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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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44341 | 4241 | 138 | 176 | 128 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion taken and rubbed on body to quiet person near convulsions. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 128 |
44055 | 4229 | 32 | 105 | 75 | 2 | 15 | Used as a soporific. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 75 |
43693 | 4213 | 32 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken for nerves. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62 |
42675 | 4105 | 86 | 14 | 201 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of cleaned, sliced, dried and boiled roots used as a sedative. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 201 |
42568 | 4097 | 138 | 51 | 57 | 2 | 15 | Plant used as a 'feeble sedative to the nervous system.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 57 |
40775 | 4029 | 95 | 37 | 36, 75 | 2 | 15 | Plant placed on child's head to induce sleep. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 75 |
40471 | 3973 | 100 | 7 | 373 | 2 | 15 | Given to nervous boys and girls. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 373 |
39803 | 3939 | 158 | 106 | 25 | 2 | 15 | Plant tied to cradle bow to make baby sleep. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25 |
39338 | 3894 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of herb used to 'calm nerves.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
38861 | 3821 | 228 | 88 | 221 | 2 | 15 | Plant and other plants used as a baby's charm for fear from dreams about raccoons or opossums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 221 |
38853 | 3819 | 100 | 7 | 377 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of bark used as a wash to keep children from crying. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 377 |
38500 | 3754 | 100 | 7 | 478 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion given to babies 'who cry until they hold their breath.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 478 |
38496 | 3753 | 32 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken to calm nerves. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
38450 | 3740 | 32 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken for 'nerves' and infusion of root held in mouth for neuralgia. | 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 |
38410 | 3734 | 259 | 10 | 184 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant used as a bath for babies with sleeplessness or excessive crying. | 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 |
38394 | 3734 | 100 | 7 | 461 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion of tubers given to babies that start suddenly during sleep. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 461 |
38324 | 3724 | 211 | 102 | 34 | 2 | 15 | Weak infusion of dried leaves, poisonous, taken for sleeplessness. | Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 34 |
38162 | 3704 | 100 | 7 | 467 | 2 | 15 | Dried root smoke used as rub to sleep without being disturbed by ghosts. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 467 |
37943 | 3662 | 157 | 74 | 88 | 2 | 15 | Plant smoked as a sedative. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
37915 | 3658 | 259 | 10 | 209 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of fruits and leaves considered a good sedative. | 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 209 |
37914 | 3658 | 259 | 10 | 209 | 2 | 15 | Berry whip said to make one sleepy. | 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 209 |
37699 | 3649 | 33 | 39 | 190 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of pulverized leaves or roots taken as a sedative. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 190 |
37644 | 3636 | 259 | 55 | 41 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of whole plant used as a wash for babies with extreme nervousness. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
37643 | 3636 | 259 | 33 | 462 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of whole plant used as a wash to soothe cross babies. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462 |
37635 | 3636 | 176 | 55 | 41 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of whole plant used as a wash for babies with extreme nervousness. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
37545 | 3614 | 96 | 49 | 60 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant given to nervous, fretful, crying children. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60 |
37268 | 3589 | 211 | 102 | 26 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of root taken as a nerve medicine. | Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 26 |
36733 | 3566 | 141 | 35 | 61 | 2 | 15 | Berries, bark and flower used as a soporific and purgative. | Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
36476 | 3562 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken for nervous debility. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
36454 | 3560 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken for nervous debility. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
36044 | 3546 | 173 | 8 | 243 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for trembling. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243 |
35781 | 3525 | 173 | 8 | 243 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for trembling. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243 |
35703 | 3522 | 173 | 8 | 243 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for trembling. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243 |
35531 | 3501 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 15 | Added to whiskey and taken for hysterics. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
33696 | 3392 | 32 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of leaf taken for nerves. | 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 |
33529 | 3371 | 259 | 33 | 509 | 2 | 15 | Sprigs placed in baby's carrier to quiet child. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 509 |
32774 | 3325 | 100 | 7 | 381 | 2 | 15 | Infusion given and used as a wash for peevish children. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381 |
32754 | 3323 | 107 | 79 | 65 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of plant used for epileptic fits. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 65 |
32707 | 3315 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15 | Juice used as sedative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
32650 | 3300 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15 | Juice used as sedative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
32629 | 3299 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15 | Juice used as sedative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
32607 | 3249 | 158 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for nervousness. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18 |
31767 | 3238 | 105 | 71 | 387 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant used as a steam bath for 'goofy' child in the Brush Dance. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387 |
31115 | 3194 | 59 | 128 | 661 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant tops taken and used as a wash for old people unable to sleep. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661 |
31090 | 3194 | 3 | 115 | 61 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant used as a face wash for nerves and insomnia. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 61 |
31089 | 3194 | 3 | 128 | 663664 | 2 | 15 | Compound decoction of plant used many ways for nervousness or sleeplessness. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 663664 |
30910 | 3182 | 137 | 89 | 356 | 2 | 15 | Inner bark used for nervous excitability. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 356 |
30815 | 3181 | 139 | 21 | 242 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of root bark used as a sedative and for stomach trouble. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 242 |
30209 | 3159 | 100 | 7 | 424 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion of plants given to babies that cry too much. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 424 |
28824 | 3048 | 38 | 15 | 126 | 2 | 15 | Plant used to insure sound sleep. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 126 |
28654 | 3025 | 193 | 11 | 105 | 2 | 15 | Poultice of roots applied to soothe nervous child that cried while sleeping. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105 |
