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id | species | tribe | source | pageno ▼ | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
30177 | Prunella vulgaris L. 3159 | 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 |
14612 | Euphorbia sp. 1592 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 192 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves taken for sugar diabetes. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 192 |
12841 | Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. 1350 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 20 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken for smallpox, mumps and measles. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20 |
3828 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 201 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used as a universal remedy for many things, especially dropsy and ague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 201 |
4082 | Aralia racemosa L. 319 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 204 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots and spurge taken for sugar diabetes. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 204 |
33177 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 21 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Powdered fruit applied as a lotion or dusted on the affected surface in cases of smallpox. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 21 |
34823 | Rubus parviflorus Nutt. 3463 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 21 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Young sprouts considered a valuable antiscorbutic. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 21 |
35520 | Rumex verticillatus L. 3497 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 21 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used as a bath to prevent smallpox. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 21 |
1022 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 210 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves and blossoms taken for ague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 210 |
5755 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Sanpoil 225 | r32 44 | 217 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of pulverized leaves and stems taken for 'la grippe.' | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 217 |
6614 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 217 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves made into a soapy lather and used for itches or rashes, such as chickenpox or measles. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 217 |
13575 | Ericameria brachylepis (Gray) Hall 1444 | Diegueno 65 | h75 122 | 219 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of fresh or dried, entire plant taken for 'pasmo,' a malady with chills. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 219 |
11507 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 22 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of ground whole plant, roots and salt taken for grippe. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
17465 | Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides E. Small 1921 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used 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 22 |
29788 | Portulaca oleracea L. 3116 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 22 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used as a lotion for scarlet fever. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 22 |
38924 | Stephanomeria spinosa (Nutt.) S. Tomb 3831 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 22 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of smashed roots used as a steambath for mumps. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 22 |
31757 | Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern. 3236 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 226227 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant tops taken for ague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 226227 |
16012 | Gleditsia triacanthos L. 1752 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 228229 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark used for measles and especially smallpox. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 228229 |
12025 | Dalea purpurea var. purpurea 1226 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 229 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root taken for measles. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 229 |
3425 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | 'Root tonic' taken for ague. | 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 |
35519 | Rumex verticillatus L. 3497 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 23 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves used in bath to prevent smallpox. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 23 |
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 |
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 |
28595 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 235 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark used as wash to dry smallpox pustules and prevent scars. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 235 |
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 |
37233 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Choctaw 39 | t40 115 | 24 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken for measles. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 24 |
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 |
15498 | Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray 1686 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 244 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of whole plant used for ague. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244 |
43005 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 247 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root taken for 'ague of long standing.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247 |
16868 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 249 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root used for erysipelas. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 249 |
36355 | Salsola tragus L. 3554 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 25 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant ashes taken and used externally for smallpox and 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 25 |
37762 | Sesamum orientale L. 3656 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and seeds given 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 25 |
41378 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Sioux 238 | b05 73 | 25 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of fruit spikes, down and coyote fat applied to smallpox pustules. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
44054 | Yucca filamentosa L. 4229 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for diabetes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
16859 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 256 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root shoots used for smallpox. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 256 |
16860 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 256 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion used for cholera. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 256 |
5875 | Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) Fern. 414 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 257 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of washed roots taken for influenza. It was said that too much of the decoction should not be taken because it would make you 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 257 |
2001 | Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 128 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 26 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Stem base taken for stomach 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 26 |
14481 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for 'ague,' colds and 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 26 |
37267 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 26 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken for the rash and fever of measles. | 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 26 |
29033 | Polypodium virginianum L. 3080 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 260 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction taken for cholera. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 260 |
30861 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 264 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of branches, sometimes with red willow branches & wild rose roots, taken for influenza. | 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 264 |
28206 | Pinus strobus L. 2977 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 265 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Raw bark taken to prevent typhoid. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 265 |
12257 | Daucus carota L. 1245 | Mohegan 149 | tan28 110 | 269 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of blossoms, must be full bloom, taken for diabetes. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 269 |
34647 | Rubus leucodermis Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray 3457 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 269 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Mild infusion of washed roots taken for influenza. | 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 269 |
40876 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 269 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction taken for cholera. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 269 |
6533 | Astragalus pattersonii Gray 489 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 27 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for mumps. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27 |
