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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
26733 | Physaria didymocarpa (Hook.) Gray 2924 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 61 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant taken in small amounts to abort. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 61 |
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 |
28560 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction taken 'for menstrual period.' | 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 |
28773 | Polygala senega L. 3046 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used as an emmenagogue. | 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 |
29495 | Populus grandidentata Michx. 3103 | Cree 54 | b41 145 | 485 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used to prevent childbearing. | Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 485 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31593 | Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels 3225 | 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 |
31751 | Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern. 3236 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of powdered 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 |
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 |
33029 | Rhus sp. 3351 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 370 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of roots taken for irregular menses. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370 |
33749 | Ribes triste Pallas 3397 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of stalk taken for 'stoppage of periods.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358 |
34422 | Rubus frondosus Bigelow 3449 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | 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 358 |
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 |
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 |
34908 | Rubus sp. 3469 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 79 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of stems taken by women with sickness in their womb. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 79 |
35468 | Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc. 3493 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 56, 57 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of white root used to regulate menstruation. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 56, 57 |
36864 | Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 3569 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 229 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Leaves boiled and used to shorten pregnancy. | 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 229 |
36930 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 154 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used as an abortifacient. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
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 |
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 |
37068 | Sanicula canadensis L. 3575 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of powdered 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 |
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 |
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 |
37180 | Sarracenia purpurea L. 3588 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 59 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction or infusion of leaves taken for sickness associated with absence of menstrual period. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 59 |
37577 | Scutellaria elliptica Muhl. ex Spreng. 3623 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of root used for monthly period. | 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 |
37586 | Scutellaria incana Biehler 3625 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of root used for monthly period. | 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 |
37591 | Scutellaria lateriflora L. 3626 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of root used for monthly period. | 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 |
38020 | Silphium perfoliatum L. 3687 | 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 |
38442 | Solidago odora Ait. 3740 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | 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 36 |
38509 | Sonchus oleraceus L. 3755 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 64 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of plant taken to 'make tardy menstruation come.' | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64 |
38939 | Stillingia sp. 3835 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 662 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of root used as a wash for irregular periods. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 662 |
38997 | Stylosanthes biflora (L.) B.S.P. 3842 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound used to promote 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 57 |
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 |
39203 | Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum 3876 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 31 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of roots taken for failure to menstruate. | 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 |
39299 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 358 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of leaf taken, especially by young girls, for 'stoppage of period.' | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 358 |
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 |
39577 | Taxus canadensis Marsh. 3903 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 132 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion of young branches, alone or with other plants, used for stomachaches and irregular menses. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 132 |
39627 | Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. 3911 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 658 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Compound decoction of plant taken and used as wash for irregular menstruation. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 658 |
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 |
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 |
39944 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 19 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Chewed bark or decoction of bark taken to induce menstruation. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
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 |
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 |
42102 | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. 4079 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 63 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of leafy stems used 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 63 |
42103 | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. 4079 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 63 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Decoction of plant used 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 63 |
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 |
42853 | Verbena hastata L. 4108 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | 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 60 |
42911 | Verbesina virginica L. 4118 | Chickasaw 35 | c51 138 | 289 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Plant used as a 'deobstruant.' | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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) );