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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch.
Blueblossom Ceanothus
USDA CETH
Poliklah Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of leaves and twigs used to wash newborn babies.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 173
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch.
Blueblossom Ceanothus
USDA CETH
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Ceremonial Items
Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch.
Blueblossom Ceanothus
USDA CETH
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Soap
Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Great Basin Indian Drug, Other
Infusion of leaves taken for diagnosis and certain results mean certain things.
Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Karok Drug, Dermatological Aid
Leaves used as a deodorant.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Modesse Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion of leaves taken for coughs.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Modesse Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaves taken for fevers.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Decoction of plant tops with leaves used as a cleansing solution in the sweathouse.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant tops with leaves used as a hair wash for dandruff.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant tops with leaves used to 'condition' adult skin.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant tops with leaves used to bathe babies to prevent diaper rash.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of branches used to wash sores and eczema.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of dried, powdered leaves applied or mixed with pitch and used as a salve for 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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of dried, powdered leaves used as a 'baby powder.'
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Infusion of leaves taken for broken bones.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of plant tops with leaves used to bathe babies to prevent diaper rash.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Pediatric Aid
Poultice of dried, powdered leaves used as a 'baby powder.'
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagan-Colville Food, Forage
Bush eaten by deer.
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 120
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Okanagon Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of stems and leaves used internally and externally for dull pains.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Oregon Indian, Warm Springs Drug, Unspecified
Infusion of leaves taken for puzzling illnesses.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 40
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Paiute Food, Forage
Plant eaten by deer.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 89
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Shuswap Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of plants taken for the flu.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 65
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Shuswap Other, Insecticide
Smoke from plant used to kill bedbugs.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 65
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of stem and leaf taken and used as a wash for dull, body pains.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 457
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of stems and leaves used internally and externally for dull pains.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of leaves and twigs used for diarrhea.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of branches used as a wash for rheumatism.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of leaves used as a bath or leaves used in a steambath for rheumatism or arthritis.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Infusion of leaves and twigs used for arthritis.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Decoction of plant taken for arthritis.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Cancer Treatment
Decoction of plant used for cancer.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of branches taken for weight loss.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Infusion of leaves and twigs with Indian hellebore used for broken limbs.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Panacea
Decoction of branches taken for general illness.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Decoction of branches taken for an unspecified ailment.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Plant used in sweatbath for an unspecified illness.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid
Compound decoction of branches taken for mild forms of gonorrhea.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 457
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Food, Forage
Plant considered a favorite food of deer.
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 252
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Food, Forage
Shrub extensively eaten by deer.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 516
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Snowbrush Ceanothus
USDA CEVEV4
Thompson Other, Soap
Infusion of leaves and twigs with Indian hellebore used as a wash for bathing.
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 252