41231 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 271 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | 'Patient sleeps on mattress made of plant' for cysts of yellow fever. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 271 |
9901 | Cinna arundinacea L. 948 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 274 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of plants taken for sugar diabetes. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
9846 | Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose 941 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 276 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots smashed, steamed, peeled, powdered, mixed with oil and taken for any serious disease. | 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 276 |
2941 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 28 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of sticks taken 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 28 |
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 |
30577 | Prunus serotina Ehrh. 3177 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 28 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of bark used as a wash for ague. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 28 |
30736 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 28 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of bark used as a wash for ague. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 28 |
30324 | Prunus cerasus L. 3164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28, 29 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound of barks added to corn whiskey and used 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 28, 29 |
30480 | Prunus pensylvanica L. f. 3172 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28, 29 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound of barks added to corn whiskey and used 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 28, 29 |
30576 | Prunus serotina Ehrh. 3177 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28, 29 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound of barks added to corn whiskey and used 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 28, 29 |
30735 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28, 29 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound of barks added to corn whiskey and used 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 28, 29 |
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 |
10401 | Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. 1031 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 283 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of smashed whole plants taken for sugar diabetes. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 283 |
15484 | Galium asprellum Michx. 1683 | Choctaw 39 | c51 138 | 287 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Whole plant used for measles. | 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 287 |
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 |
38121 | Sisyrinchium montanum Greene 3699 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 288 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction taken for fevers such as malaria and scarlet fever but not typhoid. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288 |
6752 | Aureolaria pedicularia var. pedicularia 525 | Chickasaw 35 | c51 138 | 289 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used as an anti-scorbutic. | 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 |
8413 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 29 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion given for typhoid. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29 |
12248 | Daucus carota L. 1245 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 29, 76 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of fresh blossoms taken for diabetes. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 76 |
42514 | Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica S. Wats. 4093 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 290 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots, leaves, stems and flowers taken for influenza. | 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 290 |
42556 | Valeriana sitchensis Bong. 4095 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 290 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots, leaves, stems and flowers taken for influenza. | 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 290 |
29613 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 292 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Cold, compound infusion of bark taken for measles. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 292 |
29614 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 292 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of wetted bark applied for pleurisy. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 292 |
12651 | Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. 1324 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 3 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves and other plants used as a wash for contagious diseases. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 3 |
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 |
31829 | Pyrus sp. 3248 | Cree, Hudson Bay 56 | h84 83 | 303 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Branch bark used for inflammatory diseases. | Holmes, E.M., 1884, Medicinal Plants Used by Cree Indians, Hudson's Bay Territory, The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 15:302-304, page 303 |
31924 | Quercus bicolor Willd. 3254 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 303 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of bark taken for cholera. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
5997 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 308 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of roots taken for typhoid, measles and scarlet fever. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
18111 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 308309 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root taken for cholera. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 308309 |
6447 | Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones 461 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 31 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots chewed for stomach 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 31 |
17329 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction 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 31 |
42976 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | 'Good for typhus and bilious 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 31 |
43134 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Penobscot 192 | s17 103 | 310 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of berries taken for swollen glands and mumps. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
35276 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 311 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken and poultice applied for yellow fever. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 311 |
37205 | Sarracenia purpurea L. 3588 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 314 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used as medicine for smallpox. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
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 |
10760 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of bark and root used for childhood diseases like worms and 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 32 |
10761 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of flower taken '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 32 |
10876 | Cornus florida L. 1093 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of bark and root used for childhood diseases like worms and 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 32 |
10877 | Cornus florida L. 1093 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of flower taken '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 32 |
16001 | Gleditsia triacanthos L. 1752 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 32 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of sprigs, thorns and branches used as a bath to prevent smallpox. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 32 |
32639 | Ranunculus abortivus L. 3299 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 320 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots taken to dry up smallpox. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
5591 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | 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 |
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 |
41856 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | 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 |
5894 | Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris (Maxim.) Hara 416 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Raw leaves chewed for smallpox. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 33 |
17310 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of seeds taken for smallpox, black measles and chicken pox. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 33 |
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 |
26221 | Peteria scoparia Gray 2844 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of tops 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 33 |
31442 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used as a tonic, antiseptic, antiemetic and for cholera-morbus. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33 |
36482 | Salvia sp. 3563 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 33 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves given frequently to children for measles. | 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 |
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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) );