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Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Paiute Drug, Heart Medicine
Infusion of roots taken for heart troubles.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 116
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Paiute Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Infusion of roots taken for tuberculosis.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 116
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified
Roots peeled and eaten raw.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Analgesic
Pounded roots used in a steambath for internal pain.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Carminative
Decoction of smashed roots taken for gas.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of roots applied to swellings.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Disinfectant
Root burned in the house after a death.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Febrifuge
Poultice of roots applied for chills and fever.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Febrifuge
Root burned in the house for long, slow sickness with chills and fever.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Herbal Steam
Pounded roots used in a steambath for internal pain.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340
Helianthus cusickii Gray
Cusick's Sunflower
USDA HECU2
Shasta Drug, Preventive Medicine
Roots burned to keep away disease.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340