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Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal
Plant used as a diarrhea medicine.
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Paiute Drug, Diuretic
Decoction of plant or roots taken in cases of 'retention of urine.'
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Paiute Drug, Emetic
Decoction of root taken as an emetic.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Paiute Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of root gargled for sore throat.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of dried, pulverized root applied to sores and wounds.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Shoshoni Drug, Diuretic
Decoction of plant or roots taken in cases of 'retention of urine.'
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Shoshoni Drug, Emetic
Decoction of root taken as an emetic.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Shoshoni Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of plant tops taken to aid in 'bringing out' measles.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Shoshoni Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of root gargled for sore throat.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid
Decoction of plant taken for venereal disease.
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 84, 85
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Tubatulabal Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of entire plant taken for bloody flux.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 59
Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
USDA HECUC2
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Seeds used extensively for food.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15