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Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Potawatomi Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of bark used for 'flushing the vagina.'
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 43
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Potawatomi Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Infusion of bark injected rectally for piles.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 43
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
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Potawatomi Drug, Veterinary Aid
Powdered bark used as an astringent for horse galls.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 116
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Potawatomi Drug, Veterinary Aid
Powdered inner bark sprinkled on galled spots on ponies.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 43
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Potawatomi Dye, Brown
Bark used to obtain a brown dye.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 116
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Potawatomi Dye, Red
Bark used to obtain a red dye.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 116
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Shuswap Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of bark used as a wash for sores.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Shuswap Drug, Diaphoretic
Decoction of bark taken to 'sweat everything out.'
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Shuswap Drug, Unspecified
Decoction of bark taken for the body.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Mountain Alder
USDA ALINR
Shuswap Dye, Unspecified
Used for buckskin dye.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Abnaki Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant, two other plants and Vaseline used as an ointment for 'slight' itches.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 165
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Abnaki Drug, Dermatological Aid
Used for 'slight' itches.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Emetic
Infusion of inner bark taken as an emetic.
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 153
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Laxative
Infusion of inner bark taken as a laxative.
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 153
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Toothache Remedy
Root bark mixed with molasses and used for toothaches.
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 153
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Cathartic
Infusion of roots taken as a cathartic by women during menses.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Decoction of inner bark taken to induce vomiting when unable to retain food.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Infusion of roots taken as an emetic by women during menses.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of bark rubbed into the eye for eye troubles.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of inner bark taken to induce vomiting when unable to retain food.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of roots taken as an emetic and cathartic by women during menses.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Eye Medicine
Decoction of inner bark used as a wash for sore eyes.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Laxative
Bark removed by scraping downwards used as a laxative.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Brown
Decoction or infusion of inner bark used to wash and restore the brown color of old moccasins.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Orange-Red
Decoction of inner bark used as a reddish orange dye for quills.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Red-Brown
Infusion of inner bark used as a reddish brown dye for hides.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Unspecified
Decoction of inner bark used to darken hides.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Unspecified
Infusion of bark applied to darken birch bark used to make baskets.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Dye, Yellow
Decoction of catkins used as a yellow dye for quills.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Fiber, Caulking Material
Wood charcoal mixed with pitch and used for sealing canoe seams.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Cree, Woodlands Fiber, Snow Gear
Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Compound decoction with twigs taken for internal hemorrhage.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Cathartic
Decoction of young shoot bark taken as a physic.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Emetic
Decoction of young shoot bark taken as a spring emetic.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid
Infusion of bark or decoction of plant taken for urinating problems.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid
Decoctions used internally or externally for venereal chancres or sores.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Decoction used to paint a trap or bow and arrow as a charm to get game.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 301
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Speckled Alder
USDA ALINR
Menominee Drug, Alterative
Infusion of inner bark used as an alterative.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 26
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Apache, White Mountain Dye, Red-Brown
Bark used to dye deerskin and other skins a reddish brown.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Bella Coola Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of compound containing buds applied for lung or hip pains.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 55
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Bella Coola Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poultice of compound containing buds applied to lung or hip pain.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 55
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Bella Coola Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Poultice of compound containing buds applied for lung pains.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 55
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Bella Coola Drug, Unspecified
Cones used for an 'unspecified complaint.'
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 55
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Blackfoot Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Hot drink made from bark taken for scrofula.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 275
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Blackfoot Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Infusion of bark taken for scrofula.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Blackfoot Dye, Orange
Decoction of inner bark used to make a orange dye.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Blackfoot Dye, Red-Brown
Decoction of inner bark used to make a red-brown dye.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Blackfoot Other, Stable Gear
Bark split, covered with raw hide and used to make stirrups.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 275
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Eye Medicine
Decoction of inner bark used as a wash for sore eyes.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
Thinleaf Alder
USDA ALINT
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Laxative
Bark removed by scraping downwards used as a laxative.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27