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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