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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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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 |
16466 | Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. 1806 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion 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 48 |
24889 | Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides (Walt.) Isely 2676 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion taken for obstructed 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 55 |
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 |
17692 | Hyssopus officinalis L. 1974 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion taken to 'bring on 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 |
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 |
23633 | Nepeta cataria L. 2574 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion 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 |
23101 | Mitchella repens L. 2494 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 36 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Infusion used for suppressed menstruations to strengthen the female generative organs. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 36 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
14485 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 142 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Root used to correct irregular menses. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 142 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20342 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume 2198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Taken 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 56 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
15179 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 154 | Drug 2 | Abortifacient 84 | Used as an emmenagogue. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
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 |
19131 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | 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 28 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
23174 | Monarda didyma L. 2503 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | 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 39 |
23196 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | 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 39 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
16212 | Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal 1780 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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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) );