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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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38494 | 3752 | 158 | 106 | 50 | 2 | 60 | Plant used as a lotion to bathe an infant hermaphrodite to become sensible. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50 |
39681 | 3918 | 158 | 106 | 44 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for dreaming of being bitten by an 'alligator.' | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 44 |
40297 | 3954 | 158 | 106 | 46 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for dreaming of being pursued by a deer. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 46 |
3981 | 312 | 158 | 106 | 23 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for effects of a bad dream. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23 |
22984 | 2469 | 90 | 68 | 73 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for insanity. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
15749 | 1710 | 158 | 106 | 33 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for the effects of a dream of a spider bite. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33 |
3526 | 265 | 66 | 94 | 325 | 2 | 60 | Plant used for the feeling of malaise. | Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 325 |
5432 | 401 | 33 | 39 | 190 | 2 | 60 | Plant used to drive away bad or ominous dreams. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 190 |
29802 | 3118 | 166 | 101 | 54 | 2 | 60 | Plants burned and ashes used for craziness. | 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 54 |
39604 | 3907 | 166 | 101 | 127 | 2 | 60 | Plants chewed as medicine to stop dreams of having sexual intercourse with the dead. | 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 127 |
22909 | 2454 | 107 | 79 | 54 | 2 | 60 | Plants used to make infants good horseback riders. Plants used to whip three or four month old infants, or ground leaves rubbed on their thighs so that they will become good horseback riders when they grow up. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 54 |
18283 | 2034 | 100 | 7 | 296 | 2 | 60 | Poultice of bark applied for 'craziness.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 296 |
32479 | 3289 | 160 | 81 | 375 | 2 | 60 | Poultice of hot pitch and powdered, burned acorns applied to mourning widows. | Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 375 |
3561 | 267 | 137 | 89 | 371 | 2 | 60 | Poultice of roots applied to head and ears for nightmares. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 371 |
20382 | 2201 | 255 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 60 | Poultice of the whole plant applied to the child's head to insure him a long life. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18 |
2898 | 203 | 139 | 21 | 210 | 2 | 60 | Root chewed to drive away fear at night. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 210 |
40503 | 3979 | 139 | 21 | 209 | 2 | 60 | Root gum inserted in cut on head 'to stop craziness.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 209 |
12100 | 1241 | 107 | 79 | 41 | 2 | 60 | Roots eaten to see into the future. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 41 |
350 | 10 | 107 | 79 | 24 | 2 | 60 | Roots ground, mixed with corn flour and eaten to keep one from becoming greedy. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 24 |
15744 | 1708 | 35 | 115 | 48 | 2 | 60 | Roots used for delirium. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 48 |
42750 | 4105 | 267 | 165 | 26 | 2 | 60 | Roots used for insanity. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
33490 | 3368 | 215 | 23 | 84 | 2 | 60 | Roots used with wild cherry roots to wash newborn children for intelligence and obedience. | 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 84 |
33565 | 3375 | 215 | 23 | 84 | 2 | 60 | Roots used with wild cherry roots to wash newborn children for intelligence and obedience. | 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 84 |
33621 | 3378 | 215 | 23 | 84 | 2 | 60 | Roots used with wild cherry roots to wash newborn children for intelligence and obedience. | 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 84 |
19447 | 2090 | 228 | 88 | 293 | 2 | 60 | Seeds burned to smoke the body for insanity. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 293 |
31124 | 3194 | 139 | 21 | 214215 | 2 | 60 | Smudge of herb used to 'bring back a loss of mind.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 214215 |
22100 | 2381 | 139 | 21 | 230231 | 2 | 60 | Smudge of root used in cases of insanity, to bring back to normal. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 230231 |
20014 | 2158 | 259 | 33 | 479 | 2 | 60 | Some believed that eating the roots caused insanity. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 479 |
10926 | 1096 | 259 | 10 | 204 | 2 | 60 | Strained decoction of flower heads used to wash the skin for 'seven year itch.' | 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 204 |
1483 | 63 | 100 | 7 | 321 | 2 | 60 | Taken and sprinkled on head to give 'young men the right sense.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 321 |
26872 | 2933 | 259 | 10 | 100 | 2 | 60 | Tree and red cedar tree caused vivid dreams for anyone who slept under it. | 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 100 |
40255 | 3951 | 259 | 10 | 94 | 2 | 60 | Tree or spruce tree said to cause vivid dreams for those who slept under them. | 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 |
7948 | 720 | 100 | 7 | 306 | 2 | 60 | Used after patient gets well but doesn't think that he's recovered. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306 |
3340 | 249 | 139 | 21 | 238 | 2 | 60 | Used as a medicine for 'crazy people.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 238 |
16402 | 1796 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 60 | Used for 'good memory.' | 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 |
28489 | 3004 | 95 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 60 | Used to make a person more agreeable. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 37 |
16370 | 1791 | 139 | 21 | 229 | 2 | 60 | Wax of pods 'fed to a patient to cure him of lunacy.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 229 |