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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