28309 | 2980 | 90 | 68 | 17 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant and other plants taken for sleeplessness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
28287 | 2979 | 32 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 15 | Given for hysterics. | 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 |
28051 | 2968 | 259 | 10 | 104 | 2 | 15 | Gum used on babies' skin like baby oil causing them to sleep all the time. | 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 104 |
27739 | 2962 | 32 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 15 | Given for hysterics. | 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 |
26152 | 2837 | 228 | 88 | 221 | 2 | 15 | Leaves with other plants used as a baby's charm for fear from dreams about raccoons or opossums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 221 |
26151 | 2837 | 228 | 88 | 236 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of leaves taken and used as a steam for turkey sickness: dizziness or 'craziness.' | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 236 |
25483 | 2744 | 32 | 1 | 50, 51 | 2 | 15 | Large dose used for pain, to produce sleep and soothe and tranquilize the system. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50, 51 |
25407 | 2733 | 228 | 88 | 221 | 2 | 15 | Plant and other plants used as a baby's charm for fear from dreams about raccoons or opossums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 221 |
25215 | 2713 | 32 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 15 | Infusion taken for nerves. | 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 |
24178 | 2601 | 228 | 88 | 237 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for turtle sickness: trembling, short breath and cough. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 237 |
24174 | 2600 | 228 | 88 | 237 | 2 | 15 | Plant used for turtle sickness: trembling, short breath and cough. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 237 |
23900 | 2584 | 106 | 60 | 43 | 2 | 15 | Plant used as a soporific. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43 |
23675 | 2574 | 138 | 176 | 132 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of whole plant, except root, taken to produce restful sleep. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
23670 | 2574 | 100 | 7 | 423 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant tips given to children when peevish. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 423 |
23650 | 2574 | 64 | 22 | 67 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of leaves given to soothe infants. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 67 |
23642 | 2574 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 15 | Infusion used for hysterics. | 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 |
23333 | 2509 | 59 | 115 | 54 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of plant used for delirium. | Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 54 |
23207 | 2504 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 15 | Used for hysterics and restful sleep. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
23185 | 2503 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 15 | Used for hysterics and restful sleep. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
23151 | 2494 | 138 | 51 | 51 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of leaves taken 'to cure insomnia.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51 |
22848 | 2442 | 32 | 1 | 48, 49 | 2 | 15 | Taken for hysterics. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48, 49 |
22828 | 2445 | 131 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 15 | Plant used as a sedative. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 23 |
22813 | 2445 | 32 | 1 | 48, 49 | 2 | 15 | Taken for hysterics. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48, 49 |
22684 | 2443 | 134 | 93 | 250 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of plants used to quiet children suffering from croup. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 250 |
22679 | 2443 | 131 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 15 | Plant used as a sedative. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 23 |
22592 | 2443 | 1 | 84 | 171 | 2 | 15 | Used for crying babies. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 171 |
22101 | 2381 | 139 | 21 | 230231 | 2 | 15 | Smudge used 'to hush a crying child.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 230231 |
21601 | 2337 | 78 | 9 | 52, 53 | 2 | 15 | Smoke of root inhaled for bad dreams, influenza and rheumatism. | 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 |
21326 | 2293 | 121 | 63 | 284 | 2 | 15 | Root ash rubbed into a newborn baby's cradle to make infant sleep well. | 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 284 |
21225 | 2267 | 100 | 7 | 443 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of bark taken for restlessness. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 443 |
21111 | 2259 | 259 | 10 | 196 | 2 | 15 | Vine pieces used under the pillow to induce sound sleep. | 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 196 |
21088 | 2258 | 100 | 7 | 443 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of bark given to children who cry all night. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 443 |
20971 | 2243 | 259 | 10 | 155 | 2 | 15 | Leaves used in babies' bath water to make them sleep a lot. | 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 155 |
20970 | 2243 | 259 | 10 | 155 | 2 | 15 | Leaves used as padding, especially in children's cradles, to cause them to sleep a lot. | 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 155 |
20567 | 2216 | 33 | 39 | 185 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of plant parts rubbed on face when irrational from illness. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 185 |
20566 | 2216 | 33 | 13 | 40, 41 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of root rubbed on one who was 'irrational by reason of illness.' | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 40, 41 |
20549 | 2214 | 138 | 176 | 128 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion taken and rubbed on body to quiet person near convulsions. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 128 |
20481 | 2211 | 32 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 15 | Used for 'women with hysterics and weakness.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
20455 | 2210 | 32 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of bark given to nervous patients. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58 |
20454 | 2210 | 32 | 105 | 74 | 2 | 15 | Gum used as a 'drawing plaster' and infusion of inner bark used for nervous patients. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
20389 | 2202 | 100 | 7 | 444 | 2 | 15 | Decoction of twigs given to children for crying. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 444 |
20338 | 2197 | 100 | 7 | 433 | 2 | 15 | Compound infusion of plants and flowers given to babies that cry too much. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 433 |
19920 | 2134 | 158 | 106 | 24 | 2 | 15 | Plant rubbed on baby's face to put infant to sleep. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24 |
19902 | 2131 | 100 | 116 | 98 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of dried plant taken as a tonic for nerves. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 98 |
19897 | 2131 | 32 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 15 | Given for 'nervous and hysterical affections' and taken as a stimulant. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
19377 | 2084 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 15 | Infusion given 'for calming nerves' and 'produces sleep.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
19226 | 2065 | 228 | 88 | 221 | 2 | 15 | Plant and other plants used as a baby's charm for fear from dreams about raccoons or opossums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 221 |
19191 | 2064 | 190 | 17 | 63, 64 | 2 | 15 | Smoke from burning twigs used for nervousness and bad dreams. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63, 64 |
18957 | 2062 | 33 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 15 | Infusion used for sedating hyperactive persons. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 36 |
18956 | 2062 | 33 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 15 | Infusion of boughs or fleshy cones taken as a sedative. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 4 |