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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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205 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 509 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Branches thought to be of help to young girl under 'magical spell.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 509 |
250 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 5 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Burning needle smoke and aroma used to chase away bad influences (illness). | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 5 |
938 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 47, 48 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Flowers smudged on live coals to repel evil spirits. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 47, 48 |
1159 | Aconitum columbianum Nutt. 49 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 117 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Used for witchcraft. | 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 117 |
1210 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 42 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Bit of root tied to clothes to keep night spirits away from children. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
1211 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 7 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used to ward off ghosts. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
1212 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 171 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Root tied to child's dress or blanket to keep away the night spirits. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 171 |
1301 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 278 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Used for the detection of bewitchment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 278 |
1707 | Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders 86 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 41 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used to protect from witches. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 41 |
1885 | Ageratina altissima var. altissima 98 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 458 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of stems used as a witchcraft medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 458 |
1903 | Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene 102 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for protection from witches. | 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 47 |
2410 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 301 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction used to paint a trap or bow and arrow as a charm to get game. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301 |
2803 | Amaranthus retroflexus L. 193 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 316 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction and doll used to 'make a person break out like cancer.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 316 |
3275 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 49 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Flowers smoked in a pipe or smudged on coals to repel evil spirits. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 49 |
3322 | Androsace septentrionalis L. 245 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 38 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as a lotion to give protection from witches. | 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 38 |
3324 | Androsace septentrionalis ssp. subulifera (Gray) G.T. Robbins 246 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for bewitchment and pain from witches' arrows. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
3329 | Anemone canadensis L. 248 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 328 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound infusion of plants and liquor used to counteract witch medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328 |
3359 | Anemone virginiana L. 254 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 327 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound infusion of smashed plants taken as an emetic to remove bewitchment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 327 |
3360 | Anemone virginiana L. 254 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 328 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Root used as revenge to 'kill man who played a trick on man's son.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328 |
3361 | Anemone virginiana L. 254 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 327 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Roots placed under the pillow to dream the truth about wife's crookedness. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 327 |
3444 | Angelica atropurpurea L. 259 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 401 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used to punish evil persons. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 401 |
3612 | Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. 277 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of root taken for protection from witches. | 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 47 |
3627 | Antennaria rosulata Rydb. 280 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of root taken for protection from witches. | 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 47 |
3896 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 320 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound used to detect bewitchment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
4327 | Arctium sp. 329 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 474 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant or roots used several ways for magical illnesses or sorcery. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 474 |
4833 | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott 367 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 129 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compounded pulverized root used in lip incision to counteract 'witchery' to face. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 129 |
5072 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves rubbed on body to keep ghosts away. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5073 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves rubbed on corpse handlers to ward off ghosts of the deceased. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5074 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant worn on a necklace to prevent dreaming of the dead. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5075 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Poisoned leaves carried to avoid personal injury. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5183 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used to keep away sickness and germs. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
5517 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as incense to exorcise evil powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5549 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as incense to exorcise evil powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5555 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as incense to exorcise evil powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5560 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as incense to exorcise evil powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5568 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as incense to exorcise evil powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5788 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 58 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used to fumigate the house and keep germs off. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
5844 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves rubbed on body to keep ghosts away. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5845 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves rubbed on corpse handlers to ward off ghosts of the deceased. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5846 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant worn on a necklace to prevent dreaming of the dead. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
5847 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Poisoned leaves carried to avoid personal injury. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
6014 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 309 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction or infusion used internally or externally before visiting the sick. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
6015 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 308 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used several ways to detect or protect people from witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
6137 | Asclepias incarnata L. 434 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 418 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of plant used to increase one's strength to be able to physically punish a witch. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 418 |
7070 | Besseya plantaginea (James) Rydb. 572 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 43 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Lotion from plant applied to body for protection from witches. | 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 43 |
7937 | Campanula rotundifolia L. 713 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant rubbed on body for protection from witches. | 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 47 |
8046 | Cardamine douglassii Britt. 731 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 340 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of smashed roots used to divine the perpetrator of witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 340 |
8512 | Castilleja miniata Dougl. ex Hook. 790 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used in a drink and lotion as protection from witches. | 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 44 |
9295 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 389 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound decoction of plants and a doll used for black magic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 389 |
9364 | Chelone glabra L. 892 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 434 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of smashed roots taken as an anti-witchcraft medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 434 |
10205 | Clematis hirsutissima Pursh 1017 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant or root taken and used as a lotion to protect from witches. | 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 27 |
10232 | Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. 1019 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant or root taken and used as a lotion to protect against witches. | 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 27 |
10687 | Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. 1073 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 290 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of pounded roots used as an anti-witch medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 290 |
