| Chrysothamnus sp. Rabbit Brush |
Isleta Drug, Toothache Remedy Small bit of stem used in cavities for toothache. It was believed that if the cavity was not sealed in some manner after the stem was inserted, the tooth would break. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
| Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. Green Rabbitbrush USDA CHVIA4 |
Shoshoni Drug, Toothache Remedy Finely mashed leaves inserted in tooth cavities for toothaches. 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 57, 58 |
| Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. Western White Clematis USDA CLLIL2 |
Thompson Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of cut stem pieces applied to the tooth for toothache. 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 247 |
| Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze Yerba Buena USDA CLDO2 |
Costanoan Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of warm leaves applied to jaw or plant held in mouth for toothaches. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 17 |
| Coix lacryma-jobi L. Job's Tears USDA COLA |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Seeds strung around baby's neck for teething. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41 |
| Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Threeleaf Goldthread USDA COTR2 |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion of rhizomes taken for toothaches. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 167 |
| Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Threeleaf Goldthread USDA COTR2 |
Menominee Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots used in astringent mouthwash for teething babies. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 48 |
| Cornus racemosa Lam. Gray Dogwood USDA CORA6 |
Meskwaki Drug, Oral Aid Infusion of bark held in mouth 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 218, 219 |
| Corylus americana Walt. American Hazelnut USDA COAM3 |
Iroquois Drug, Toothache Remedy Compound decoction of roots given when 'baby's teeth are coming in.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 297 |
| Corylus cornuta Marsh. Beaked Hazelnut USDA COCOC2 |
Iroquois Drug, Toothache Remedy Decoction of bark given to children for teething. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 298 |
| Corylus cornuta Marsh. Beaked Hazelnut USDA COCOC2 |
Iroquois Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion of stems and other plant stems made into a necklace used by children for teething pain. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 38 |
| Cryptantha fulvocanescens (S. Wats.) Payson Tawny Catseye USDA CRFUF |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of leaves applied for toothache. 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 40 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Chippewa Drug, Toothache Remedy Dried, powdered root moistened and applied to decayed teeth for toothache. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
| Dalea candida var. candida White Prairieclover USDA DACAC |
Navajo Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant used as toothache medicine. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 57 |
| Datura sp. Jimson Weed |
Navajo Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant used as pain killer for toothaches. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Cahuilla Drug, Toothache Remedy Powdered leaves made into an ointment and applied for toothache pain. 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 60 |
| Dentaria sp. Toothwort |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Plants cooked with other greens and used for food. Witthoft, John, 1977, Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs, Journal of Cherokee Studies 2(2):250-255, page 252 |
| Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt. Western Tansymustard USDA DEPIP3 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of plant applied for toothache. 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 28 |
| Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl Herb Sophia USDA DESO2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of plant applied for toothache. 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 28 |
| Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. Pacific Bleedinghearts USDA DIFOF |
Skagit Drug, Toothache Remedy Raw roots chewed for toothaches. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
| Dichelostemma multiflorum (Benth.) Heller Roundtooth Snakelily USDA DIMU5 |
Atsugewi Food, Unspecified Cooked in earth oven and used for food. Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 138 |
| Dichelostemma multiflorum (Benth.) Heller Roundtooth Snakelily USDA DIMU5 |
Karok Food, Unspecified Raw bulbs used for food. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
| Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins Touristplant USDA DIWI2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant chewed by children to strengthen teeth. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24 |
| Diospyros virginiana L. Common Persimmon USDA DIVI5 |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Compound infusion used for toothache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
| Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray Marginal Woodfern USDA DRMA4 |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Warm infusion held in mouth for toothache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Blackfoot Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots chewed to cause mouth numbness for toothaches. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion of powdered leaves and roots used for toothaches. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 188 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy Root juice used for toothaches. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 188 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Dakota Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant applied to tooth for toothache. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Lakota Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant chewed for toothaches. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 37 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Lakota Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots chewed or powdered and used for toothache. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 47 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Omaha Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant applied to tooth for toothache. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Pawnee Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant applied to tooth for toothache. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Ponca Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant applied to tooth for toothache. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Sioux, Teton Drug, Toothache Remedy Root used as toothache remedy. Densmore, Frances, 1918, Teton Sioux Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #61, page 270 |
| Echinacea angustifolia DC. Blacksamson Echinacea USDA ECANA |
Winnebago Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant applied to tooth for toothache. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131 |
| Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. Pale Purple Coneflower USDA ECPA |
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy Root chewed for toothaches, especially cavities. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20 |
| Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. Pale Purple Coneflower USDA ECPA |
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots chewed for toothache. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38 |
| Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. Pale Purple Coneflower USDA ECPA |
Crow Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots chewed for toothache. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38 |
| Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. Pale Purple Coneflower USDA ECPA |
Sioux Drug, Toothache Remedy Roots chewed for toothache. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38 |
| Echinacea sp. Purple Cone Flower |
Comanche Drug, Toothache Remedy Root held against tooth for toothaches. Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 521 |
| Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr. Goldenhills USDA ENFAF |
Cahuilla Drug, Toothache Remedy Decoction of blossoms, leaves and stems held in the mouth for toothaches. 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 69 |
| Equisetum arvense L. Field Horsetail USDA EQAR |
Iroquois Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion of rhizomes and hazel stems given to children for teething. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 33 |
| Equisetum arvense L. Field Horsetail USDA EQAR |
Iroquois Drug, Toothache Remedy Raw stems chewed by teething babies. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 261 |
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa Rubber Rabbitbrush USDA ERNAN5 |
Cahuilla Drug, Toothache Remedy Decoction of twigs taken for toothaches. 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 54 |
| Erigenia bulbosa (Michx.) Nutt. Harbinger Of Spring USDA ERBU |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Chewed for toothache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
| Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus Leafy Fleabane USDA ERFOF |
Kawaiisu Drug, Toothache Remedy Root held between the teeth for toothache. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 28 |
| Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus Leafy Fleabane USDA ERFOF |
Miwok Drug, Toothache Remedy Root chewed and placed in cavity. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 169 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion held in mouth for toothaches. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene Sanddune Wallflower USDA ERCAC |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Toothache Remedy Poultice of warmed root applied for toothache. 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 28, 29 |