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Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Pawnee Drug, Toothache Remedy
Rootstock chewed for toothache.
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
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Ponca 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
Ponca Drug, Cold Remedy
Rootstock chewed, decoction taken or smoke treatment used for colds.
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, 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
Ponca Drug, Febrifuge
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
Ponca 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
Ponca 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, Toothache Remedy
Rootstock chewed for toothache.
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
Potawatomi Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Compound decoction of small amount of root taken for hemorrhage.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 39, 40
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Potawatomi Drug, Respiratory Aid
Powdered root snuffed up nose for catarrh.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 39, 40
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Rappahannock Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Chewed plant juice taken by older people for the stomach.
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 29
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Rappahannock Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion given to children and babies for pains and stomach cramps.
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 30
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Rappahannock Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion given to children and babies for fretfulness, pains and stomach cramps.
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 30
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Rappahannock Drug, Sedative
Infusion given to children and babies for fretfulness.
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 30
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Rappahannock Drug, Tonic
Chewed plant juice taken by older people as a tonic.
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 29
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Shinnecock Drug, Blood Medicine
Root nibbled 'to dry your blood.'
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 118
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Shinnecock Drug, Oral Aid
Root dried, cooked in sugar and eaten for the breath.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 118
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Sioux, Fort Peck Drug, Abortifacient
Used to cause abortion.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Sioux, Fort Peck Drug, Panacea
Root chewed and swallowed as a 'cure-all.'
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Winnebago 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
Winnebago 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
Winnebago Drug, Cold Remedy
Rootstock chewed, decoction taken or smoke treatment used for colds.
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
Winnebago 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
Winnebago Drug, Febrifuge
Decoction of plant 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
Winnebago 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
Winnebago 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
Winnebago Drug, Tonic
Complex compound injected via bird wing bone for general health.
Radin, Paul, 1923, The Winnebago Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #37, page 265
Acorus calamus L.
Calamus
USDA ACAM
Winnebago Drug, Toothache Remedy
Rootstock chewed for toothache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 69, 70