| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ponca Other, Toys & Games Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Potawatomi Drug, Unspecified Root used for unspecified ailments. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 42 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Potawatomi Fiber, Sewing Material This and other species of the milkweed used for thread materials. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 111 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Potawatomi Food, Soup Flowers and buds used to thicken meat soups and to impart a very pleasing flavor to the dish. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 96 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Rappahannock Drug, Dermatological Aid Milk of fresh plant applied to warts and ringworm. 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 32 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Winnebago Food, Vegetable Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Winnebago Other, Toys & Games Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used for breast, stomach and intestinal pains. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Seeds boiled in 'new milk' and used for diarrhea. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Expectorant Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion used for 'bloody flux.' 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Heart Medicine Infusion of root used for heart trouble. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Laxative Seeds or root used as gentle laxative. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy and lung inflammations. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Fiber, Clothing Stems used to make belts. 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 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Roots used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware Drug, Gynecological Aid Roots administered to women following childbirth. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware Drug, Pulmonary Aid Roots used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Root used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Gynecological Aid Root used to make a drink taken by women after childbirth. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Pulmonary Aid Root used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Iroquois Drug, Other Infusion of roots used as a wash for arms, shoulders and body for lifting. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Iroquois Drug, Sports Medicine Poultice of smashed roots applied to legs and running shoes dampened or washed for running strength. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of root used or decoction taken for bruises and swellings. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid Simple or compound poultice of pulverized root used on cuts, wounds and bruises. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 25 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Menominee Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of root used or decoction taken for lameness. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Menominee Drug, Tonic Decoction of pounded root taken as a tonic. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Mohegan Drug, Pulmonary Aid Dried root used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in ceremonial chant lotion. 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 39 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction or infusion of various plant parts used for dog or coyote bites. 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 39 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Plant used for influenza. 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 39 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Omaha Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Ceremony connected with the obtaining and distribution of this prized root. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Omaha Drug, Dermatological Aid Fresh and dried root used in several ways on wounds and sores. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Omaha Drug, Pulmonary Aid Raw root eaten for bronchial and pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Omaha Drug, Respiratory Aid Root eaten raw for bronchial and pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Ponca Drug, Pulmonary Aid Root eaten raw for pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Ponca Drug, Respiratory Aid Root eaten raw for bronchial trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Rappahannock Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of bruised leaves bound to snakebites. 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 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Choctaw Drug, Diaphoretic Root used as a sudorific. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Choctaw Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Root chewed, saliva swallowed and strong decoction taken for snakebite. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Choctaw Drug, Stimulant Root used as a stimulant. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Hopi Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of entire plant taken by nursing mother with scanty flow of milk. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Leaves and young shoots boiled with meat and eaten. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Hopi Other, Tools Used as a planting stick. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Lakota Drug, Gynecological Aid Used by mothers to increase their milk. 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 34 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Navajo Drug, Nose Medicine Plant used for nose troubles. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96 |
| Asclepias verticillata L. Whorled Milkweed USDA ASVE |
Navajo Drug, Throat Aid Plant used for throat troubles. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96 |
| Asclepias viridiflora Raf. Green Milkweed USDA ASVI |
Blackfoot Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of chewed roots applied to swellings. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 75 |
| Asclepias viridiflora Raf. Green Milkweed USDA ASVI |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of chewed roots applied to diarrhea rash. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 75 |
| Asclepias viridiflora Raf. Green Milkweed USDA ASVI |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of chewed roots applied to rashes. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 75 |