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Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of leaves applied to open wounds.
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 138
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Disinfectant
Poultice of leaves applied to infections.
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 138
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of leaves applied to wounds and ulcers.
Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 126
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Other, Insecticide
Crushed leaves rubbed on the face and hands as protection from mosquitoes.
Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 126
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Chippewa Drug, Burn Dressing
Poultice of fresh leaf applied to burns.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 354
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Chippewa Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of leaves applied externally to scrofulous sores.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 354
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Chippewa Other, Toys & Games
Patterns bitten into leaves for entertainment.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Iroquois Drug, Heart Medicine
Decoction of plant taken for the heart.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 283
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Iroquois Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Compound decoction of smashed whole plants taken for sugar diabetes.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 283
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Menominee Drug, Antidote
Plant put on bite of dog which has eaten plant, to draw out the poison.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 40, 41
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Ojibwa Drug, Antidote
Root applied to draw poison from bite made by dog which has eaten the plant.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Ojibwa Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of roots used on wound caused by dog's northern clintonia poisoned teeth.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 430
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Ojibwa Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of root used to aid parturition.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Ojibwa Drug, Poison
Roots chewed by dogs to poison their teeth and kills animals they bite.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 430
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
USDA CLBO3
Potawatomi Drug, Unspecified
Plant used as a medicine for unspecified ailments.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 62