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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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5 | Abies amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes 1 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Bark and other plants used as a tonic. | 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 |
157 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of needles taken as a tonic. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
164 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 268 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of bark taken as a tonic to stay young and strong. | 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 268 |
268 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of bark or inner bark used as a tonic. | 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 |
318 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of bark or inner bark used as a tonic. | 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 |
344 | Abies sp. 8 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 462 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of shoots and bark taken as a tonic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462 |
524 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 147 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Raw sap used as a tonic in the olden days. | 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 147 |
600 | Acer pensylvanicum L. 31 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 311 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of plant taken as a tonic. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
921 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
945 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 49 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of roots taken as a general tonic. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49 |
980 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 460 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic 'for slight indisposition.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 460 |
981 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
1026 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 79 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used in a tonic. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
1336 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 266 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Complex compound infusion including sweetflag root taken as spring tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
1359 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 334 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Rootstock chewed as a tonic. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334 |
1385 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 29 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Chewed plant juice taken by older people as a tonic. | Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29 |
1397 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Winnebago 280 | r23 203 | 265 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Complex compound injected via bird wing bone for general health. | Radin, Paul, 1923, The Winnebago Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #37, page 265 |
1432 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used 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 30 |
1434 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 39 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Combined with elecampane and stone roots to make a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 39 |
1435 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 33 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used with elecampane and stone root to make a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33 |
1436 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 32, 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound containing root used as a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 74 |
1876 | Ageratina altissima var. altissima 98 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used 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 56 |
1888 | Ageratina altissima var. roanensis (Small) Clewell & Woot. 99 | Choctaw 39 | c51 138 | 288 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used as a 'warming stimulant and tonic.' | 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 288 |
1980 | Aletris farinosa L. 126 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Tonic used for child bed fever and to strengthen womb. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
1985 | Aletris farinosa L. 126 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used as a tonic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
2292 | Allium tricoccum Ait. 163 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 281 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a spring tonic and 'cleans you out.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 281 |
2501 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Bark used as a tonic. | 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 |
2571 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 79 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Sap used as a tonic. | 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 79 |
2676 | Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve 177 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Bark and other plants used as a tonic. | 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 |
3005 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 120 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of branches taken as a general tonic. | 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 120 |
3037 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 471 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of fresh bark taken as a tonic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 471 |
3092 | Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern. 208 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion taken as a spring 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 54 |
3151 | Amelanchier stolonifera Wieg. 215 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 76 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root bark used to make a tonic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 76 |
3258 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound containing root used as a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 74 |
3412 | Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. 255 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 33, 34 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of roots taken as a tonic for general debility following colds. | 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, 34 |
3466 | Angelica breweri Gray 260 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 34, 35 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of roots taken in small doses as a tonic. | 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 |
3522 | Angelica lucida L. 265 | Aleut 5 | bt53 130 | 427 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Leaves used to make a tonic for colds. | 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 427 |
3644 | Anthemis cotula L. 282 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used 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 32 |
3754 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 6 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root, poisonous in large doses, used as a tonic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
4002 | Aralia hispida Vent. 317 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used as a tonic. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 40 |
4029 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound containing root used as a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 74 |
4055 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 266 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Complex compound infusion including sarsaparilla root taken as spring tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
4056 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 70, 128 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound decoction of root taken as a spring tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128 |
4058 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 315 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Wine made from berries taken as a tonic. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
4062 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 7 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used as a tonic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 |
4071 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used as a tonic. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
4080 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 471 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of root taken as a tonic. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 471 |
4081 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used as a tonic. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
4095 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of roots and berries 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 57 |
4125 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 392 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound decoction of roots taken by women as a tonic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392 |
4161 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 311 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of plant taken as a tonic. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
4174 | Aralia spinosa L. 321 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31, 32 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used 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 31, 32 |
4302 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 363 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root supposed to have tonic effect. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 363 |
4306 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 49 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of root taken as a general tonic and blood purifier. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 49 |
4631 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves and stems taken as a tonic for kidneys and bladder. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
4672 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves and stems taken as a tonic for kidneys and bladder. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40 |
4673 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 458 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves and stems taken as a tonic for the kidneys and bladder. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 458 |
4889 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used as a tonic for typhus fevers. | 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 |
4895 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 39 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used singly or combined with wintergreen to make a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 39 |
4896 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 32, 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used alone or with wintergreen as a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 74 |
4919 | Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. 377 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Used 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 39 |
5031 | Artemisia cana Pursh 392 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 7 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves used as a general tonic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 |
5144 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 76 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of roots and yarrow roots taken as a general tonic. | 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 76 |
5163 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 39, 40 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of whole plant taken as a tonic after childbirth. | 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 39, 40 |
5258 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 364 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion or decoction of root taken as a tonic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
5468 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 40-42 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of root or entire plant taken as a tonic after childbirth. | 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 40-42 |
5579 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 38 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of plant taken daily as a tonic. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38 |
5724 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth. | 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 44-47 |
5784 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic, especially after childbirth. | 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 44-47 |
5815 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 44-47 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a general tonic. | 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 44-47 |
5861 | Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica Bess. 411 | Aleut 5 | bt53 130 | 427 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves taken as a tonic, especially good 'for dying persons.' | 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 427 |
5907 | Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris (Maxim.) Hara 416 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 33 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of pounded roots taken as a general tonic. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 33 |
6007 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 311 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion taken for fevers and as a general tonic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 311 |
6008 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 309 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of root taken as a spring tonic by the old and works as a physic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
6033 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 55 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used for cramps and as a stomachic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
6055 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 28 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of leaves taken as a tonic. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28 |
6062 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 460 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of rhizomes taken as a tonic for the stomach. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 460 |
6253 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
6350 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 132 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of pounded root taken as a tonic. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
6489 | Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. 472 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 364 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound decoction of root taken as a tonic. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
7011 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 311 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of plant taken as a tonic. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
7108 | Betula lenta L. 576 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 266 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Complex compound infusion including black birch bark taken as spring tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
7109 | Betula lenta L. 576 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 70, 128 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Inner bark used to make a tonic. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128 |
7217 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 131 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of branch tips used as a tonic. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 131 |
7474 | Brassica napus L. 617 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | 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 46 |
7488 | Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch 618 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | 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 46 |
7658 | Calla palustris L. 662 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 26 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used in a spiritual spring tonic. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
8040 | Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood 730 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 252 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of roots used as a tonic. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 252 |
8043 | Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood 730 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 56 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root used as a tonic. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56 |
8240 | Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 758 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 68 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of root or bark taken for 'general debility.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
8283 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 82 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of bark taken as a tonic for general debility. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 82 |
8335 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 68 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Compound infusion of bark taken for 'general debility.' | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
8548 | Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv. 800 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 53 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a tonic. | 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 53 |
8573 | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. 806 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 333 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Roots used as a tonic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 333 |
8830 | Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 832 | Choctaw 39 | c51 138 | 287 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Root bark and bark used as a tonic. | 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 |
9019 | Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. 848 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 473 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Mild decoction taken as a tonic for the stomach and lassitude. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 473 |
9158 | Chamaesyce albomarginata (Torr. & Gray) Small 865 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 73, 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of plant taken as a tonic for general debility. | 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 73, 74 |
9224 | Chamaesyce polycarpa (Benth.) Millsp. ex Parish 877 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 74 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Infusion of plant taken as a tonic 'for any general, indisposed feeling.' | 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 74 |
9437 | Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 895 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 657 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used as 'a sort of spring tonic.' | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 657 |
9438 | Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 895 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 22 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Plant used as a spring tonic. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22 |
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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) );