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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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25267 | Oxytropis sp. 2723 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 468 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Plant used in the sweatbath for rheumatism and various aches. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 468 |
25283 | Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L”ve 2726 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 473 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Roots used as a diaphoretic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 473 |
25351 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 44 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of plant taken to produce sweating for fevers. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
25415 | Panax sp. 2734 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 656 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Compound decoction of root taken to induce sweating, reducing fever. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 656 |
25974 | Pericome caudata Gray 2829 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of root used as a sweatbath medicine. | 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 |
26165 | Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg. 2838 | Creek 59 | c51 138 | 289 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of root used as a diaphoretic in 'fevers of all descriptions.' | 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 289 |
27692 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 57, 58 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Needles chewed and swallowed as a diaphoretic. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 57, 58 |
28156 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Yokia 285 | c02 89 | 307 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Burning twigs and leaves used as sweat bath for rheumatism pain and bruises. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 307 |
28477 | Plantago major L. 3001 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 64 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Leaf rubbed on the body to produce sweating. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 64 |
28777 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Used as a sudorific. | 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 |
29190 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Bella Coola 21 | s29 9 | 54 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Branches with leaves used in a sweat bath for pains similar to rheumatism. | 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 54 |
29654 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 310 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of bark taken as a diaphoretic for colds. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
29757 | Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britt. 3115 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 350 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of roots taken to cause sweating. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350 |
31606 | Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels 3225 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 57 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Eaten or decoction taken in sweatbath for rheumatism. | 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 57 |
31727 | Pycnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gray 3232 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 54 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of leaves taken to cause sweating for colds. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 54 |
31728 | Pycnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gray 3232 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 24 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Hot decoction of leaves taken as diaphoretic for colds. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 24 |
34031 | Rosa nutkana K. Presl 3427 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 209 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Roots and sprouts used in steambaths. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 209 |
35938 | Salix lasiolepis Benth. 3536 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 331 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of bark taken to cause sweating for any disease. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 331 |
36450 | Salvia lyrata L. 3560 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 53 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Used as a mild diaphoretic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
36472 | Salvia officinalis L. 3562 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 53 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Used as a mild diaphoretic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
36487 | Sambucus nigra L. 3564 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of flowers taken to 'sweat out fever.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33 |
36522 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 62 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of leaves and flowers used as steambath to cause perspiration. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 62 |
36648 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of flowers taken to 'sweat out fever.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33 |
37105 | Sanvitalia abertii Gray 3582 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 88 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Plant used to increase perspiration. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
38446 | Solidago odora Ait. 3740 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion taken as a diaphoretic. | 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 |
38922 | Stephanomeria spinosa (Nutt.) S. Tomb 3831 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 22 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of smashed roots taken and used as a steambath to cause sweating for colds. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 22 |
38987 | Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus (Michx.) Reveal 3840 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 314 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of blossoms taken to cause sweating. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
39204 | Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum 3876 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 31 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of roots taken to cause sweating and reduce a fever. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 31 |
39300 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 354 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Compound infusion of leaves taken to 'produce profuse perspiration.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 354 |
39320 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Nanticoke 154 | t42 22 | 58, 84 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Whole plant used as a sudorific. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 58, 84 |
39440 | Taxus baccata L. 3901 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 264 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Used for colds and sweating. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 264 |
39447 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 16 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of crushed leaves used as a wash to cause perspiring. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39756 | Thamnosma montana Torr. & Fr‚m. 3930 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 67 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Powdered plant caused men to sweat. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 67 |
39893 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 46 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Plant used in the sudatory. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 46 |
39906 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 315 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of bruised twigs taken to cause sweating. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
39911 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 380 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Compound containing leaves used in the sweatbath. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380 |
40407 | Torreya californica Torr. 3966 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 6 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Smashed nuts and fat rubbed on body to cause sweating. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
40755 | Triosteum perfoliatum L. 4027 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 445 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Root used to cause sweating. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 445 |
40778 | Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal. 4029 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 61 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Crushed leaves used in sweatbath for snake bite. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 61 |
40873 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 269 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of twigs and bark taken to induce sweating. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 269 |
40894 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 46 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Leaves used in the sudatory. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 46 |
40919 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 71 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Infusion of leaves taken to cause perspiration, which broke up a cold. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 71 |
41810 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 146 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Plant used as an inhalant in the sweatbath for grippe or pneumonia. | 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 146 |
42105 | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. 4079 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 63 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of leafy stem used to make a person sweat. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63 |
42106 | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. 4079 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 63 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of plant used to make a person sweat. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63 |
42736 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 76 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Roots used in medicinal sweatbaths. | 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 |
42763 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Atsugewi 19 | g53 129 | 140 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Crushed leaves rubbed over the body in the sweatbath. | Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 140 |
42860 | Verbena hastata L. 4108 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Used as a sudorific. | 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 |
42971 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Root used as a diaphoretic. | 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 |
43009 | Viburnum acerifolium L. 4128 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Root bark taken as a diaphoretic. | 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 |
43119 | Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray 4133 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Root bark used as a diaphoretic. | 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 |
43170 | Viburnum prunifolium L. 4136 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Root bark taken as a diaphoretic. | 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 |
43593 | Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt. 4199 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 174 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Decoction of leaves used as a bath for fever and produced perspiration. | 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 174 |
44547 | Zigadenus elegans Pursh 4247 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 78 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Eleven plants used in sweatbath. An infusion of eleven plants was sprinkled on hot rocks to form dense steam. Men stayed in the sweat bath for three to five minutes for several successive evenings before the deer hunt or race. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 78 |
44634 | Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 4253 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 45 | Drug 2 | Diaphoretic 77 | Plant used in a sweatbath for fever. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45 |
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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) );