| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Chippewa Drug, Orthopedic Aid Boiled plant top used as warm compress for sprain or strained muscles. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 362 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Mohegan Drug, Anthelmintic Infusion of leaves taken as a vermifuge. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction or infusion of twigs taken for head colds. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Cold Remedy Poultice of pounded leaves applied for chest colds. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of split roots taken for stomach ailments. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant used as a sanitary napkin to 'heal the mother's insides' after a baby's birth. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Poultice of pounded leaves applied for flu. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of mashed, boiled plant applied or decoction of plant used as a wash for broken limbs. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction or infusion of twigs taken for tuberculosis. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction or infusion of twigs taken for venereal disease. 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 75 |
| Artemisia absinthium L. Absinth Sagewort USDA ARAB3 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Insecticide Branches used under mattresses as a repellent for bedbugs and other insect pests. 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 75 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cancer Treatment Decoction taken for cancers. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction taken for colds. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction taken for coughs. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Eye Medicine Cooled decoction used as a wash for eyes. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction taken for diabetes. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cancer Treatment Decoction taken for cancer. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction taken for colds. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction taken for coughs. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Eye Medicine Cooled decoction used as a wash for eyes. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction taken for diabetes. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia australis Less. Oahu Wormwood USDA ARAU3 |
Hawaiian Drug, Febrifuge Decoction of pounded leaves, trunk and roots used as a steam bath and wash for high fevers. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 7 |
| Artemisia australis Less. Oahu Wormwood USDA ARAU3 |
Hawaiian Drug, Pulmonary Aid Leaves used as an ingredient in a medicine for lung troubles. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 7 |
| Artemisia australis Less. Oahu Wormwood USDA ARAU3 |
Hawaiian Drug, Reproductive Aid Leaves used as an ingredient for asthma medicine. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 7 |
| Artemisia australis Less. Oahu Wormwood USDA ARAU3 |
Hawaiian Other, Decorations Leaves woven into wreaths. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 7 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used for cramps and painful 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 62 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic Poultice applied to stomach for worms and seeds in molasses taken for worms. 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 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Used for sores and wounds. 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 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Used for cramps and colic. 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 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Used for painful 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 62 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Gosiute Food, Unspecified Seeds formerly gathered and used for food. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 362 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Iroquois Food, Forage Plants eaten by turkeys. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 102 |
| Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Wormwood USDA ARBIB |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. 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 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Drug, Cold Remedy Leaves used for colds. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of plant taken to prevent dysmenorrhea and ease menopause trauma. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of plant taken to start menstrual activity, for easy childbirth and post natal recovery. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant given to newborn babies one day after birth to flush out their system. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Drug, Unspecified Plant used in the sweathouses for various cures. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Cahuilla Other, Smoke Plant Leaves chewed fresh or dried and smoked after mixing with tobacco and other leaves. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 42 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Analgesic Poultice of leaves applied to the tooth for pain. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Decoction of plant used as a bath for rheumatism. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of plant used as a bath for colds. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant used as a bath for coughs. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of leaves applied to wounds. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Respiratory Aid Poultice of plant applied to the back or decoction of plant taken for asthma. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Costanoan Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of leaves applied to the tooth for pain. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 25 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Luiseno Other, Ceremonial Items Plant and white sage used to build a ceremonial hunting fire before hunting. The hunters stood around the fire and in its smoke before hunting because they believed that the fire and smoke would absolve them of any breach of social observances they might have committed which would otherwise have brought them bad luck. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 199 |
| Artemisia californica Less. California Sagebrush USDA ARCA11 |
Mahuna Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of plants taken for vaginal troubles. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 14 |
| Artemisia campestris L. Field Sagewort USDA ARCAB4 |
Blackfoot Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of leaves taken to abort difficult pregnancies. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 60 |
| Artemisia campestris L. Field Sagewort USDA ARCAB4 |
Blackfoot Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Chewed leaf spittle applied to rheumatic parts. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 78 |