| 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 |
| Piper methysticum G. Forst. Kava USDA PIME |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Buds chewed by children for general debility. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
| Piper methysticum G. Forst. Kava USDA PIME |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant ashes and other ashes rubbed on children for a disorderly stomach. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
| Piper methysticum G. Forst. Kava USDA PIME |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant ashes and other ashes rubbed on children for thick white coatings on the tongue. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
| Piper methysticum G. Forst. Kava USDA PIME |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant ashes and other ashes rubbed on children with general weakness of the body. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 17 |
| Pipturus sp. Mamaki |
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid Seeds eaten by infants for general debility of the body. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 71 |
| Plantago aristata Michx. Largebracted Plantain USDA PLAR3 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion of leaf given to strengthen a child learning to walk. 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, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion of leaf given to strengthen a child learning to walk. 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, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion of leaf given to strengthen a child learning to walk. 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, 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 |
| Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid USDA PLPS2 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of single root and flowers given to young children for cramps. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Platanus occidentalis L. American Sycamore USDA PLOC |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion given for infant rash. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58 |
| 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 |
| Pleuraphis jamesii Torr. Galleta USDA PLJA |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Pediatric Aid Cold infusion given to babies to make them 'want to eat a lot.' 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 16 |
| Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville Arrowweed USDA PLSE |
Pima Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of roots applied to soothe nervous child that cried while sleeping. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105 |
| Polygala paucifolia Willd. Gaywings USDA POPA5 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant used as a wash for babies with syphilitic sores. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369 |
| Polygala verticillata L. Whorled Milkwort USDA POVEV |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plant given to babies with 'summer complaint.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Meskwaki Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves and stems used for children with flux. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. Prostrate Knotweed USDA POAV |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. Prostrate Knotweed USDA POAV |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Leaves rubbed on children's thumb to prevent thumb sucking. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. Prostrate Knotweed USDA POAV |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound decoction taken and poultice used for baby's broken coccyx. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. Prostrate Knotweed USDA POAV |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of plant and another plant given to children for diarrhea. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 40 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. Prostrate Knotweed USDA POAV |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of whole plant taken, especially by children, for diarrhea. 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 238 |
| Polygonum hydropiper L. Marshpepper Knotweed USDA POHY |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
| Polygonum hydropiper L. Marshpepper Knotweed USDA POHY |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Leaves rubbed on children's thumb to prevent thumb sucking. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
| Polygonum hydropiper L. Marshpepper Knotweed USDA POHY |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Whole plant used for children with swollen stomachs. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 314 |
| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Christmas Fern USDA POACA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant used by children for cramps. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 256 |
| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Christmas Fern USDA POACA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of vine with small leaves used for children with fevers. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 256 |
| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Christmas Fern USDA POACA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice applied to back and feet for spinal trouble and sore back of babies. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 256 |
| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Christmas Fern USDA POACA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of wet, smashed roots used on children's back and head for convulsions. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 257 |
| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Christmas Fern USDA POACA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of wet, smashed roots used on children's back and head for red spots. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 257 |
| Populus sp. Poplar |
Carrier Drug, Pediatric Aid Fresh bark growth scraped and given to children with worms. Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 68 |
| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of bark from young trees given when 'baby cries, but is not sick.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 292 |
| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of bark or decoction of young shoots given to children for worms. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 293 |
| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Meskwaki Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of buds used as a nasal salve by children and adults for coughs and colds. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 245 |
| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of bark rubbed on adolescents' bodies for purification. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
| Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr. Western Rattlesnakeroot USDA PRAL |
Bella Coola Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of roots taken daily and small dose given to babies for colds. Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65 |
| Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Honey Mesquite USDA PRGLG |
Apache, Mescalero Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of bark used for children with enuresis. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 37 |
| Prosopis velutina Woot. Velvet Mesquite USDA PRVE |
Pima Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of dried gum applied to prevent infection in newborn's navel. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
| Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal USDA PRVUV |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion of plants given to babies that cry too much. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 424 |
| Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal USDA PRVUV |
Menominee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of stalk used, especially good for babies, for dysentery. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 131 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Bark ash rubbed on chest of baby as protection from rashes and mouth sores. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 290 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Bark ash rubbed on newborn's chest to protect against rash and sore mouth. Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used as part of charm worn by children to ward off disease. Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 379 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Poultice of rubbed root applied to sores in child's mouth. Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 383 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Roots applied to nipples of mother to induce the infant to nurse. Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 386 |
| Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. Bitter Cherry USDA PREME |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Roots applied to the nipples of a mother to induce her infant to nurse. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 290 |