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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds winnowed, dried, stored, ground into flour and used to make bread.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 48
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified
Seeds roasted without grinding and combined with other foods.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 48
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Vegetable
Tops cooked alone or with meat and used as greens.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Seeds gathered for food.
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 51
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Cahuilla Food, Vegetable
Leaves used for greens.
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 51
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Cherokee Food, Spice
Mixed into other greens for flavoring.
Witthoft, John, 1977, Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs, Journal of Cherokee Studies 2(2):250-255, page 253
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Cherokee Food, Vegetable
Leaves cooked and eaten as greens.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Cheyenne Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of powdered leaves and stems taken or small quantities of powder eaten for head pains.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 174
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Chippewa Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of entire plant taken for dysentery cramps.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Chippewa Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of whole plant taken for dysentery and cramps.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Chippewa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of whole plant taken for stomach cramps and dysentery.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Costanoan Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of plant used for dysentery.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 9
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mahuna Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of plants taken for dysentery and diarrhea.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 7
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mendocino Indian Food, Staple
Seeds eaten as a pinole.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 352
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of plant used as a wash for poison ivy.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of whole plant used as a wash for poison ivy.
Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 134
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Meskwaki Drug, Unspecified
Used as a medicine.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 219
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mohegan Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of seed pods taken for stomach pains.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 71, 128
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mohegan Drug, Anthelmintic
Infusion of seed pods taken as a vermifuge.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 71, 128
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mohegan Drug, Anthelmintic
Infusion of seed pods taken for stomach, the pungency killed internal worms.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mohegan Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of seed pods taken for stomach pains.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 71, 128
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Mohegan Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of seed pods taken for stomach, the pungency killed internal worms.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Shepherd's Purse
USDA CABU2
Thompson Food, Vegetable
Leaves soaked in water overnight and eaten raw or cooked as a green vegetable.
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 194