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Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Drug, Burn Dressing
Decoction of blossoms used as wash for burns.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of blossoms used as wash for sores.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Other, Protection
Blossoms used to cover graves of those recently buried to keep the wolves from digging up the body.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Kiowa Other, Protection
Blossoms used to cover graves of those recently buried to keep the wolves from digging up the body.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 58
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Contraceptive
Infusion of root taken by both partners as a contraceptive.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Diaphoretic
Infusion of whole plant taken as a diaphoretic for syphilis.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 44, 45
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Diuretic
Infusion of whole plant taken as a diuretic for syphilis.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 44, 45
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Emetic
Infusion of whole plant taken as an emetic for syphilis.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 44, 45
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Infusion of fresh or dried root taken three times a day for diabetes.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Venereal Aid
Infusion of whole plant taken for syphilis.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 44, 45
Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray
Yellowspine Thistle
USDA CIOC2
Zuni Drug, Venereal Aid
Infusion of whole plant taken for syphilis.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374