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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
43587 | Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt. 4198 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 148 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of root used as a 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 148 |
43479 | Vitis vulpina L. 4184 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 364 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root taken for diabetes. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
43205 | Vicia caroliniana Walt. 4140 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for 'blacks' and compound used for rheumatism. | 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 |
43172 | Viburnum prunifolium L. 4136 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion taken for smallpox and 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 62 |
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 |
43129 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 63 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Bark used for swollen glands and mumps. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 63 |
43121 | Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray 4133 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion taken for smallpox and 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 62 |
43097 | Viburnum lentago L. 4132 | Delaware, Ontario 64 | t42 22 | 66, 82 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of leaves taken for measles. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 66, 82 |
43011 | Viburnum acerifolium L. 4128 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion taken for smallpox and 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 62 |
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 |
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 |
42884 | Verbena lasiostachys Link 4109 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 15 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant used for typhoid fever. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 15 |
42804 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 432 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of leaves applied to face for mumps. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 432 |
42777 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Cherokee 32 | t40 115 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of beaten leaves applied to the throat for diphtheria. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 57 |
42776 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 45 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves wrapped around neck for mumps and scalded leaves used on swollen glands. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
42744 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of root used for phlebitis. One informant cautioned that it should not be taken internally because of its extreme toxicity. | 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 131 |
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 |
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 |
42481 | Valeriana acutiloba Rydb. 4091 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | 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 45 |
42234 | Vaccinium ovatum Pursh 4083 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 60 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves taken for diabetes. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 60 |
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 |
41812 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 146 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used as an inhalant in the sweatbath for grippe or pneumonia. | 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 146 |
41682 | Urtica dioica L. 4058 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion 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 46 |
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 |
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 |
41104 | Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. 4044 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 111 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark used 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 111 |
41085 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 111 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark used 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 111 |
40904 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 62, 63 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Bark used for grippe and inner bark used for scurvy. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62, 63 |
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 |
40574 | Trichostema lanceolatum Benth. 3995 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 173174 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and flowers used as a bath for smallpox. | 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 173174 |
40573 | Trichostema lanceolatum Benth. 3995 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 173174 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and flowers used as a bath 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 173174 |
40572 | Trichostema lanceolatum Benth. 3995 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 173 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and flowers taken for malaria. | 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 |
40571 | Trichostema lanceolatum Benth. 3995 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 173 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaves and flowers 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 |
40554 | Trichostema lanceolatum Benth. 3995 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 385 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used as a wash for typhoid fever. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 385 |
40491 | Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze 3977 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant considered poison and taken in some form 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 57 |
40254 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 94 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of old or green cones taken for leprosy. | 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 94 |
39855 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Twigs burned as a disinfectant to fumigate a house for smallpox. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
39764 | Thamnosma montana Torr. & Fr‚m. 3930 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 145146 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of stems 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 145146 |
39663 | Tetradymia comosa Gray 3915 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 144145 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of stems 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 144145 |
39591 | Taxus canadensis Marsh. 3903 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 62 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Parts of plant used for scurvy. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62 |
39227 | Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. 3880 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 37 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Small portions of leaves chewed for epilepsy. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
39213 | Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum 3876 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 463 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of roots taken for typhoid. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 463 |
39018 | Suaeda moquinii (Torr.) Greene 3846 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 143 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Crushed fresh plants rubbed on chicken pox to stop itching and to dry sores. | 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 143 |
38995 | Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell. 3841 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 65 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of bean taken for typhoid. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65 |
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 |
38905 | Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. 3826 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 50 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for measles. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50 |
38839 | Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt. 3818 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 142 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of mashed root applied for congestion of diphtheria. | 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 142 |
38630 | Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don 3771 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 163 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for influenza. | 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 163 |
38558 | Sorbus aucuparia L. 3759 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 78 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for diphtheria. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 78 |
38459 | Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. spathulata (DC.) Cronq. 3743 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 184 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of toasted, powdered leaves mixed with grease and used for mumps. | 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 184 |
38448 | Solidago odora Ait. 3740 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for nerves 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 36 |
38401 | Solidago canadensis L. 3734 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 84 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of flower heads taken for the 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 84 |
38311 | Solanum nigrum L. 3724 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 14 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of plant used for scarlet fever. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14 |
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 |
38065 | Sinapis alba L. 3689 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | 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 46 |
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 |
37728 | Senna tora (L.) Roxb. 3653 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 65 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of root taken for typhoid. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65 |
37716 | Senna marilandica (L.) Link 3651 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for 'blacks' (hands and eye sockets turn black). | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54 |
37705 | Senna hebecarpa (Fern.) Irwin & Barneby 3650 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken for 'blacks' (hands and eye sockets turn black). | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54 |
37598 | Scutellaria lateriflora L. 3626 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 422 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of powdered roots taken to prevent smallpox. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 422 |
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 |
37262 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Nanticoke 154 | t42 22 | 56 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of plant taken to prevent fever and ague. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 56 |
37239 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 60 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of fresh or dried root taken for measles and scarlet fever. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60 |
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 |
37220 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | 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 54 |
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 |
37201 | Sarracenia purpurea L. 3588 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 61 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots used for smallpox and herbs used for consumption. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
37058 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 68 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of root used for diphtheria, considered a throat disease. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 68 |
36886 | Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 3569 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 10 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Blossoms used for measles. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 10 |
36706 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 450 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of berries taken and poultice applied to swellings caused by mumps. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 450 |
36705 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 448 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of bark taken for the measles. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 448 |
36704 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 450 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound decoction of plants taken for diphtheria. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 450 |
36632 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 138 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of blossoms taken for flu. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 138 |
36552 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 172 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of blossoms 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 172 |
36526 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 62 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of flowers taken for measles. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 62 |
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 |
36432 | Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii var. incana (Benth.) Strachan 3559 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 136137 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of leaf and sometimes stem taken for fevers 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 136137 |
36368 | Salvia apiana Jepson 3555 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 39 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Leaves burned in hot coals to fumigate the house after a case of sickness such as measles. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 39 |
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 |
36260 | Salix sp. 3551 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 133-136 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of burned stems taken by adults and children for intestinal 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 133-136 |
36162 | Salix sp. 3551 | Creek 59 | t40 115 | 12 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots used for malaria. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 12 |
36161 | Salix sp. 3551 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 655 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Compound infusion of root taken for malaria. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655 |
35945 | Salix lasiolepis Benth. 3536 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 366 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of bark used for measles. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366 |
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 |
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 |
35508 | Rumex venosus Pursh 3496 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 132133 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots 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 132133 |
35454 | Rumex salicifolius Weinm. 3494 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 60 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Mashed roots used as a salve for chicken pox. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 60 |
35358 | Rumex giganteus Ait. 3486 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 73 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for leprosy. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
34520 | Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (Michx.) Focke 3454 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 132 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots or stems taken for measles. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 132 |
34223 | Rosa woodsii Lindl. 3434 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 129-131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Decoction of roots given to children for intestinal 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 129-131 |
34046 | Rosa nutkana K. Presl 3427 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 67 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Crushed petals rubbed on children's bodies to prevent smallpox. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67 |
33695 | Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 3392 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion taken 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 36 |
33304 | Rhus typhina L. 3355 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 38 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Infusion of leaves used as gargle for sore throat, tonsillitis and erysipelas. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 38 |
33239 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Yokia 285 | c02 89 | 365 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Dried, powdered berries used for smallpox sores. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 365 |
33230 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Round Valley Indian 214 | c02 89 | 365 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Dried, powdered berries used for smallpox sores. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 365 |
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 |
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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) );