| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Abortifacient Used to stimulate menstruation. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Infusion of root 'in spirits' used for rheumatic pains. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73, 74 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used as an anodyne. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Infusion of root 'in spirits' used for rheumatic pains. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73, 74 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Infusion of roots in alcoholic spirits used for rheumatism. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion taken for colds. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion taken for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Given for hives. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of slightly astringent plant taken for rheumatism. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Diuretic Used as a diuretic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Laxative Infusion taken for constipation. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Given to make babies 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 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Sedative Given to make babies 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 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Stimulant Given for fatigue. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Tonic Used as a tonic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Cherokee Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Infusion taken for colds, coughs, 'consumption' and constipation. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Delaware Drug, Tonic Combined with elecampane and stone roots to make a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 39 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Delaware Drug, Tonic Used with elecampane and stone root to make a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Tonic Compound containing root used as a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 74 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Iroquois Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Decoction of roots or plants used as a soak and steambath for rheumatism. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Root used as a blood purifier. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 321 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of roots taken to 'promote the flow of milk in women.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of smashed leaves applied to babies with sore backs. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of smashed leaves applied to babies with sore backs. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Micmac Drug, Kidney Aid Root used for kidney trouble. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56 |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa Black Bugbane |
Penobscot Drug, Kidney Aid Root used to make a medicine and taken for kidney trouble. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310311 |