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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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18802 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 92-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of young twigs taken for influenza. | 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 92-96 |
18835 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 92-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of young twigs taken for influenza or smallpox. | 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 92-96 |
18836 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 92-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of twigs used as an antiseptic wash for measles and smallpox. | 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 92-96 |
18894 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 93-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of twigs taken for smallpox. | 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 93-96 |
18895 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 93-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of young twigs taken for influenza. | 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 93-96 |
18915 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 93-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of twigs taken for influenza and smallpox. | 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 93-96 |
18916 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 93-96 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Strong decoction of twigs used as an antiseptic wash for measles and smallpox. | 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 93-96 |
18983 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for sugar diabetes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 36 |
19007 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 19 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of sap used for the flu and colds. Five strips of bark each about five centimeters by ten centimeters were boiled in about two liters of water in order to obtain the sap. Only bark from the bottom part of the tree could be used. | 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 19 |
19020 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 70 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Scented branches hung around the house during disease epidemics to 'drive the germs away.' | 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 70 |
19026 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 50 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of plant used as a steam bath for the flu. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 50 |
19033 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves formerly used for cholera. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 36 |
19052 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 92 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of boughs used for 'black measles' or chickenpox. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 92 |
19110 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of berries taken for influenza. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
19137 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used as a diaphoretic and for measles. | 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 |
19152 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 63, 64 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves taken and used as a wash for cholera. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63, 64 |
19342 | Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit 2080 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 151 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for smallpox. | 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 151 |
19651 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 96, 97 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used as a wash for chickenpox. | 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 96, 97 |
19820 | Ledum groenlandicum Oeder 2125 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 58 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves used for scurvy and as a beverage. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
19867 | Ledum palustre L. 2126 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 16 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and stems used for flu. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 16 |
19912 | Lepechinia calycina (Benth.) Epling ex Munz 2132 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 173 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves taken for ague. | 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 173 |
19949 | Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (D. Don) R. Br. ex Ser. 2143 | Aleut 5 | bt53 130 | 427 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves taken for 'sicknesses such as influenza.' | Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427 |
20035 | Lewisia rediviva Pursh 2159 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 114 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Dried or fresh roots eaten for diabetes. | 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 114 |
20348 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume 2198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark taken to break out measles. | 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 |
20360 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume 2198 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 335 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of stripped leaves and twigs taken for colds and measles. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 335 |
20476 | Liriodendron tulipifera L. 2211 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 50 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Given for cholera infantum and infusion of bark given for pinworms. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
20642 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 34 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots used for typhoid. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 34 |
20643 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 28, 76 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root, considered to be very strong medicine, taken for typhoid. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 28, 76 |
20836 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken for colds and flu. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
20837 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken or steam inhaled for flu. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
20866 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of dried root taken for influenza. | 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 97-100 |
20867 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root and sometimes leaves used as an antiseptic wash for smallpox. | 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 97-100 |
20892 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of dried root taken for influenza. | 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 97-100 |
20893 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root and sometimes leaves used as an antiseptic wash for smallpox. | 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 97-100 |
20914 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 97-100 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of dried root taken for influenza. | 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 97-100 |
20951 | Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose 2243 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 69 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Dried roots soaked overnight and chewed for flu. | 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 69 |
21128 | Lonicera dioica L. 2261 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 43 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of peeled, internodal stem lengths used for flu. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 43 |
21251 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 43 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of plants taken for grippe and scarlet fever. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 43 |
21364 | Lupinus sp. 2306 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 77 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken and rubbed on mumps. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 77 |
21455 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for chickenpox and poultice of plant used for toothaches. | 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 42 |
21467 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for chickenpox and poultice of plant used for toothaches. | 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 42 |
21565 | Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook. 2333 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 191 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves taken for smallpox and measles. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 191 |
21598 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 52, 53 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Smoke from burning roots inhaled for influenza and bad dreams. | 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 52, 53 |
21694 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 38 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots used in a steam for stroke. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
21825 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves and roots used as a steambath for 'yellow fever.' | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
21940 | Mahonia pinnata ssp. pinnata 2375 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root taken for ague. | 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 167 |
21941 | Mahonia pinnata ssp. pinnata 2375 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 168 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves chewed as a preventative of ague. | 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 168 |
22098 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 230231 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root cooked in kettle to prevent sickness during time of plague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 230231 |
22293 | Malus ioensis var. ioensis 2393 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 242 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used fifty years ago for smallpox. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 242 |
22316 | Malus sp. 2395 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 659 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Strong decoction of plant taken, used as wash and herbal steam for rabies. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 659 |
22437 | Marrubium vulgare L. 2417 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of plant taken for influenza. | 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 41 |
