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 |