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Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
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Alaska Native Food, Bread & Cake
Rootstocks dried, ground, leached, dried, ground into flour and used to make bread.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 145
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Alaska Native Food, Dried Food
Rootstocks dried, ground, leached, dried and used for food.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 145
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Alaska Native Food, Starvation Food
Rootstocks used in the past as an emergency food.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 145
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Aleut Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of roots taken for gas pains, constipation and rheumatism.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
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Aleut Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Compound containing roots taken as a tonic for gas pains and rheumatism.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Aleut Drug, Carminative
Compound containing roots taken as a tonic for gas pains.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Aleut Drug, Laxative
Compound containing roots taken as a tonic for constipation.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Aleut Drug, Tonic
Roots used as a powerful ingredient in a tonic.
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Hesquiat Food, Forage
Deer put their heads under the surface of the water to get at the long, green rhizomes.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 69
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Kwakiutl Drug, Antiemetic
Decoction of roots or leaves taken when sick to the stomach.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
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Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of ground stem and roots taken for blood spitting.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of root and stem used for 'spitting of blood and other internal diseases.'
Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 380
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Kwakiutl Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of roots or leaves taken to put on weight.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Kwakiutl Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of roots or leaves taken when sick to the stomach.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Kwakiutl Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of roots or leaves taken to put on weight during the flu.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
USDA METR3
Menominee Drug, Unspecified
Plant used in medicines.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 36
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
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Micmac Drug, Unspecified
Strong decoction of root taken for unspecified purpose.
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 317
Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Buckbean
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Tlingit Drug, Unspecified
Plant used for the medicinal value.
Smith, G. Warren, 1973, Arctic Pharmacognosia, Arctic 26:324-333, page 330