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Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Antiemetic
Taken for vomiting.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Carminative
Taken to 'dispel flatulence and remove colic 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 48, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion taken for colds.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion taken for fevers.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Taken for 'affections of stomach and bowels' and infusion used for upset stomach.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Taken for bowel problems.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Tincture applied externally to piles.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Given for cholera infantum.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid
Given for cholera infantum.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Sedative
Taken for hysterics.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Stimulant
Used as a stimulant.
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid
Taken for 'suppression of urine and gravelly affection.'
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, 49
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Food, Spice
Used to flavor foods.
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
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Cherokee Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
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
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Tonic
Compound containing leaves used as a tonic.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 76
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Iroquois Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion of whole plant taken for colds.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Iroquois Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of whole plant taken for fevers.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Iroquois Drug, Other
Compound infusion used as wash on injured parts, a 'Little Water Medicine.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Infusion of plant will throw off witchcraft.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 428
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Menominee Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Compound infusion taken and poultice applied to chest for pneumonia.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 39
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Mohegan Drug, Anthelmintic
Infusion of leaves taken by children and adults as a vermifuge.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Mohegan Drug, Anthelmintic
Infusion of plant given to babies for worms.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Mohegan Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion given to babies for worms.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Mohegan Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of leaves used as a vermifuge for children and adults.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130
Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata]
Water Mint
USDA MEPI
Quileute Drug, Unspecified
Used as smelling and rubbing medicine.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 68