11062 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 405 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound of plant and dried snake's blood used as a 'witching medicine.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 405 |
11420 | Crataegus punctata Jacq. 1129 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 351 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction taken to prevent 'breaking out like cancer' caused by witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 351 |
11448 | Crataegus submollis Sarg. 1133 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 351 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction and doll used to 'make a person break out like cancer.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 351 |
12214 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used by witches, but cannot harm one who knows how to use it. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42 |
12653 | Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata 1325 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 50 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Flowers smudged to repel evil spirits from sickroom. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 50 |
12662 | Draba helleriana Greene 1326 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion to protect against witches. | 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 28 |
13740 | Erigeron eximius Greene 1471 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for protection from witches. | 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 51 |
13973 | Eriogonum annuum Nutt. 1497 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 23 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion used for protection against witches. | 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 23 |
14006 | Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. 1506 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 42 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of plants used as an anti-witchcraft medicine. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 42 |
14441 | Euonymus obovata Nutt. 1577 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 375 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound infusion of plants taken by people who are bewitched. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 375 |
14510 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 457 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for sorcery. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 457 |
14578 | Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. 1585 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 30 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for bewitchment. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 30 |
14660 | Fagopyrum esculentum Moench 1602 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 313 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction taken by the mother 'who is running around, making baby sick.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313 |
14706 | Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. 1604 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 26 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as witchcraft to cause insanity. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26 |
15436 | Gaillardia pinnatifida Torr. 1676 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for bewitchment. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
15461 | Galeopsis tetrahit L. 1681 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 425 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of roots taken to vomit as a cure for bewitching. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 425 |
15759 | Gentiana affinis Griseb. 1713 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 69 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used as an antidote for witchcraft. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 69 |
15767 | Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. 1715 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 414 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root hung in house as an anti-witch charm. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 414 |
15768 | Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. 1715 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 414 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of dried roots taken for headaches and to cure jealous witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 414 |
15860 | Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. 1730 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 225 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Flowers possibly used for witchcraft. | 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 225 |
16716 | Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora 1839 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant designated as a witchcraft plant. | 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 54 |
16759 | Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark 1849 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 328 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | 'Chewed by women to bewitch men and make them crazy by affecting their hearts.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 328 |
16822 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 25 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Roots, red elder bark and juniper boughs used as a smudge for evil witchcraft victims. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 25 |
16863 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 55 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | An evil medicine used by sorcerers. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 55 |
17220 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 9 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant burned in homes to prevent evil. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
17466 | Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides E. Small 1921 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for protection against witches. | 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 |
17559 | Hylotelephium telephium ssp. telephium 1939 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 343 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Poultice of stalks and leaves applied to injuries resulting from witching. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 343 |
17898 | Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F.W. Mey. 1991 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 419 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant had magical potency. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 419 |
18148 | Iva xanthifolia Nutt. 2022 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion or decoction taken and used as lotion for protection from witches. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 52 |
18284 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 296 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of bark used as a medicine for rain. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 296 |
18380 | Juncus mertensianus Bong. 2046 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 38 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant used for 'witchcraft' or 'plhax.' | 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 38 |
18546 | Juniperus communis var. montana Ait. 2055 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 25 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Boughs, red elder bark and cow parsnip roots used for evil witchcraft victims. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 25 |
19000 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion in ceremony for protection from witches. | 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 12 |
19233 | Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Small) J. Silba 2065 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 394 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves used to make a witchcraft medicine. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 394 |
19462 | Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell 2093 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 307 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction taken 'when your woman goes off and won't come back.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 307 |
20036 | Lewisia rediviva Pursh 2159 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 114 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | 'Hearts' used in some type of witchcraft. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 114 |
20266 | Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker 2184 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 46 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Bulbs dried, mashed with 'stink bugs,' powdered and used against 'plhax,' that is, witchcraft. | 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 46 |
20298 | Lilium philadelphicum L. 2188 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 125 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Poultice of bulbs applied to dog bites and caused dog's fangs to drop out. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 125 |
20327 | Limosella aquatica L. 2194 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Leaves rubbed on body ceremonially for protection against witches. | 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 44 |
20339 | Linaria vulgaris P. Mill. 2197 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 433 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound infusion of smashed plants taken to vomit and remove bewitching. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 433 |
20626 | Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm. 2219 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 508 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Root used to 'inflict sickness or bad luck on persons.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 508 |
20659 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 452 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of roots taken or poultice applied for trouble caused by witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 452 |
20686 | Lobelia inflata L. 2222 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 454 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of plant taken to counteract sickness produced by witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 454 |
20703 | Lobelia siphilitica L. 2224 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 453 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of smashed plants taken for anti-bewitchment. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 453 |
21285 | Lotus wrightii (Gray) Greene 2279 | Zuni 291 | cb80 157 | 376 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Poultice of chewed root applied to swellings caused by being witched by a bullsnake. | Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 376 |
21343 | Lupinus perennis L. 2300 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 40 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Plant rubbed on hands or body to give person power to control horses. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 40 |
21709 | Lythrum salicaria L. 2343 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 389 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound decoction of plants taken for fever and sickness caused by the dead. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 389 |
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