| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Disinfectant Compound containing bark used as an antiseptic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 78 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of bark used as an excellent douche. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 78 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Panacea Bark used in many medicinal compounds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 78 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Throat Aid Strong infusion of bark gargled for a sore throat. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Ontario Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound infusion of bark taken for 'diseases peculiar to women.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68, 82 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Delaware, Ontario Drug, Tonic Compound infusion of bark taken as a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 68, 82 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Houma Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Crushed root mixed with whiskey and used as liniment on rheumatic parts. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 56 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Iroquois Drug, Psychological Aid Compound decoction used to counteract loneliness. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound decoction of bark taken for consumption. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid Bark used for horses with distemper. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Compound decoction used 'when your woman goes off and won't come back.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Iroquois Food, Unspecified Acorns used for food. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Menominee Drug, Unspecified Inner bark used in compounds. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 36 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Menominee Food, Pie & Pudding Acorns boiled, simmered to remove lye, ground, sifted and made into pie. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 66 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Menominee Food, Porridge Acorns boiled, simmered to remove lye, ground, sifted and made into mush with bear oil seasoning. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 66 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Menominee Food, Staple Acorns boiled, simmered to remove lye, ground, sifted, cooked in soup stock to flavor and eaten. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 66 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidiarrheal Compound containing bark used for diarrhea. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 221 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Meskwaki Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of inner bark taken to 'throw up phlegm from the lungs.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 221 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Meskwaki Food, Beverage Ground, scorched acorns made into a drink similar to coffee. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Meskwaki Food, Porridge Dried acorns made into mush. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Micmac Drug, Dietary Aid Nuts used to induce thirst. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 60 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Micmac Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy Plant parts used for bleeding piles. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 60 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Analgesic Infusion of bark used as liniment for muscular pains. Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Analgesic Infusion of inner bark used as liniment for humans and horses with pain. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Infusion of inner bark used as a liniment for pain. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132 |
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Mohegan Drug, Cold Remedy Bark used for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 132 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion of bark used as a liniment for people. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion of bark used as liniment for muscular pains. Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion of bark used as a liniment for horses. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Mohegan Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion of inner bark used as a liniment for horses with pain. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Ojibwa Fiber, Building Material Wood used in making wigwams and for several other things. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
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Ojibwa Food, Soup Acorns soaked in lye water to remove bitter tannin taste, dried for storage and used to make soup. Lye for leaching acorns was obtained by soaking wood ashes in water. Acorns were put in a net bag and then soaked in the lye, then rinsed several times in warm water. The acorns were then dried for storage, and when wanted, pounded into a coarse flour which was used to thicken soups or form a sort of mush. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 401 |
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Ojibwa Other, Tools Wood was of much value, especially for making awls to punch holes in birch bark. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of root bark and inner bark taken for diarrhea. Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 198 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Penobscot Drug, Dietary Aid Acorns eaten to induce thirst and plenty of water thought to be beneficial. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Penobscot Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy Infusion of bark taken for bleeding piles. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Shinnecock Drug, Analgesic Infusion of bark used as liniment for muscular pains. Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |
| Quercus alba L. White Oak USDA QUAL |
Shinnecock Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion of bark used as liniment for muscular pains. Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Chippewa Other, Cleaning Agent Bark boiled with hemlock and soft maple bark and the liquid used to clean the rust from traps. The solution was believed to prevent the trap from becoming rusty again. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 128 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Compound decoction of bark taken for cholera. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Compound decoction of bark taken for broken bones. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Drug, Respiratory Aid Compound of leaves smoked and exhaled through the nostrils for catarrh. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound decoction of bark chips taken for consumption. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Used 'when wife runs around, takes away lonesomeness.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 303 |
| Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak USDA QUBI |
Iroquois Food, Unspecified Acorns used for food. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
| Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak USDA QUCHC |
Cahuilla Food, Bread & Cake Acorns ground into a fine meal and used to make bread. 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 121 |
| Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak USDA QUCHC |
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food Dried acorns stored for a year or more in granaries. 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 121 |
| Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak USDA QUCHC |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Cooked acorns used to make mush. 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 121 |
| Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak USDA QUCHC |
Cahuilla Food, Special Food Acorn meat considered a delicacy and favored at social and ceremonial occasions. 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 121 |
| Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak USDA QUCHC |
Cahuilla Other, Cash Crop Acorn meal exchanged for pinyon nuts, mesquite beans and palm tree fruit. 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 121 |