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Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Meskwaki Drug, Toothache Remedy
Powdered inner bark used for toothache.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244245
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Meskwaki Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Bark and berries used for hemorrhages and tuberculosis.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244245
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Mohegan Drug, Heart Medicine
Infusion of bark taken for heart, 3 days on, 3 days off before resuming.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 269
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Mohegan Drug, Heart Medicine
Infusion of inner bark taken in small doses for heart trouble.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 77, 132
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Ojibwa Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion of berries sprayed on chest for congestion from bronchitis.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 387
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid
Bark or berries used for sore throat and tonsillitis.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 387
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Omaha Other, Incense & Fragrance
Fruits used by young men as perfume.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Omaha Other, Incense & Fragrance
Fruits used by young men as perfume.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Pawnee Drug, Veterinary Aid
Fruits used as diuretic for horses.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98
Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
Common Pricklyash
USDA ZAAM
Potawatomi Drug, Venereal Aid
Root bark used for gonorrhea, an historic reference (1796).
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 80