| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used for breast, stomach and intestinal pains. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Seeds boiled in 'new milk' and used for diarrhea. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Expectorant Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion used for 'bloody flux.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Heart Medicine Infusion of root used for heart trouble. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Laxative Seeds or root used as gentle laxative. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
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Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy and lung inflammations. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Cherokee Fiber, Clothing Stems used to make belts. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Asclepias tuberosa L. Butterfly Milkweed USDA ASTUT2 |
Delaware Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Roots used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
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Delaware Drug, Gynecological Aid Roots administered to women following childbirth. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
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Delaware Drug, Pulmonary Aid Roots used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Root used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Gynecological Aid Root used to make a drink taken by women after childbirth. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Pulmonary Aid Root used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 74 |
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Iroquois Drug, Other Infusion of roots used as a wash for arms, shoulders and body for lifting. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
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Iroquois Drug, Sports Medicine Poultice of smashed roots applied to legs and running shoes dampened or washed for running strength. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
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Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of root used or decoction taken for bruises and swellings. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
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Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid Simple or compound poultice of pulverized root used on cuts, wounds and bruises. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 25 |
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Menominee Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of root used or decoction taken for lameness. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
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Menominee Drug, Tonic Decoction of pounded root taken as a tonic. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 132 |
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Mohegan Drug, Pulmonary Aid Dried root used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in ceremonial chant lotion. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction or infusion of various plant parts used for dog or coyote bites. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Plant used for influenza. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
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Omaha Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Ceremony connected with the obtaining and distribution of this prized root. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Omaha Drug, Dermatological Aid Fresh and dried root used in several ways on wounds and sores. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Omaha Drug, Pulmonary Aid Raw root eaten for bronchial and pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Omaha Drug, Respiratory Aid Root eaten raw for bronchial and pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Ponca Drug, Pulmonary Aid Root eaten raw for pulmonary trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Ponca Drug, Respiratory Aid Root eaten raw for bronchial trouble. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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Rappahannock Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of bruised leaves bound to snakebites. 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 |