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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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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 |
41884 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 68 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | 'Children walk through nettles to prepare them for practice of witchcraft.' | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 68 |
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 |
24061 | Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (Ait.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2595 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 319 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | 'Hung up inside to keep witches away' as an anti-witch remedy. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 319 |
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 |
22962 | Menziesia ferruginea Sm. 2463 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 107 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Bark used to counteract evil spells and doctor remedies. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 107 |
36785 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 24 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Bark, juniper roots 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 24 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
38029 | Silphium perfoliatum L. 3687 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 468 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Burned root soot placed on cheek to prevent sickness caused by the dead. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468 |
28225 | Pinus strobus L. 2977 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 266 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Burning branch smoke drove away ghosts from the house of returning people. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 266 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
40777 | Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal. 4029 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 26 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant taken 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 26 |
23556 | Myosurus apetalus var. borealis Whittemore 2553 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant taken 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 |
31363 | Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb. 3205 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 34 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of plant 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 34 |
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 |
42877 | Verbena hastata L. 4108 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 422 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion of smashed leaves used to make an obnoxious person leave. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 422 |
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 |
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 |
38495 | Solidago velutina DC. 3752 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion taken and used as lotion in witchcraft. | 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 53 |
39835 | Thlaspi montanum var. fendleri (Gray) P. Holmgren 3948 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Cold infusion taken and used as 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 29 |
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 |
23334 | Monarda sp. 2509 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 657 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound decoction of plant taken and used as a wash to protect from ghosts. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 657 |
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 |
33882 | Rosa acicularis Lindl. 3417 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 358 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound decoction of plants and doll used for black magic. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 358 |
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 |
31895 | Quercus alba L. 3253 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 303 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound decoction used '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 303 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
26223 | Peteria scoparia Gray 2844 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 33 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound infusion of tops 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 33 |
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 |
41690 | Urtica dioica L. 4058 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 307 | 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 307 |
21763 | Macromeria viridiflora DC. 2359 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 88 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound of plant smoked as a cure for persons with 'power to charm.' | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 88 |
42794 | Verbascum thapsus L. 4106 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 92 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound of plant smoked as cure for persons 'with power to charm.' | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92 |
29819 | Potamogeton sp. 3122 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 272 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound poultice bound to 'soreness all over in men from being witched.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
38598 | Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ex Gray 3767 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 272 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound poultice bound to 'soreness all over in men from being witched.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
25173 | Oxalis stricta L. 2711 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 365 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound used as an anti-witch medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
22090 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 284 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Compound used for witching. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 284 |
24062 | Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (Ait.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2595 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 319 | 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 319 |
40739 | Trillium sp. 4024 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 285 | 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 285 |
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 |
43302 | Viola sagittata Ait. 4163 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 386 | 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 386 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
41506 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 665 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of bark with gunpowder taken to speed delivery, sympathetic magic. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 665 |
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 |
31116 | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium 3194 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 663664 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of plant used as a wash for persons afflicted by ghosts. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 663664 |
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 |
42959 | Veronica officinalis L. 4124 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 436 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of plants taken as an emetic to neutralize witchcraft and spoil hunting. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
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 |
25980 | Pericome caudata Gray 2829 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 52 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of root used 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 |
40766 | Triosteum perfoliatum L. 4027 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 445 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of roots taken for stomach trouble caused by witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 445 |
39364 | Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 3894 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 477 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction of roots used as a wash for an anti-witch medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 477 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
34704 | Rubus occidentalis L. 3461 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 356 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction taken by a hunter and his wife to prevent her from fooling around. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 356 |
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 |
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 |
39190 | Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt.) Nesom 3873 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction 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 48 |
24399 | Onopordum acanthium L. 2636 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 476 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Decoction used for witchcraft poison and as an emetic to counter witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 476 |
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 |
38005 | Silphium laciniatum L. 3686 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
38010 | Silphium laciniatum L. 3686 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
38013 | Silphium laciniatum L. 3686 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
38016 | Silphium laciniatum L. 3686 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
38018 | Silphium laciniatum L. 3686 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 132 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |
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 |
40740 | Trillium sp. 4024 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 286 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Dry root carried for luck and for the protection of teeth. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 286 |
43748 | Xyris sp. 4222 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 395 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Flowering stems twisted into a witchcraft medicine. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
27563 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Gum applied to forehead as a protection from sorcery. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
27820 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Gum applied to forehead as a protection from sorcery. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
43021 | Viburnum acerifolium L. 4128 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 447 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of bark taken and applied as poultice for pain caused by witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 447 |
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 |
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 |
22857 | Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] 2442 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 428 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of plant will throw off witchcraft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428 |
38659 | Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea 3773 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 62 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of plants taken for diseases produced by witchcraft. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
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 |
42995 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 435 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of roots taken as a witch medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 435 |
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 |
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 |
34310 | Rubus allegheniensis Porter 3438 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 356 | Drug 2 | Witchcraft Medicine 89 | Infusion of roots used to make dogs good hunters and ensure them from theft. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 356 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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