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Arnica acaulis (Walt.) B.S.P.
Common Leopardbane
USDA ARAC3
Catawba Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of roots taken for back pain.
Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 189
Arnica acaulis (Walt.) B.S.P.
Common Leopardbane
USDA ARAC3
Catawba Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Infusion of roots taken for back pain.
Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 189
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Heartleaf Arnica
USDA ARCO9
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Love Medicine
Roots used as a love medicine. Roots were mixed with a robin's heart and tongue and with ochre paint. The mixture was dried and powdered. The user went into the water and faced east, recited certain words, mentioned the name of the person he desired and marked his face with the powdered arnica mixture.
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 75
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Heartleaf Arnica
USDA ARCO9
Shuswap Drug, Eye Medicine
Plant used for sore eyes.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Heartleaf Arnica
USDA ARCO9
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poultice of mashed plant used for swellings.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Heartleaf Arnica
USDA ARCO9
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed plant used for bruises and cuts.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Heartleaf Arnica
USDA ARCO9
Thompson Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Infusion of plant taken for tuberculosis.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169
Arnica latifolia Bong.
Broadleaf Arnica
USDA ARLA8
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Love Medicine
Roots used as a love medicine.
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 75
Arnica latifolia Bong.
Broadleaf Arnica
USDA ARLA8
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Plant used medicinally for unspecified purpose.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 473
Senecio pseudoarnica Less.
Seaside Ragwort
USDA SEPS
Aleut Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of leaves applied to drain cuts and boils.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Senecio pseudoarnica Less.
Seaside Ragwort
USDA SEPS
Eskimo, Alaska Food, Unspecified
Fleshy stems and boiled leaves used for food. The leaves were edible only when boiled. The plant was eaten only when young and tender.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38