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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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13797 | Erigeron pulchellus Michx. 1481 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Taken for 'suppressed 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 35 |
13771 | Erigeron philadelphicus L. 1480 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Taken for 'suppressed 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 35 |
13477 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant used for retarded menstruation. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
13422 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 4 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant used for retarded menstruation. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
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 |
13355 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Cree 54 | h92 30 | 58 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for irregular menstruation. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13354 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Cree 54 | j87 146 | 16 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant and two unknown roots used to correct menstrual irregularities. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 16 |
12931 | Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray 1369 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Taken for 'obstructed menses.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
12663 | Draba incerta Payson 1327 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used to cause abortions. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
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 |
10426 | Cocos nucifera L. 1040 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 73 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Fruit shells burned and the smoke used for swollen wombs. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
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 |
9140 | Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All. 863 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of flower or herb used for 'female obstructions.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
8799 | Celtis occidentalis L. 824 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 306 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction taken 'for suppressed menses in girls, cause: working in the sun.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306 |
8746 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 376 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of leaves and stems taken as a regulator by women. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 376 |
8745 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 376 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of roots taken by young girls who catch cold and don't menstruate. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 376 |
8596 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 381 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction taken as an abortifacient when fetus is hurt within 2 or 3 months. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381 |
8595 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 381 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of roots taken for suppressed menses from catching cold. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381 |
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 |
8375 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for female obstructions. | 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 |
8306 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for female obstructions. | 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 |
8259 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for female obstructions. | 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 |
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 |
7130 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Flowers and leaves included in two separate bundles and used to stop conception. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
7129 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of flowers and leaves taken when bundle to stop conception fails. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
6416 | Asplenium trichomanes L. 457 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 34 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Taken for irregular menses. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34 |
5952 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35, 36 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for 'scant or painful menstruation' and infusion taken 'to start periods.' | 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, 36 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
5263 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Dakota 61 | 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 |
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 |
5109 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 356 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion or decoction of root or leaf and stalk used for 'stoppage of periods.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356 |
5108 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 356 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of root taken for 'stoppage of periods.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 356 |
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 |
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 |
4987 | Artemisia campestris L. 388 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 60 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of leaves taken to abort difficult pregnancies. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
4910 | Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. 377 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used for 'obstructed menses.' | 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 |
4871 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion taken for obstructions. | 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 |
4560 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 29 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of whole plant and velvet leaf blueberry taken to bring menstruation. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29 |
4110 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 393 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used to promote menstruation when stopped by a cold. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 393 |
4096 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of root taken for 'stoppage of periods.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358 |
4014 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Simple or compound decoction of root taken for 'stoppage of periods.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358 |
3781 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Root used for pox and 'uterine obstructions.' | 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 |
3421 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | 'Root tonic' taken for obstructed menses. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
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 |
2645 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant used in a steam treatment to bring about menstruation. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
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 |
1987 | Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. 127 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 56 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Nut shells and gourds burned and the resulting smoke or fumes entered the vagina for swollen wombs. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 56 |
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 |
1418 | Actaea racemosa var. racemosa 60 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used to stimulate 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 30 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1280 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 31, 74 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound containing root taken for suppressed menses. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
1276 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 37 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of roots used for suppressed menses. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
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 |
50 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 21 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Pitch used for menstrual irregularity. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 21 |
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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) );