| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of ground roots and choke cherry taken for coughs. 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 135 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Heart Medicine Infusion of ground roots and pepperroot taken for heart disease. 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 135 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Preventive Medicine Carried on the person in order to avoid contracting a disease. 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 135 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Analgesic Decoction of root taken for bowel pain. Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in a sweat lodge ceremony. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root taken for bowel pain. Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Panacea Chewed root rubbed on skin for any illness. Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Pediatric Aid Bit of root tied to child's clothing to keep the night spirits away. Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Bit of root tied to clothes to keep night spirits away from children. Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant used to ward off ghosts. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 7 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cheyenne Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Root tied to child's dress or blanket to keep away the night spirits. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 171 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Chippewa Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plants taken for coughs. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 124 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Chippewa Drug, Hunting Medicine Decoction of roots used on fish nets as a charm. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 376 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Cough Medicine Dried rootstock chewed for coughs. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Cough Medicine Rootstock chewed for coughs from colds. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Ear Medicine Poultice of water softened rootstock applied to the ear for earaches. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Dakota 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 |
Dakota 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 |
Delaware Drug, Abortifacient Infusion of roots used for suppressed menses. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of roots used for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots used for coughs. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Roots used with sassafras roots for intestinal pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Abortifacient Compound containing root taken for suppressed menses. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Analgesic Compound containing root used for stomachache and intestinal pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Cold Remedy Compound containing root taken for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of root taken for coughs, colds and suppressed menses. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Delaware, Ontario Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of scraped root taken for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound infusion of roots taken as a blood remedy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Infusion of plant and another plant given to children with poor blood circulation. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 70 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Ear Medicine Decoction of roots used as drops in ear for earache. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Used for the detection of bewitchment. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 278 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Lakota Drug, Cough Medicine Roots chewed for coughs. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 48 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Malecite Drug, Preventive Medicine Roots chewed to prevent disease. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 249 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Malecite Drug, Unspecified Used for medicines. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Meskwaki Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root taken for cough. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 202 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Root used for coughs. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53, 54 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Micmac Drug, Panacea Plant used as a panacea. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Abortifacient Infusion of root taken for suppressed menses. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Analgesic Infusion of root taken for stomach pains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Small pieces of root used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 128 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of root taken for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Mohegan Drug, Panacea Root chewed to insure good health and root carried to 'ward off sickness.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Nanticoke Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of root given to infants for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 55 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Nanticoke Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used as colic medicine. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 55, 84 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Nanticoke Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of root given to infants for colds. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 55 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Heart Medicine Used as a heart stimulant. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2247 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine Root and sarsaparilla root made into tea and used on gill nets to bring a fine catch of white fish. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 428 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Root chewed for sore throat. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2247 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Roots chewed for sore throat. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2309 |
| Acorus calamus L. Calamus USDA ACAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Used to make a throat tonic for singers. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2247 |