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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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179 | 5 | 175 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 128 | Pitch taken for a general feeling of weakness. | 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 23 |
290 | 6 | 175 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 128 | Pitch taken for a general feeling of weakness. | 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 23 |
398 | 16 | 90 | 68 | 46 | 2 | 128 | Ashes of this and other plants applied to the mouth interior of infants for physical weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 46 |
1564 | 71 | 92 | 41 | 29 | 2 | 128 | Green fronds chewed by dancers in winter for strength and endurance. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
1565 | 71 | 92 | 41 | 29 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of dried fronds burned to ashes, mixed with unknown and taken for strength and endurance. This infusion used especially by dancers in winter. Hesquiat dancers would take nothing but this medicine on day when they were dancing; it made them 'light on their feet' and helped them continue dancing for a long time without tiring. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
1993 | 127 | 90 | 68 | 56 | 2 | 128 | Nut meats baked, ground, mixed with other plants and eaten to build up the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 56 |
2866 | 200 | 133 | 3 | 323 | 2 | 128 | Plant used as medicine for strength. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 323 |
3943 | 303 | 259 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 128 | Root smeared on people's legs to increase stamina before a race. | 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 247 |
3952 | 305 | 259 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 128 | Root smeared on people's legs to increase stamina before a race. | 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 247 |
4124 | 319 | 100 | 7 | 392 | 2 | 128 | Cold infusion of roots taken for more strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392 |
4133 | 319 | 134 | 93 | 248 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of roots used for lassitude in spring. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 248 |
5118 | 395 | 38 | 4 | 362 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of root used as strengthening bath for child and herbal steam for elderly. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 362 |
5409 | 399 | 175 | 32 | 78 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of plant taken and splashed on body during sweatbathing by hunters, to walk long distances. | 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 78 |
5541 | 404 | 107 | 79 | 27 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of plant taken or applied to a weak patient as a strengthener. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
6126 | 434 | 38 | 4 | 364 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of root used as a strengthening bath for children and adults. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 364 |
6134 | 434 | 100 | 7 | 418 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of roots taken and used as wash to give strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 418 |
6406 | 453 | 90 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 128 | Shoots & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting liquid given to children for general weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
6407 | 453 | 90 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 128 | Shoots & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting liquid taken for general body weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
7355 | 590 | 90 | 68 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Flowers and buds chewed by mothers and given to infants for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 53 |
7356 | 590 | 90 | 68 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of flowers, buds and leaves given to infants for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 53 |
7357 | 590 | 90 | 68 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of flowers, buds and leaves taken for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 53 |
7602 | 642 | 90 | 68 | 48 | 2 | 128 | Fruits eaten from conception until the child feeds itself to increase the child's survival rate. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 48 |
7603 | 642 | 90 | 68 | 48 | 2 | 128 | Fruits eaten from conception until the child feeds itself to increase the child's survival rate. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 48 |
8847 | 832 | 228 | 88 | 247 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of roots taken for menstruation sickness: yellow eyes and skin, weakness and shaking head. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period, the results were more serious than the other menstruation sickness. A doctor would never do this, as it would damage the 'medicine' which he has in his body. Other men were, sometimes, willing to take the risk. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 247 |
8942 | 842 | 107 | 79 | 35 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of leaves used as a strengthener. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
9110 | 860 | 121 | 63 | 266 | 2 | 128 | Bark ash and oil used as a lotion to give strength to the very ill. | 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 266 |
9112 | 860 | 122 | 63 | 261 | 2 | 128 | Branches placed on top of burning sea wrack as part of a steam treatment for general sickness. | 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 261 |
9202 | 873 | 90 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 128 | Buds and leaves used for general debility of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 11 |
9545 | 906 | 90 | 68 | 20 | 2 | 128 | Buds chewed by children with general weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 20 |
10429 | 1040 | 90 | 68 | 73 | 2 | 128 | Dried meat ash used for general debility of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
10468 | 1046 | 100 | 7 | 428 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of smashed roots used as a wash for babies to give them strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428 |
