| Eryngium alismifolium Greene Modoc Eryngo USDA ERAL8 |
Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of plant taken for diarrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 73 |
| Eryngium alismifolium Greene Modoc Eryngo USDA ERAL8 |
Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of whole plant used for diarrhea. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 42 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Alabama Drug, Emetic Infusion of plant taken as an emetic. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Cherokee Drug, Emetic Infusion of plant taken to cause vomiting for nausea. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of plant taken to cause vomiting for nausea. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Antidote Root used as an 'anti-poison', especially good for snake bite. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Diuretic Root used as a powerful diuretic. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Expectorant Root used as a powerful expectorant. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Root used as an 'anti-poison', especially good for snake bite. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Stimulant Root used as a powerful stimulant. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Choctaw Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for gonorrhea. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 287 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Delaware Drug, Anthelmintic Used for intestinal tape and 'pin' worms. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Anthelmintic Root used for tapeworms and pinworms. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 76 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Venereal Aid Root used alone and in compound for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 76 |
| Eryngium aquaticum L. Rattlesnakemaster USDA ERAQA |
Koasati Drug, Emetic Decoction of roots taken as an emetic. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction used to prevent whooping cough. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Cherokee Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Used as snakebite remedy. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion held in mouth for toothaches. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Analgesic Cold infusion of pounded roots taken for neuralgia. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Analgesic Cold infusion of root taken for neuralgia and kidney troubles. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Plant used with 'deer potato' for rheumatism. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Blood Medicine Infusion of root taken 'to cleanse the system and purify the blood.' Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Blood Medicine Plant used to cleanse the system and purify the blood. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Cathartic Plant used as a physic called 'the war physic.' Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Plant used for diseases of the spleen. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Kidney Aid Cold infusion of pounded roots taken for kidney troubles. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Kidney Aid Cold infusion of root taken for kidney troubles and neuralgia. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Panacea Infusion of root used to produce 'an access of health.' Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Sedative Plant used to produce a feeling of peace and tranquility. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Infusion of root used for snakebite. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Plant used for snakebites. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Creek Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of root taken for 'the clap.' Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidote Root used as an antidote for poisons and for bladder trouble. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Meskwaki Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Leaves and fruit formerly introduced into rattlesnake medicine song and dance. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Meskwaki Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Root used for rattlesnake bites and bladder trouble. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Meskwaki Drug, Urinary Aid Root used for bladder trouble and as an antidote for poisons. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Natchez Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of parched leaves taken for dysentery. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Natchez Drug, Hemostat Stem and leaves chewed for nosebleeds. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Decoction of plant taken for dead people's sickness. The symptoms of this disease are numb and painful legs, neck, shoulders and perhaps the backbone. The sufferer is sleepy during the day, has 'short breath,' and loses appetite. Fever and headaches also accompany this illness. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 257 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Decoction of roots used for cow sickness: lower chest pain, digestive disturbances and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 191 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken by men for menstruation sickness: stomachache, headache and body soreness. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Plant used for pains. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 161 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of roots used for cow sickness: lower chest pain, digestive disturbances and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 191 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of plant taken for otter sickness: severe diarrhea, bloody stools and severe stomachache. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 223 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Antihemorrhagic Infusion of plant taken for otter sickness: severe diarrhea, bloody stools and severe stomachache. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 223 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Cold infusion of plant used as a bath for body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 215 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Infusion of plant taken by men for menstruation sickness: stomachache, headache and body soreness. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 248 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 161 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used to make a medicine taken by students in medical training. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose Button Eryngo USDA ERYUS |
Seminole Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Roots used as an emetic in purification after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |