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id | species | tribe ▼ | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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39433 | Taxus baccata L. 3901 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 264 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound taken for menstruation when stopped by a cold. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 264 |
40752 | Triosteum perfoliatum L. 4027 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 444 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of roots taken for irregular or profuse menses. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 444 |
43223 | Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. 4144 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 365 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant taken by women with suppressed menses. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
44318 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 368 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of bark taken to promote miscarriage. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 368 |
5062 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 12 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant used when the menstrual flow had stopped. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12 |
26558 | Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt. 2899 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 49 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant taken first two months of pregnancy to cause an abortion. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
2353 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 5 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of bark taken for menstrual regulation. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 5 |
39056 | Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake 3849 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 59 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of cut branches taken for menstrual disorders. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 59 |
42702 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 273 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Juice taken by women to bring about an abortion. | 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 273 |
24829 | Opuntia sp. 2670 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 42 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots and soapweed roots used as 'medicine for not give birth.' | 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 42 |
44127 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 28 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots and prickly pear cactus roots used as 'medicine for not give birth.' | 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 28 |
11478 | Croton californicus Muell.-Arg. 1142 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 231 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used for abortions. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 231 |
9443 | Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 895 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 14 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots used for delayed menstrual period. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 14 |
18132 | Iva axillaris Pursh 2021 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 67 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used to cause abortions. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 67 |
21634 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 22 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Raw root chewed by women to effect an abortion. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22 |
21635 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Makah 133 | ttco83 101 | 78 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots chewed to induce an abortion. | 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 |
14996 | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne 1640 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 258 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant and dwarf raspberry used for irregular menstruation. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
20260 | Lilium canadense L. 2183 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 258 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant and sweet viburnum roots used for irregular menstruation. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
34903 | Rubus pubescens var. pubescens 3468 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 258 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant and wild strawberry used for irregular menstruation. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
37081 | Sanicula marilandica L. 3577 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 258 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of bulb roots used for irregular menstruation. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
43105 | Viburnum lentago L. 4132 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 258 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of roots used for irregular menstruation. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
26536 | Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston 2896 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 344 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of roots taken for abortions. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 344 |
1312 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 133 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of root used for irregular periods. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133 |
5010 | Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck 389 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 29 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound infusion of leaf taken to restore menstrual flow. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 29 |
32023 | Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J. Hill 3259 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 133 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of inner bark taken for suppressed menses caused by cold. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133 |
32289 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 133 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of inner bark taken for suppressed menses caused by cold. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133 |
37015 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 133 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of root used for irregular periods. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133 |
39890 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 46 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of dried inner bark taken during a cold to treat suppressed menses. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 46 |
40704 | Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. 4020 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 41 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of root taken for 'irregularity of the menses.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 41 |
1983 | Aletris farinosa L. 126 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 54 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Root used as an emmenagogue. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
14999 | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne 1640 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 56 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56 |
20261 | Lilium canadense L. 2183 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 58 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
34904 | Rubus pubescens var. pubescens 3468 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
37024 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Micmac 141 | r48 188 | 56 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used as an abortifacient. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1948, Ethnobotanique Et Ethnozoologie Gaspesiennes, Archives de Folklore 3:51-64, page 56 |
37083 | Sanicula marilandica L. 3577 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots used for irregular menstruation. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
43107 | Viburnum lentago L. 4132 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 63 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Roots used for irregular menstruation. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 63 |
1331 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69, 128 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of root taken for suppressed menses. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
25656 | Pedicularis canadensis L. 2770 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 74, 130 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of leaves taken to induce abortion. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
39642 | Tetradymia canescens DC. 3914 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 156 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant used as bath for (inducing?) menstruation. | 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 156 |
27998 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 29 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Green buds never chewed by pregnant women because it would cause a miscarriage. | 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 29 |
5154 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant taken for irregular menstruation. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5287 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant taken and used as wash for irregular menstruation. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
29696 | Porophyllum gracile Benth. 3107 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 122 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of root taken as 'a regulator for delayed menstruation.' | 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 122 |
5289 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant taken and used as wash for irregular menstruation. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
26560 | Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt. 2899 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 13 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of leaves taken to bring on delayed menstruation. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 13 |
15548 | Garrya elliptica Dougl. ex Lindl. 1696 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 106 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of leaves taken to bring on a woman's period. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 106 |
26561 | Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt. 2899 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 72 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of leaves used for delayed menstruation. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 72 |
5291 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant taken and used as wash for irregular menstruation. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
8452 | Castilleja angustifolia (Nutt.) G. Don 778 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 46 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of whole plant taken to regulate menstruation. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 46 |
13401 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 15 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction taken to regulate menses, informant insisted not an abortive. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
20372 | Lindera benzoin var. benzoin 2199 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 33 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion taken to correct delayed menses. | 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 33 |
1065 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Sanpoil 225 | r32 44 | 218 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of stems and leaves used to cause abortion. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
26071 | Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. 2837 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 320 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of leaves taken to abort a fetus up to about four months old. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
31552 | Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC. 3219 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 284 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant used 'to correct irregularities and to relieve menstrual pain.' | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 284 |
29697 | Porophyllum gracile Benth. 3107 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 46 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used to regulate delayed menstruation. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 46 |
5295 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 45 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction used for menstrual irregularity. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 45 |
1388 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Sioux, Fort Peck 239 | b05 73 | 5 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used to cause abortion. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
8123 | Carex sp. 752 | Songish 247 | tb71 23 | 73 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Leaves eaten to induce abortions. | 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 73 |
2839 | Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. 196 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 51, 52 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of whole plant taken and used as wash for 'obstructed menstruation.' | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 51, 52 |
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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) );