10968 | 1100 | 259 | 10 | 204 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of plant, squaw currant branches and fir or tamarack used as a baby bath. The decoction was used to bathe four to six month old babies four to six times over a period of several weeks. It was said to make the baby strong, bright and good natured. | 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 |
11777 | 1171 | 157 | 121 | 22 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of branches taken by women to regain strength after childbearing. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 22 |
11884 | 1199 | 90 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 128 | Flower and stalk ashes and kukui nut juice mixed and rubbed on the tongue for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
11959 | 1211 | 90 | 68 | 49 | 2 | 128 | Fruits eaten by infants for a weak physical constitution. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 49 |
11960 | 1211 | 90 | 68 | 49 | 2 | 128 | Fruits eaten from conception until the child feeds itself to increase the child's survival rate. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 49 |
12010 | 1221 | 107 | 79 | 57 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of leaves used by runners to increase endurance and long wind. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 57 |
12018 | 1225 | 107 | 79 | 57 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of plant used as a tonic for weak children. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 57 |
12434 | 1284 | 90 | 68 | 51 | 2 | 128 | Leaves sun dried, crushed into a powder, mixed with tea and taken for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 51 |
12524 | 1302 | 90 | 68 | 55 | 2 | 128 | Shoots chewed by mothers and given to infants for run down condition. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 55 |
12525 | 1302 | 90 | 68 | 55 | 2 | 128 | Shoots chewed for run down condition. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 55 |
12611 | 1317 | 100 | 7 | 389 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of stems used to increase strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 389 |
15174 | 1654 | 159 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 128 | Cold, compound infusion rubbed on hunters to strengthen them. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
15338 | 1665 | 90 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 128 | Shoots & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting juice given to children with general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
15339 | 1665 | 90 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 128 | Shoots & other plants pounded, squeezed & resulting juice taken for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 22 |
15397 | 1672 | 122 | 63 | 260 | 2 | 128 | Plants used to make a steambath for general sickness. | 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 260 |
16356 | 1786 | 291 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of blossoms taken to 'make one strong in the limbs and muscles.' | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 53 |
16390 | 1792 | 228 | 88 | 102 | 2 | 128 | Plant used to make a medicine and given to students in medical training to make the body strong. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 102 |
17160 | 1884 | 90 | 68 | 54 | 2 | 128 | Buds chewed by mothers and given to children for general debility and run down conditions. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 54 |
17161 | 1884 | 90 | 68 | 54 | 2 | 128 | Leaves chewed and swallowed for general debility and run down conditions. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 54 |
17162 | 1884 | 90 | 68 | 40 | 2 | 128 | Seeds chewed and swallowed by children with general weakness of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 40 |
17194 | 1896 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 128 | Grass chewed as a means of extended endurance in ceremonies involving prolonged fasting. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
17523 | 1929 | 90 | 68 | 74 | 2 | 128 | Plant used for general body weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 74 |
17637 | 1962 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of root used as wash to give infants strength. | 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 |
17646 | 1963 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of root used as wash to give infants strength. | 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 |
17670 | 1966 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of root used as wash to give infants strength. | 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 |
17858 | 1989 | 90 | 68 | 52 | 2 | 128 | Flowers chewed by mothers and given to infants for general weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 52 |
17912 | 1994 | 90 | 68 | 35 | 2 | 128 | Tubers used to strengthen children. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 35 |
18051 | 2011 | 291 | 157 | 373 | 2 | 128 | Poultice of chewed root used for newborns and infants to increase strength. | 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 373 |
18153 | 2024 | 90 | 68 | 73 | 2 | 128 | Plant used for babies with general body weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73 |
18348 | 2040 | 100 | 7 | 279 | 2 | 128 | Compound decoction taken to 'give strength to runners and other athletes.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
18354 | 2042 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion used as a wash to strengthen babies. | 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 |
18393 | 2050 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 128 | Infusion used as a wash to strengthen babies. | 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 |
19098 | 2063 | 78 | 14 | 314 | 2 | 128 | Plant used as a strengthener. | 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 314 |
19507 | 2099 | 134 | 93 | 249 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of bark used for general debility. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 249 |
19575 | 2100 | 259 | 10 | 99 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of bark used as a wash or bath for babies, to make them strong and healthy. | 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 99 |
19618 | 2101 | 193 | 11 | 61 | 2 | 128 | Smoke from plant used for weakness and laziness. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 61 |
19831 | 2125 | 166 | 101 | 106 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of fresh or dried plant taken as a tonic when 'run down.' | 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 106 |
