| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Kutenai Other, Jewelry Dried heads used to make necklaces. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of herbs and flowers used for diarrhea. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 15 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of herb used by young girls for menstrual cramps. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of herb used for building up blood at childbirth and delivering the placenta. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified Occasionally used for food. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Other, Incense & Fragrance Used as a perfume. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Montana Indian Other, Insecticide Used as a bug repellant. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Love Medicine Tops and human hair buried on range to prevent loved ones or relations from going away. 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 84 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Veterinary Aid Tops, horse & human hair & musk gland material buried on range to prevent horses from running away. 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 84 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant used for witchcraft. 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 84 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified Flower heads eaten by children. 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 84 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Shuswap Drug, Cold Remedy Dried plants used for colds. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Shuswap Drug, Heart Medicine Dried plants used for the heart. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Ute Drug, Unspecified Used as a medicine. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 35 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Yokia Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of leaves and flowers taken for diarrhea. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 395 |
| Matricaria sp. |
Aleut Drug, Unspecified Used medicinally. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1951, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands I. Aleutian Vegetation and Aleut Culture, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 29 |
| Medeola virginiana L. Indian Cucumberroot USDA MEVI |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of crushed dried berries and leaves given to babies with convulsions. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 285 |
| Melissa officinalis L. Common Balm USDA MEOF2 |
Costanoan Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant used for infants with colic. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 16 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Abnaki Drug, Pediatric Aid Used by children for maladies. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Abnaki Drug, Pediatric Aid Used for crying babies. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 171 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plant given to children for fevers. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 58 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Malecite Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plants used by children with stomach trouble. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 250 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Malecite Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plants used to quiet children suffering from croup. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 250 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Micmac Drug, Pediatric Aid Herb used for children with an upset stomach. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Pediatric Aid Roots used for prenatal snake infection. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 40 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of stems taken for colic in children. 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 109 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Okanagon Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves and plant tips given to children with colicky pains. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Paiute Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion &/or decoction of plant parts used for stomachache, indigestion and babies' colic. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 104105 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Sanpoil Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of leaves taken by adults for colds and infusion given to children. Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Sanpoil Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant given to infants for colds. Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Sanpoil Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves given to children for 'illnesses of a general nature.' Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Shoshoni Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant parts used for stomachache, indigestion or babies' colic. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 104.105 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves and plant tips given to children with colicky pains. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
| Mentha arvensis L. Canadian Mint USDA MEAR4 |
Washo Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant parts used for stomachache, indigestion and babies' colic. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 104105 |
| Mentha spicata L. Spearmint USDA MESP3 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Given for cholera infantum. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48, 49 |
| Mentha spicata L. Spearmint USDA MESP3 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plants given to children as an emetic or for a bad stomach. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 427 |
| Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] Water Mint USDA MEPI |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Given for cholera infantum. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48, 49 |
| Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] Water Mint USDA MEPI |
Mohegan Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion given to babies for worms. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
| Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] Water Mint USDA MEPI |
Mohegan Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves used as a vermifuge for children and adults. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Zuni Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used to whip children to make them strong so they could hold on to a horse without falling. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 84 |
| Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f. Noyau Vine USDA MEDI2 |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Flowers chewed by mothers and given to infants for general weakness. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 52 |
| Mimulus cardinalis Dougl. ex Benth. Crimson Monkeyflower USDA MIEA |
Karok Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plant used as a wash for newborn baby. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389 |
| Mirabilis greenei S. Wats. Greene's Four O'clock USDA MIGR6 |
Karok Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used to make a new-born baby healthy. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
| Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora Colorado Four O'clock USDA MIMUM |
Zuni Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of powdered root taken by adults or children after overeating. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58 |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM. Heartleaf Four O'clock USDA MINY |
Pawnee Drug, Pediatric Aid Pulverized dried root applied to babies for sore mouth. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
| Mitchella repens L. Partridgeberry USDA MIRE |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Given to baby before it 'takes the breast.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
| Mitchella repens L. Partridgeberry USDA MIRE |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion given to children with inward fever and convulsions. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 440 |
| Mitchella repens L. Partridgeberry USDA MIRE |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant taken by pregnant mother to prevent rickets in baby. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 442 |
| Mitchella repens L. Partridgeberry USDA MIRE |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plants given to babies with rashes. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 441 |
| Mitchella repens L. Partridgeberry USDA MIRE |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of roots given to newborn babies as a physic for stomachaches. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 441 |