| 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 |