19984 | 2152 | 166 | 101 | 51 | 2 | 128 | Burned stipes made into a salve and used to strengthen young boys. | 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 51 |
20114 | 2162 | 166 | 101 | 88 | 2 | 128 | Rootstocks twisted together and rubbed on bodies of young men while bathing for strength. | 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 88 |
20541 | 2212 | 289 | 70 | 35 | 2 | 128 | Acorn mush taken by old people on their death bed to survive the day. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
20941 | 2243 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of roots taken for weakness. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 26 |
21059 | 2254 | 23 | 26 | 67 | 2 | 128 | Fruit chewed by long distance runners to avoid sideaches. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 67 |
22928 | 2458 | 291 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 128 | Plant used to whip children to make them strong so they could hold on to a horse without falling. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 84 |
22971 | 2464 | 90 | 68 | 52 | 2 | 128 | Flowers chewed by mothers and given to infants for general weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 52 |
23550 | 2547 | 90 | 68 | 65 | 2 | 128 | Bud or young flower juice rubbed on tongue & mouth interior for body weakness from stomach disorder. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 65 |
23692 | 2575 | 71 | 64 | 187 | 2 | 128 | Infusion of plant used for 'weakness.' | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 187 |
24204 | 2606 | 90 | 68 | 44 | 2 | 128 | Nuts and other plants chewed and fed to infants for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 44 |
24278 | 2614 | 100 | 7 | 390 | 2 | 128 | Chewed roots rubbed on arms and muscles to provide athletes great strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 390 |
24694 | 2662 | 107 | 79 | 55 | 2 | 128 | Thorn coverings eaten by men in times of war to make them tough. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 55 |
25446 | 2736 | 90 | 68 | 41 | 2 | 128 | Roots & other plants pounded, resulting liquid heated and taken for weakness from too many births. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 41 |
25764 | 2785 | 90 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 128 | Young shoots or buds used for children with general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 15 |
25965 | 2827 | 90 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 128 | Stems and other ingredients pounded and the resulting liquid taken for general weakness. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 13 |
25966 | 2827 | 90 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 128 | Stems and other ingredients taken for general debility. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 13 |
25999 | 2831 | 23 | 26 | 116 | 2 | 128 | Roots chewed by buffalo runners to extend their endurance. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
26297 | 2869 | 291 | 6 | 85 | 2 | 128 | Crushed leaves, blossoms and powdered root rubbed on a child's body as a strengthener. When an infant boy showed signs of timidity, his father carried a small quantity of corn meal wrapped in a bit of corn husk to the warrior of his choice, presented it and asked that the warrior apply the medicine on his child's body so that he may have a brave heart and never be afraid of the enemy. The warrior then chewed the crushed leaves and blossoms and the powdered root, ejected the mass into his hands and rubbed it all over the child's body. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 85 |
26656 | 2911 | 121 | 63 | 274 | 2 | 128 | Leaves placed in the bottom of child's cradle to make him grow strong. | 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 274 |
27226 | 2938 | 133 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of plants used as a strengthening bath. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
28311 | 2980 | 90 | 68 | 17 | 2 | 128 | Plant ashes and other ashes rubbed on children with general weakness of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
28324 | 2986 | 90 | 68 | 71 | 2 | 128 | Seeds eaten by expectant mothers for general debility of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 71 |
28325 | 2986 | 90 | 68 | 71 | 2 | 128 | Seeds eaten by infants for general debility of the body. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 71 |
28527 | 3006 | 100 | 7 | 437 | 2 | 128 | Compound decoction of plants taken by runners and athletes for strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 437 |
28697 | 3033 | 100 | 7 | 331 | 2 | 128 | Compound decoction of plants taken to increase strength. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 331 |
29367 | 3098 | 62 | 97 | 31 | 2 | 128 | Bark combined with black haw and wild plum barks and used by women for weakness and debility. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31 |
29765 | 3116 | 90 | 68 | 24 | 2 | 128 | Plant and other plants pounded, squeezed and resulting liquid taken to check run down conditions. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 24 |
29798 | 3118 | 92 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 128 | Whalers rubbed four or eight pieces of plant on their arms to make them as strong as the plant. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 26 |
29803 | 3118 | 166 | 101 | 54 | 2 | 128 | Stipes dried, burned, powdered, mixed with raccoon marrow and salve used to strengthen young boys. | 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 |
29805 | 3118 | 167 | 101 | 54 | 2 | 128 | Stipes dried, burned, powdered, mixed with raccoon marrow and salve used to strengthen young boys. | 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 |
32813 | 3331 | 32 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 128 | Used for strengthening. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
33418 | 3363 | 259 | 10 | 226 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of branches with many other branches used to wash babies to make them strong. A decoction of the branches, squaw currant and red osier dogwood branches and the boughs of Douglas fir or tamarack was used to bathe babies four to six times over a period of several weeks to make them strong, independent and good natured. | 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 226 |
34043 | 3427 | 53 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 128 | Decoction of leaves used as a wash to strengthen babies. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34 |