22445 | Marshallia obovata (Walt.) Beadle & F.E. Boynt. 2418 | Catawba 30 | s37 75 | 191 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used in certain diseases. | Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 191 |
22455 | Matelea biflora (Raf.) Woods. 2420 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 9 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root paste used for diphtheria and other throat closing ailments in children. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9 |
22462 | Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm.) Woods. 2421 | Comanche 48 | j68 143 | 9 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root paste used for diphtheria and other throat closing ailments in children. | Jones, David E., 1968, Comanche Plant Medicine, Papers in Anthropology 9:1-13, page 9 |
22570 | Melissa officinalis L. 2437 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 24 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for typhus fevers, chills and fevers. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
22699 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for influenza. | 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 41 |
22779 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 233 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant taken to prevent influenza. One informant said that during the flu epidemic after the first World War, her grandmother made a big potful of mint tea. She and her family drank this and didn't get sick. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 233 |
22811 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48, 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Given for cholera infantum. | 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, 49 |
22823 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 427 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of powdered plants taken for typhoid. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 427 |
22846 | Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] 2442 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48, 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Given for cholera infantum. | 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, 49 |
22898 | Mentzelia laevicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Torr. & Gray 2453 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 30 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken for mumps, measles and smallpox. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 30 |
22953 | Menyanthes trifoliata L. 2462 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 287 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots or leaves taken to put on weight during the flu. | 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 287 |
22975 | Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don 2465 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 184 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves taken for smallpox and measles. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184 |
22976 | Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don 2465 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 16 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used for measles and smallpox. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16 |
23132 | Mitchella repens L. 2494 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 442 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of plant taken by pregnant mother to prevent rickets in baby. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 442 |
23171 | Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don 2501 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 64 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion gargled and decoction taken for sore throat or diphtheria. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64 |
23184 | Monarda didyma L. 2503 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaf used to 'bring out measles' and infusion used to 'sweat off flu.' | 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 |
23206 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 39 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaf used to 'bring out measles' and infusion used to 'sweat off flu.' | 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 |
23228 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 70 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for flu and chills. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 70 |
23301 | Monarda pectinata Nutt. 2507 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Cold infusion taken and used as poultice for influenza. | 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 41 |
23782 | Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats. 2577 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 108 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant taken for measles. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 108 |
23925 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaf used for ague, 'locked-jaw' and 'black-yellow disease.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
23965 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaf used for ague, 'locked-jaw' and 'black-yellow disease.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
24058 | Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (Ait.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2595 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 318 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken to dry up smallpox. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 318 |
24159 | Nymphaea odorata Ait. 2599 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 58 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves used for grippe. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
24307 | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner 2620 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Hot poultice of plant applied for mumps. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33 |
24437 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Bark and other plants used for diabetes. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24438 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of inner bark used for flu. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24456 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Bark and other plants used for diabetes. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24457 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of inner bark used for flu. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24543 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 164 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken for diabetes. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 164 |
24544 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 164 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of sticks, with the spines and outer bark removed, taken for influenza and other illnesses. The infusion was taken in doses of about one half cup before meals, to replace milk and other beverages. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 164 |
24557 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Bark and other plants used for diabetes. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24558 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 152 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of inner bark used for flu. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
25012 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 109110 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root taken for colds and influenza. | 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 109110 |
25040 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 109110 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root taken for colds and influenza. | 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 109110 |
25041 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 109110 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root used as an antiseptic wash for measles. | 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 109110 |
25055 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Washo 276 | tha41 12 | 109110 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root taken for colds and influenza. | 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 109110 |
25260 | Oxytropis sp. 2723 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for rabies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 57 |
25373 | Panax quinquefolius L. 2733 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 395 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken for vomiting from cholera morbus. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
25430 | Panax trifolius L. 2735 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for 'diseases induced by mercury' and pox. | 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 |
25473 | Panicum sp. 2742 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 667 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Warm infusion of leaves taken for fevers, especially malaria. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 667 |
25475 | Panicum sp. 2742 | Natchez 156 | t40 115 | 6 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant taken for malaria. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 6 |
25541 | Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. 2757 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 63 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of crushed leaves and vinegar applied for lockjaw. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 63 |
25803 | Peniocereus greggii var. greggii 2794 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 55 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken for diabetes. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 55 |
25891 | Penstemon fruticosus (Pursh) Greene 2808 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 139 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant tops taken for flu. | 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 139 |
25933 | Penstemon richardsonii Dougl. ex Lindl. 2819 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 139 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of stalks with leaves and flowers taken for typhoid fever. | 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 139 |
25978 | Pericome caudata Gray 2829 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Cold infusion of leaves taken for influenza. | 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 |
26192 | Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. 2842 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 395 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for the first stages of grippe. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 395 |
26214 | Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. 2842 | Tanaina 254 | s73 94 | 329 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for diseases from rheumatism to tuberculosis. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 329 |
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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) );