidentalis Nutt. 2100 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 99 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of small pieces of branches and tops used for cancer. A decoction of plant tops was used to wash the areas affected by cancer. A second decoction of branch pieces was taken internally. It made the emaciated patient get better and gain weight. This treatment was used after a 'western' doctor diagnosed the breast cancer patient as being terminal. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 99 |
22129 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 127 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of rhizomes taken in several doses over a period of several days for cancer. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 127 |
26868 | Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. 2933 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 100 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of needles and gum taken for cancer. It was said that if this treatment did not work, nothing would work. The decoction was taken with a spoon directly from the bark blisters and in concentrated form. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100 |
37900 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 209 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of branches and leaves taken in a one cupful dose for stomach cancer. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 209 |
40625 | Trifolium pratense L. 4011 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 224 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Infusion of heads taken for stomach cancer. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 224 |
39567 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 187 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant used for cancer. | 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 187 |
8732 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 135 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Boiled roots used as an ointment for cancer. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 135 |
11463 | Crepis runcinata (James) Torr. & Gray 1138 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 213 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of whole plant applied 'to open up a carbuncle or cancer.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 213 |
25652 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 247 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of root applied to tumors. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247 |
19630 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 83 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Infusion of stems and leaves used for cancer. | 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 83 |
19551 | Larix occidentalis Nutt. 2100 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction of plant taken for cancer. | 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 25 |
4950 | Artemisia alaskana Rydb. 383 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction taken for cancers. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
4955 | Artemisia arctica Less. 384 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction taken for cancer. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
5297 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Decoction taken for cancer. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
6572 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 29 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Young, unfurling fronds eaten for internal ailments, such as cancer of the womb. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
7368 | Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. 592 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 29 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Leaflets chewed for internal cancer. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
12691 | Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson 1335 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 29 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Young shoots used cancer of the womb. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
29102 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 32 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Young shoots or fiddleheads chewed for cancer of the womb. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 32 |
31452 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 32 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Young shoots eaten as medicine for 'troubles with one's insides,' such as cancer of the womb. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 32 |
10785 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 32, 33 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | One reported case: poultice of bark plus something else cured facial cancer. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 32, 33 |
61 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 37 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of gum and dried beaver kidneys applied for cancer. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 37 |
40623 | Trifolium pratense L. 4011 | Shinnecock 231 | cw45 62 | 119 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Teaspoonful of powder mixed in boiling water and taken for cancer. | Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 119 |
9297 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 287 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of seeds, down and oil applied to wound after cutting open the tumor. | 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 287 |
24904 | Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. 2682 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 6 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Parasite (cancer root) on sweet sage roots used for cancer. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
41462 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 25 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Inner bark used as an emollient for tumors. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
11539 | Cryptantha flava (A. Nels.) Payson 1151 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 301 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant used for the cancer and growth in the throat. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 301 |
5571 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Eskimo 66 | s73 94 | 326 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant used as an antitumor agent. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 326 |
15352 | Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. 1667 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 27 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Plant pulverized into a salve and applied to scrofulous swellings. | 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 27 |
30350 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Kwakiutl 121 | b66 148 | 383 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Bark used to wrap lint after treating tumors. | Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
24428 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Bark and other plants used for cancer. | 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 |
24450 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Bark and other plants used for cancer. | 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 |
24551 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Bark and other plants used for cancer. | 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 |
31796 | Pyrola elliptica Nutt. 3241 | Nootka 167 | s69 169 | 79 | Drug 2 | Cancer Treatment 64 | Poultice of bruised plant applied to 'tumors.' | Swan, James Gilchrist, 1869, The Indians of Cape Flattery ... Washington Territory, Washington, DC. Smithsonian Institution, page 79 |
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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) );