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Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid
Fresh leaf used for swellings.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 234235
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Meskwaki Drug, Diuretic
Infusion of leaves taken for bowel troubles and as a urinary.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 234235
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Meskwaki Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of leaves used for bowel troubles and as a urinary.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 234235
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Drug, Burn Dressing
Leaves bound over burns.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Drug, Dermatological Aid
Leaves bound over bruises.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of fresh leaves applied to insect bites, cuts or swellings.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Leaves bound over snakebites to draw out poison.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Poultice of fresh leaves applied to snake and insect bites to remove poison.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Mohegan Food, Vegetable
Combined with pigweed, mustard, dock and nettle and used as mixed greens.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant
Cold infusion of plant taken for 'lightning infection.'
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 45
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Root used as a 'life medicine.'
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 45
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Nitinaht Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of moist leaves placed on cuts, boils and open sores.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 115
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Nitinaht Drug, Disinfectant
Poultice of moist leaves placed on infections and boils.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 115
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Nitinaht Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Leaves chewed and swallowed for stomach ulcers.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 115
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Drug, Burn Dressing
Poultice of soaked leaves bound on burns, scalds and snakebites.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380381
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of soaked leaves bound on bruises, sprains, sores and bee stings.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380381
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Poultice of soaked leaves bound on bruises, sprains or sores.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380381
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Poultice of soaked leaves bound on snakebites.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380381
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Drug, Unspecified
Poultice of pounded leaves applied for medicinal purposes.
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 2317
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ojibwa Other, Protection
Ground root always carried in the pockets to ward off snakes.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed leaves applied to kill the germs of sores.
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 111
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Paiute Drug, Cold Remedy
Decoction of root taken for colds.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Paiute Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of leaves bound onto cuts and wounds to promote healing without scars.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Paiute Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Decoction of root taken for pneumonia.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Ponca Drug, Dermatological Aid
Hot leaves applied to foot to draw out thorns or splinters.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Potawatomi Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of heated leaf bound on swellings and inflammations.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 71, 72
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Potawatomi Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of root taken to lubricate throat for removal of lodged bone.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 71, 72
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Rappahannock Drug, Febrifuge
Poultice of ground leaves used for fever.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 25
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shinnecock Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of pounded leaves applied to draw out inflammation from sore spots.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 119
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shinnecock Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of leaves used as a wash for sore eyes.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 119
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Compound poultice of leaves applied to wounds, swellings and rheumatism.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Compound poultice of leaves applied for wounds, bruises, swellings and boils.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice and infusion of whole plant used for battle bruises.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed leaves applied to dropsical swellings and infections.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of raw leaves with wild clematis applied to wounds.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Disinfectant
Poultice of mashed leaves applied to dropsical swellings and infections.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of root taken for stomach trouble.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shoshoni Drug, Kidney Aid
Poultice of mashed leaves applied to dropsical swellings and infections.
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 119120
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shuswap Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed plants applied to sores.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 64
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Shuswap Drug, Diaphoretic
Leaf rubbed on the body to produce sweating.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 64
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of chewed leaves used for sores and carbuncles.
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 236
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Thompson Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Poultice of chewed leaves used for hemorrhoids.
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 236
Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
USDA PLMA2
Yurok Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of steamed leaves applied to boils.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 46