| Quercus stellata Wangenh. Post Oak USDA QUST |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of inner bark taken for difficult urination with discharge. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18 |
| Quercus stellata Wangenh. Post Oak USDA QUST |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Unspecified liquid preparation taken for 'milky urine.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
| Quercus velutina Lam. Black Oak USDA QUVE |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Unspecified liquid preparation taken for 'milky urine.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
| Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Upright Prairie Coneflower USDA RACO3 |
Lakota Drug, Veterinary Aid Plant given to horses for urinary problems. 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 39 |
| Rhus copallinum L. Flameleaf Sumac USDA RHCOC |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Red berries chewed for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Rhus copallinum var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC. Winged Sumac USDA RHCOL |
Seminole Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root bark taken for urine retention. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
| Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumac USDA RHGL |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Red berries chewed for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumac USDA RHGL |
Omaha Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root taken for painful urination and retention of urine. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99, 100 |
| Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumac USDA RHGL |
Sioux Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of roots used for urine retention and painful urination. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 55 |
| Rhus sp. Sumac |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction of bark taken for urine retention. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 371 |
| Rhus sp. Sumac |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Warm poultice of bark applied to abdomen for pain when urinating. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 370 |
| Rhus trilobata Nutt. Skunkbush Sumac USDA RHTRT |
Cheyenne Drug, Veterinary Aid Fruit used for horses with urinary troubles and to prevent tiredness. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 |
| Rhus typhina L. Staghorn Sumac USDA RHHI2 |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Red berries chewed for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Ribes triste Pallas Red Currant USDA RITR |
Chippewa Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root and stalk taken for 'gravel.' Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 348 |
| Rosa eglanteria L. Sweetbriar Rose USDA ROEG |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction of plants taken for difficult urination. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 358 |
| Rubus allegheniensis Porter Allegheny Blackberry USDA RUALA |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction taken to regulate urination. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
| Rubus allegheniensis Porter Allegheny Blackberry USDA RUALA |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of bark taken for urinary troubles. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 29 |
| Rubus argutus Link Sawtooth Blackberry USDA RUAR2 |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction taken to regulate urination. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
| Rubus flagellaris Willd. Northern Dewberry USDA RUFL |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction taken to regulate urination. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
| Rubus idaeus L. American Red Raspberry USDA RUIDI |
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of roots used for bloody urine. Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 130 |
| Rubus idaeus L. American Red Raspberry USDA RUIDI |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of leaves taken for 'burning and pain when passing water.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 355 |
| Rubus trivialis Michx. Southern Dewberry USDA RUTR |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction taken to regulate urination. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
| Rumex crispus L. Curly Dock USDA RUCRC |
Costanoan Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plant used for urinary problems. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 11 |
| Rumex crispus L. Curly Dock USDA RUCRC |
Micmac Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of roots, hemlock, parsley and Prince's pine used for colds in the bladder. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 259 |
| Rumex crispus L. Curly Dock USDA RUCRC |
Micmac Drug, Urinary Aid Roots used 'cold in bladder.' Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61 |
| Sagittaria cuneata Sheldon Arumleaf Arrowhead USDA SACU |
Cheyenne Drug, Veterinary Aid Dried leaves given to horses for urinary troubles or put into sore mouth. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 6 |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli Blue Elderberry USDA SANIC5 |
Choctaw Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root taken for bladder troubles. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 59 |
| Sarracenia purpurea L. Purple Pitcherplant USDA SAPUP6 |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root tops taken for urinary difficulties. 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 173 |
| Sarracenia purpurea L. Purple Pitcherplant USDA SAPUP6 |
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Drug, Urinary Aid Roots mixed with beaver kidneys and used for urinary tract diseases. Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 131 |
| Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees Sassafras USDA SAAL5 |
Seminole Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of bark used for horse sickness: nausea, constipation and blocked urination. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 188 |
| Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees Sassafras USDA SAAL5 |
Seminole Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of plant taken for wolf sickness: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and frequent urination. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 227 |
| Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees Sassafras USDA SAAL5 |
Seminole Drug, Urinary Aid Plant used for gall stones and bladder pain. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
| Saxifraga ferruginea Graham Rustyhair Saxifrage USDA SAFEF |
Bella Coola Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root and leaf taken for 'strangulation of the bladder.' Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 58 |
| Sedum sp. Sedum |
Makah Drug, Urinary Aid Leaves used for bedwetting. Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 256 |
| Silphium integrifolium Michx. Wholeleaf Rosinweed USDA SIINI |
Meskwaki Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of leaves used for bladder troubles. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216 |
| Smilax bona-nox L. Saw Greenbrier USDA SMBO2 |
Houma Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root taken for urinary disturbances. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58, 59 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Houma Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root taken for urinary disturbances. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58, 59 |
| Sorbus scopulina Greene Greene Mountainash USDA SOSCS |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of branches given to young children with bed wetting problems. 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 133 |
| Sorbus sitchensis M. Roemer Western Mountainash USDA SOSIS2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Urinary Aid Infusion of branches given to young children with bed wetting problems. 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 133 |
| Spiranthes lucida (H.H. Eat.) Ames Shining Ladiestresses USDA SPLU2 |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Roots with 'twayblade' used 'for urinary 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 42 |
| Suaeda moquinii (Torr.) Greene Mojave Seablite USDA SUMO |
Paiute Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plant taken for bladder trouble. 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 143 |
| Suaeda moquinii (Torr.) Greene Mojave Seablite USDA SUMO |
Shoshoni Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plant taken for bladder trouble. 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 143 |
| Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers Common Dandelion USDA TAOFO |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plants used as wash on parts affected by smashed testicles. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 477 |
| Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers Common Dandelion USDA TAOFO |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Poultice of smashed flowers applied to swollen testicles. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 476 |
| Taxus brevifolia Nutt. Pacific Yew USDA TABR2 |
Hanaksiala Drug, Urinary Aid Cooled decoction of small wood pieces taken for bloody urine. 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 187 |
| Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. Virginia Tephrosia USDA TEVI |
Creek Drug, Urinary Aid Cold infusion of mashed roots taken for bladder troubles. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 33 |
| Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. Virginia Tephrosia USDA TEVI |
Creek Drug, Urinary Aid Cold, compound infusion of root taken for bladder trouble. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 658 |
| Thuja occidentalis L. Eastern Arborvitae USDA THOC2 |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of needle covered branches or juice taken for urine retention or sore bladder. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
| Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze Poison Sumac USDA TOVE |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Plant considered poison and taken in some form for ulcerated bladder. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth Prairie Spiderwort USDA TROCO |
Meskwaki Drug, Diuretic Infusion of root used as a 'urinary.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 209 |