| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of leaves taken by babies and adults for otter sickness: diarrhea and vomiting. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 222 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic Infusion of leaves taken by babies and adults for otter sickness: diarrhea and vomiting. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 222 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid Infusion of leaves taken by babies for opossum sickness: appetite loss and drooling. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 220 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Oral Aid Infusion of leaves taken by babies for opossum sickness: appetite loss and drooling. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 220 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves taken by babies and adults for otter sickness: diarrhea and vomiting. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 222 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves taken by babies for opossum sickness: appetite loss and drooling. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 220 |
| Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Redbay USDA PEBO |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Whole plant used for chronically ill babies. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 329 |
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot USDA PEFRP |
Karok Drug, Panacea Plant used for sickly babies. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390 |
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot USDA PEFRP |
Karok Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used for sickly babies. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 390 |
| Philadelphus lewisii Pursh Gordon's Mockorange USDA PHLE4 |
Mendocino Indian Fiber, Furniture Pithy stems used to make light baskets for carrying babies. 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 |
| Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm. Golden Polypody USDA PHAU6 |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used for chronically ill babies. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 329 |
| Phlox austromontana Coville Desert Phlox USDA PHAUA3 |
Havasupai Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of pounded roots given to babies with stomachaches. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 238 |
| Phlox austromontana Coville Desert Phlox USDA PHAUA3 |
Havasupai Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of pounded roots given to babies with stomachaches. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 238 |
| Phlox longifolia Nutt. Longleaf Phlox USDA PHLOL2 |
Havasupai Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of pounded roots given to babies with stomachaches. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 238 |
| Phlox longifolia Nutt. Longleaf Phlox USDA PHLOL2 |
Havasupai Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of pounded roots given to babies with stomachaches. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 238 |
| Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston Oak Mistletoe USDA PHLE14 |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used for chronically ill babies. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 329 |
| Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene Turkey Tangle Fogfruit USDA PHNO2 |
Houma Drug, Orthopedic Aid Decoction of plant used as a wash to make weak, lazy babies walk. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65 |
| Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene Turkey Tangle Fogfruit USDA PHNO2 |
Houma Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant used as a wash to make weak, lazy babies walk. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65 |
| Picea abies (L.) Karst. Norway Spruce USDA PIAB |
Mohegan Drug, Analgesic Poultice of sap or gum applied for boil and abscess pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74 |
| Picea abies (L.) Karst. Norway Spruce USDA PIAB |
Mohegan Drug, Dermatological Aid Sap or gum applied to boil or abscess pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
| Picea glauca (Moench) Voss White Spruce USDA PIGL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Dermatological Aid Pitch and grease used as an ointment for skin rashes, scabies, persistent scabs and growing boils. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 48 |
| Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. Black Spruce USDA PIMA |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Dermatological Aid Pitch mixed with grease and used as ointment for skin rashes, scabies and persistent scabs. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 49 |
| Piloblephis rigida (Bartr. ex Benth.) Raf. Wild Pennyroyal USDA PIRI5 |
Seminole Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used for chronically ill babies. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 329 |
| Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. Lodgepole Pine USDA PICOC |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Pitch mixed with bear tallow, rose petals and red ochre and rubbed on the skin of newborn babies. 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 102 |
| Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. Singleleaf Pinyon USDA PIMOM2 |
Cahuilla Food, Baby Food Nuts used as one of the few foods fed to babies instead of a natural milk diet. 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 102 |
| Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Ponderosa Pine USDA PIPOP |
Shuswap Drug, Panacea Infusion of plant used as a wash for sick babies. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 52 |
| Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Ponderosa Pine USDA PIPOP |
Shuswap Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plant used as a wash for sick babies. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 52 |
| Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Ponderosa Pine USDA PIPOP |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Gum used on babies' skin like baby oil. The ointment caused the baby to sleep all the time, just like aspirin. 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 104 |
| Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Ponderosa Pine USDA PIPOP |
Thompson Drug, Sedative Gum used on babies' skin like baby oil causing them to sleep all the time. 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 104 |
| Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth Parry Pinyon USDA PIQU |
Cahuilla Food, Baby Food Nuts used as one of the few foods fed to babies instead of a natural milk diet. 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 102 |
| Pinus strobus L. Eastern White Pine USDA PIST |
Delaware, Ontario Drug, Pediatric Aid Powder from decayed plant used on babies 'because of its healing properties.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
| Pinus strobus L. Eastern White Pine USDA PIST |
Delaware, Ontario Drug, Unspecified Powder from decayed plant used on babies 'because of its healing properties.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68 |
| Pinus strobus L. Eastern White Pine USDA PIST |
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Powdered wood used on chafed babies, sores and improperly healed navels. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 265 |
| Pinus strobus L. Eastern White Pine USDA PIST |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Powdered wood used on chafed babies, sores and improperly healed navels. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 265 |
| Plantago aristata Michx. Largebracted Plantain USDA PLAR3 |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of root taken for dysentery and infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago aristata Michx. Largebracted Plantain USDA PLAR3 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago lanceolata L. Narrowleaf Plantain USDA PLLA |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of root taken for dysentery and infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago lanceolata L. Narrowleaf Plantain USDA PLLA |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago major L. Common Plantain USDA PLMA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of root taken for dysentery and infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago major L. Common Plantain USDA PLMA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion given to check babies' bowels. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Plantago patagonica Jacq. Woolly Plantain USDA PLPA2 |
Navajo Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of seeds given to babies when they 'spoil' (colic or constipation). Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154 |
| Plantago patagonica Jacq. Woolly Plantain USDA PLPA2 |
Navajo Drug, Laxative Infusion of seeds given to babies when they 'spoil' (colic or constipation). Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154 |
| Plantago patagonica Jacq. Woolly Plantain USDA PLPA2 |
Navajo Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of seeds given to babies when they 'spoil' (colic or constipation). Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154 |
| Plantago sp. Plantain |
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of roots taken by women who cannot have babies. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 437 |
| Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides Resurrection Fern USDA PLPOP |
Houma Drug, Oral Aid Cold decoction of fronds used as a wash for babies' sore mouth or thrush. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |
| Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides Resurrection Fern USDA PLPOP |
Houma Drug, Pediatric Aid Cold decoction of fronds used as a wash for babies' sore mouth or thrush. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |