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Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Root used for stomach disorders.
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 138
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of root given for 'flux.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Infusion of root used in various ways 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 43
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Cherokee Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of boiled tubers given 'to make child fleshy and fat.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of boiled tubers given 'to make child fleshy and fat.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Cherokee Food, Starvation Food
Roots made into flour and used to make bread for famine times.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Chippewa Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Decoction of root applied to snake bites.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 352
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Huron Food, Starvation Food
Roots used with acorns during famine.
Aller, Wilma F., 1954, Aboriginal Food Utilization of Vegetation by the Indians of the Great Lake Region As Recorded in the Jesuit Relations, Wisconsin Archeologist 35:59-73, page 63
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Malecite Drug, Abortifacient
Infusion of plant and sweet viburnum roots used for irregular menstruation.
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 258
Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily
USDA LICAC
Micmac Drug, Abortifacient
Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58