| Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. Velvetleaf Huckleberry USDA VAMY |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of leafy stems used to bring menstruation. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63 |
| Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. Velvetleaf Huckleberry USDA VAMY |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of plant used to bring menstruation. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63 |
| Veratrum viride Ait. American False Hellebore USDA VEVI |
Kwakiutl Drug, Abortifacient Juice taken by women to bring about an abortion. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 273 |
| Verbena hastata L. Swamp Verbena USDA VEHAH |
Cherokee Drug, Abortifacient Used for female obstructions. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60 |
| Verbesina virginica L. White Crownbeard USDA VEVIV |
Chickasaw Drug, Abortifacient Plant used as a 'deobstruant.' 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 289 |
| Viburnum lentago L. Nannyberry USDA VILE |
Malecite Drug, Abortifacient Infusion of roots used for irregular menstruation. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258 |
| Viburnum lentago L. Nannyberry USDA VILE |
Micmac Drug, Abortifacient Roots used for irregular menstruation. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 63 |
| Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. Common Vetch USDA VISAN2 |
Iroquois Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of plant taken by women with suppressed menses. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
| Yucca glauca Nutt. Small Soapweed USDA YUGLG2 |
Lakota Drug, Abortifacient Roots and prickly pear cactus roots used as 'medicine for not give birth.' 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 28 |
| Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. Common Pricklyash USDA ZAAM |
Iroquois Drug, Abortifacient Decoction of bark taken to promote miscarriage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 368 |