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Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
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Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Crushed leaves rubbed on insect sting and infusion of leaf rubbed on hives. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
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Cherokee Drug, Disinfectant Juice of wilted leaves applied to infected toes. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
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Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of leaf taken for fever. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
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Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion taken for pneumonia. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
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Dakota Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of leaves and plant tops taken for bloody flux. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 369 |
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Dakota Drug, Antiemetic Infusion of leaves and plant tops taken for vomiting. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 369 |
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Delaware Drug, Blood Medicine Poultice of plant used to prevent blood poisoning. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Blood Medicine Poultice of plant applied to prevent 'blood poison.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plant applied to prevent 'blood poisoning.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 74 |
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Houma Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of root taken for menstrual troubles. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65 |
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Iroquois Drug, Antidiarrheal Compound decoction of plants taken for diarrhea with bleeding. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468 |
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Iroquois Drug, Heart Medicine Infusion of roots taken for stroke. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 469 |
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Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Decoction of plants taken for cramps from picking berries. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468 |
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Lakota Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Infusion of leaves applied to swellings. 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 35 |
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Lakota Other, Paper Plant used for toilet paper. 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 35 |
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Luiseno Drug, Emetic Plant used as an emetic. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 228 |
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Mahuna Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of plant used as a wash for minor skin eruptions and scalp diseases. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 13 |
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Oto Drug, Antiemetic Bruised leaves laid on scarified abdomen for nausea. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132 |