| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Karok Fiber, Scouring Material Stems used to sandpaper madrone spoons. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Keres, Western Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy Plant chewed before meals for piles. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 42 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken or cold infusion used as a lotion for backaches. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 15 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion of plant taken or cold infusion used as a lotion for backaches. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 15 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant Compound decoction of plant used 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 11 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Infusion of stems taken for lumbago. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of plant and chokecherry twigs given to children for colds. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid Plant pounded, mixed with water and used to wash areas of the body affected by poison ivy. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Diuretic Infusion of stems taken as a diuretic to stimulate the kidneys. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion of stems taken for backaches. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of plant and chokecherry twigs given to children for colds. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Stimulant Infusion of stems taken for sluggishness due to a cold. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plant and false box taken or used as a bath for syphilis and gonorrhea. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Veterinary Aid Given to thin, old horses with diarrhea after eating fresh grass in spring. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Scouring Material Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Scouring Material Used to polish fingernails. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Fodder Used in winter for fodder during hay shortage. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified Heads used for food. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers Hollow stems used to administer medicines to babies. 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 17 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagon Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of plant ash and grease applied to burns. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Okanagon Fiber, Scouring Material Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Pomo, Kashaya Drug, Kidney Aid Decoction of whole plant taken for kidney trouble and associated back trouble. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 59 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Quileute Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Quileute Food, Dried Food Rootstocks dried and used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Quileute Food, Special Food Rootstocks eaten as a delicacy. Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Quileute Food, Special Food Rootstocks eaten during puberty ceremonies. Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
San Felipe Food, Porridge Plant dried and ground to make mush. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 27 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of plant ash and grease applied to burns. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Drug, Eye Medicine Stem liquid used for sore eyes or decoction of stems used for sore, itchy eyes or blindness. The stem liquid, which was collected in the springtime, could be stored in the refrigerator and used whenever needed. The stem decoction was used as an eyewash for sore or itchy eyes or for impending blindness such as that caused by cataracts. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of roots taken to accelerate a difficult childbirth. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction or infusion of stems taken after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The decoction or infusion was taken immediately after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The stems were usually gathered ahead of time being pulled up, the roots cut off and the stems cut into short segments and dried. Then, just before childbirth, a small handful of the cut stems was steeped in boiling water for five or ten minutes. The woman could drink this tea for several days. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of new growths taken for bladder trouble. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Fiber, Scouring Material Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Fiber, Scouring Material Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Thompson Other, Fertilizer Stem liquid used to kill any type of weed. The stem segments were pulled apart and the water was splashed over the weeds. 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 86 |
| Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun Smooth Horsetail USDA EQLA |
Ute Other, Toys & Games Used by children as whistles. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 34 |
| Equisetum palustre L. Marsh Horsetail USDA EQPA |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion or decoction of plants taken for stomach or bowel troubles. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
| Equisetum palustre L. Marsh Horsetail USDA EQPA |
Ojibwa Drug, Laxative Decoction of plants taken for sick stomach, bowels or for constipation. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
| Equisetum pratense Ehrh. Meadow Horsetail USDA EQPR |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Unspecified Raw roots eaten with seal oil. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 121 |
| Equisetum pratense Ehrh. Meadow Horsetail USDA EQPR |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Winter Use Food Roots stored in oil for future use. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 121 |
| Equisetum scirpoides Michx. Dwarf Scouringrush USDA EQSC |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Forage Plant eaten by grizzly bears. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 156 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Aleut Drug, Poison Decoction of plant fed to hated guest as a magical poison. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 428 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Cahuilla Fiber, Scouring Material Used for a cleaning pad as a cleansing agent. 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 70 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Costanoan Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of plant used for retarded menstruation. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Costanoan Drug, Contraceptive Decoction of plant used as a contraceptive. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Costanoan Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plant used for bladder ailments. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 4 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Koyukon Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Blades used as dog bedding. Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 56 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Koyukon Other, Fuel Blades used to produce smoke in smudge fires. Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 56 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Miwok Drug, Unspecified Stems used for medicine. 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 |
| Equisetum sp. Mare's Tail |
Modesse Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plant taken for coughs. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224 |