| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Compound decoction of roots taken for typhoid, measles and scarlet fever. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion given 'when babies cry until they hold their breath.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of roots given to children with headaches, fevers or convulsions. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant and other plants given to children with convulsions and fevers. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 41 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Psychological Aid Infusion taken to prevent bad dreams caused by the dead. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion taken and used as a wash for fever and chest congestion, then vomit. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Respiratory Aid Infusion of root taken for asthma. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Stimulant Compound used for laziness. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 311 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Stimulant Decoction of roots taken for fevers, colds and as a stimulant. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Throat Aid Poultice used for sore throat. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Tonic Compound infusion taken for fevers and as a general tonic. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 311 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Tonic Infusion of root taken as a spring tonic by the old and works as a physic. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of roots taken for tuberculosis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of roots taken for urinary disorders and urine stoppage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Complex compound decoction taken for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid Compound decoction given to horses for coughs or heaves. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 310 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid Decoction with whisky given to horses that are sick from not being used. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 311 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Decoction or infusion used internally or externally before visiting the sick. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 309 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant used several ways to detect or protect people from witchcraft. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 308 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Malecite Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of small roots used by children with cramps. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 255 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Malecite Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of small roots used by children with cramps. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 255 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Menominee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root used for indigestion. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 130 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Menominee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Fresh or dried root used as a mild stomachic. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 24, 25 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Menominee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root eaten to protect 'weak stomach' so that desired food may be eaten. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 24, 25 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Adjuvant Used as a seasoner and for sore throats. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Analgesic Compound used for stomach cramps. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidote Root cooked with spoiled meat to prevent ptomaine poisoning. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Ear Medicine Cooked root placed in ear for earache or sore ears. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Compound used for stomach cramps. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Hunting Medicine Root chewed and spittle put on bait to enable fisherman to catch catfish. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Pulmonary Aid Compound used for lung trouble. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Drug, Throat Aid Used for sore throat and as a medicine used as a seasoning. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Food, Spice Root used as seasoning for mud catfish, to destroy the mud taste and to render them palatable. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 255 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Meskwaki Food, Spice Root used to cook with an animal that had died, to remove the danger of ptomaine poisoning. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 255 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Micmac Drug, Analgesic Root used for cramps and as a stomachic. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Micmac Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used for cramps and as a stomachic. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Micmac Drug, Tonic Root used for cramps and as a stomachic. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 55 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Montagnais Drug, Panacea Plant had 'general medicinal properties.' Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Ojibwa Drug, Dietary Aid Root chewed by sick person as an appetite stimulant. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 357 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Roots chewed or infusion of roots taken for stomach pain. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2250 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Ojibwa Food, Dietary Aid Roots render any meat dish digestible by anyone, even if they are sick. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Ojibwa Food, Spice Roots processed in lye water and used to season food and take muddy taste away from fish. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Potawatomi Drug, Antiemetic Root used to help the appetite of persons who could not keep anything in their stomachs. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 96 |
| Asarum canadense L. Canadian Wildginger USDA ASCA |
Potawatomi Food, Spice Root flavored meat or fish and rendered otherwise inedible food, palatable. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 96 |