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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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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 |
431 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 145 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Wood burned to charcoal, mixed with water and brown sugar and taken for polio. The wood was always taken early in the morning from the sunrise side of the tree. | 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 145 |
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 |
31097 | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium 3194 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51, 52 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Warm liquid blown down throat for clogged throat (diphtheria). | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51, 52 |
9461 | Chenopodium botrys L. 896 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Warm infusion of root taken in winter for 'fever diseases.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41 |
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 |
31096 | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium 3194 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51, 52 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used in a sweatbath for various diseases. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51, 52 |
2054 | Allium canadense L. 138 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for scurvy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
2218 | Allium sativum L. 157 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for scurvy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
2313 | Allium vineale L. 166 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for scurvy. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
8268 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8315 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8384 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for poliomyelitis pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
16871 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 366 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for mumps. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366 |
728 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 154 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for grippe. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
4273 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 154 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for grippe. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
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 |
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 |
4883 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used for 'black-yellow' diseases. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
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 |
4882 | Aristolochia serpentaria L. 374 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Used as a tonic for typhus fevers and 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 55 |
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 |
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 |
5968 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 35, 36 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Taken for typhus fever, 'ague and fever.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35, 36 |
14969 | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne 1640 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Taken for scurvy. | 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 |
27734 | Pinus glabra Walt. 2962 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Taken for gout, to break out measles and for complications from mumps. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28282 | Pinus virginiana P. Mill. 2979 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Taken for gout, to break out measles and for complications from mumps. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
1874 | Ageratina altissima var. altissima 98 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | 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 56 |
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 |
7469 | Brassica napus L. 617 | 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 |
7483 | Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch 618 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
26979 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 59 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Stems 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 59 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31416 | Psorothamnus polydenius var. polydenius 3209 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 64-66 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Simple or compound decoction of plant taken and used as a 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 64-66 |
31718 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 126-128 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Simple or compound decoction of plant taken and used as a wash for diseases with rashes. | 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 126-128 |
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 |
27452 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 70 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Sap mixed with deer tallow and used for psoriasis and other diseases. | 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 |
28835 | Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Morong 3049 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 125 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots used to prevent measles and other diseases. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 125 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
9995 | Cirsium rothrockii (Gray) Petrak 969 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 46 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots used as a lotion or eaten raw for smallpox. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 46 |
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 |
28302 | Piper methysticum G. Forst. 2980 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 17 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots chewed to prevent contagious diseases of all sorts, especially skin diseases and eye troubles. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
16060 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 46 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Roots chewed for the flu. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 46 |
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 |
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 |
16873 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for smallpox and cholera. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
407 | Acalypha virginica L. 19 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for 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 61 |
14452 | Eupatorium maculatum L. 1579 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41, 42 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for gout and 'dropsy.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42 |
14552 | Eupatorium purpureum L. 1582 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41, 42 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for gout and 'dropsy.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41, 42 |
1325 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 53, 54 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for cholera, smallpox and other epidemics. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53, 54 |
18098 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Micmac 141 | cfh79 35 | 57 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Root used for cholera and the prevention of disease. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
4945 | Artemisia absinthium L. 382 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of pounded leaves applied 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 75 |
12760 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of plant applied to enlarged glands, as in mumps. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12785 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of plant applied to enlarged glands, as in mumps. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12796 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of plant applied to enlarged glands, as in mumps. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12806 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of plant applied to enlarged glands, as in mumps. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
12821 | Echinacea angustifolia DC. 1348 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 131 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of plant applied to enlarged glands, as in mumps. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
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 |
15426 | Gaillardia aristata Pursh 1675 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 181 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of lightly toasted, pounded plant mixed with bear 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 181 |
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 |
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 |
31113 | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium 3194 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 661 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of decoction of leaves applied to throat for mumps. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661 |
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 |
17967 | Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta 1999 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 77-80 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Poultice of boiled, drained and mashed plant applied for erysipelas. | 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 77-80 |
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 |
31641 | Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson 3229 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 61 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used in several compounds taken and used as washes for smallpox and 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 61 |
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 |
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 |
4040 | Aralia nudicaulis L. 318 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 394 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for sugar diabetes. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 394 |
4924 | Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. 377 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 342 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for sugar diabetes. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 342 |
30201 | Prunella vulgaris L. 3159 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 425 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for sugar diabetes. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 425 |
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 |
6504 | Astragalus kentrophyta var. kentrophyta 479 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 56 | 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 56 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
6354 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | 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 39 |
16839 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 56 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Plant used for influenza. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 56 |
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 |
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 |
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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) );