Echinocystis brandegei Cogn. |
Tubatulabal Drug, Dermatological Aid Burned, ripe seeds rubbed on pimples and newborn baby's navel. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 59 |
Echinocystis brandegei Cogn. |
Tubatulabal Drug, Pediatric Aid Burned, ripe seeds rubbed on newborn baby's navel. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 59 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Cherokee Drug, Abortifacient Taken for 'obstructed menses.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Infusion taken for rheumatism. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Taken for chills and fevers. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Infusion taken for kidneys. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Menominee Drug, Analgesic Poultice of pulverized root used for headache. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33, 34 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Menominee Drug, Love Medicine Root used in love potions. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33, 34 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Menominee Drug, Panacea Plant considered to be 'the greatest of all medicines' and always useful. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33, 34 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Menominee Drug, Tonic Decoction of root taken as a bitter tonic. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33, 34 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Meskwaki Drug, Analgesic Poultice of pounded root applied for headache. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Meskwaki Drug, Panacea Compound containing root used as a universal remedy for all sicknesses. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Oglala Other, Jewelry Seeds used for beads. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 129 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of root used as a bitter medicine for stomach troubles. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367368 |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Ojibwa Drug, Tonic Infusion of root used as a tonic. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367368 |
Echinocystis sp. Wild Cucumber |
California Indian Drug, Kidney Aid Roasted seeds eaten for kidney troubles. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 41 |