| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Carminative Plant used as a carminative and decoction taken for fever. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Cough Medicine Rootstock chewed as a cough remedy. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of pounded rootstock taken for colic. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Panacea Rootstock regarded as a panacea. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Drug, Psychological Aid Paste of rootstock rubbed on warrior's face to prevent excitement and fear. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota Food, Unspecified Dried root chewed for the agreeable taste. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 359 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Roots used with sassafras roots for intestinal pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound infusion of roots taken as a blood remedy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Ear Medicine Decoction of roots used as drops in ear for earache. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Emetic Compound decoction of plant taken by women as an emetic for epilepsy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 278 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Powdered roots and cold water taken when feeling bad after eating meals. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion of powdered roots taken for grippe with chills. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Throat Aid Decoction of roots used as gargle for sore throat. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Lakota Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion of roots taken for diabetes. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 48 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Malecite Drug, Preventive Medicine Roots chewed to prevent disease. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 249 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Malecite Drug, Unspecified Used for medicines. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Menominee Drug, Cathartic Root used as a 'good physic for the whole system, clearing the bile and all.' Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 22, 23 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Menominee Drug, Cold Remedy Root chewed or decoction of root used as cold remedy. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 130 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Menominee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used for stomach cramps. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 22, 23 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Meskwaki Drug, Cathartic Plant used as a physic. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 201202 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Meskwaki Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root taken for 'a cramp expected in the stomach.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 202 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Root used for cholera, smallpox and other epidemics. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53, 54 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Panacea Plant used as a panacea. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Panacea Root and herb used for the prevention of disease in general and root used for disease in general. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53, 54 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Unspecified Roots chewed for medicinal use. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Food, Beverage Used to make a beverage. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Tonic Complex compound infusion including sweetflag root taken as spring tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Nanticoke Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used as colic medicine. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 55, 84 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Cathartic Root used as a quick acting physic. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 355 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used for stomach cramps. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 355 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Heart Medicine Used as a heart stimulant. 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 2247 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Root chewed for sore throat. 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 2247 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Roots chewed for sore throat. 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 2309 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Used to make a throat tonic for singers. 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 2247 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Carminative Plant used as a carminative and decoction taken for fever. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Carminative Plant used as a carminative. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Cough Medicine Rootstock chewed as a cough remedy. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of pounded rootstock taken for colic. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root chewed for stomach disorders. Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Panacea Rootstock regarded as a panacea. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Drug, Tonic Rootstock chewed as a tonic. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Omaha Other, Incense & Fragrance Leaves made into wreaths and worn around the neck or head for the pleasant odor. Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Pawnee Drug, Carminative Plant used as a carminative and decoction taken for fever. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Pawnee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Blades of grass used as garlands in mystery ceremonies. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Pawnee Drug, Cough Medicine Rootstock chewed as a cough remedy. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Pawnee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of pounded rootstock taken for colic. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Pawnee Drug, Panacea Rootstock regarded as a panacea. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ponca Drug, Carminative Plant used as a carminative. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70 |