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Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Used for cramps and sharp pains.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic
Used as an antihelminthic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Anticonvulsive
Used as an antispasmodic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Cathartic
Used as a cathartic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Used extensively in rituals.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of beaten plant used for boils and applied to insect bites.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Diaphoretic
Used as a sudorific.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Diuretic
Used as a diuretic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Used as an emetic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Expectorant
Used as an expectorant.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Taken for colic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid
Taken for dropsy.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of leaf used for ague, 'locked-jaw' and 'black-yellow disease.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Other
Compound used for apoplexy, dizziness and fainting.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Juice applied to snakebite.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy
Smoke blown on toothache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Drug, Vertigo Medicine
Used for dizziness and fainting.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Cherokee Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for smoking.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Juice rubbed on the hands and feet for rheumatism.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 291
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for chewing and smoking.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 291
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hawaiian Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used for removing the pus from scrofulous sores or boils.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hawaiian Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used for sores and the smoke used for cuts.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hawaiian Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Plant used for removing the pus from scrofulous sores.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 73
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hesquiat Drug, Dermatological Aid
Chewed leaves used as a poultice or rubbed on bruises and cuts.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 76
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hesquiat Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves mixed with kinnikinnick and smoked.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 76
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Hesquiat Other, Snuff
Leaves mixed with kinnikinnick and chewed.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 76
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Iroquois Other, Smoke Plant
Smashed roots used for smoking.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 57
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Micmac Drug, Ear Medicine
Leaves used for earache.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Micmac Drug, Hemostat
Leaves used for bleeding.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Mohegan Drug, Ear Medicine
Smoke blown into the ear for an earache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Montauk Drug, Toothache Remedy
Tobacco placed in tooth for toothache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Navajo Other, Sacred Items
Sacred plant depicted with beans, corn & squash in the first sacred painting of the Mountain Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 75
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Oweekeno Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves chewed and smoked.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 118
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Papago Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves half or fully dried and smoked.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 36
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Papago Other, Smoke Plant
Used for smoking.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 108
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Pima Other, Smoke Plant
Used for smoking.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 108
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Pima Other, Smoke Plant
Used for smoking.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 110
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Rappahannock Drug, Ear Medicine
Smoke blown into the ear for an earache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Rappahannock Drug, Toothache Remedy
Tobacco placed in tooth for toothache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Shinnecock Drug, Ear Medicine
Smoke blown into the ear for an earache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Shinnecock Drug, Toothache Remedy
Tobacco placed in tooth for toothache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of plant used on cuts and sores.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 288
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Thompson Other, Ceremonial Items
Plant used as an offering in the sweat house.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 288
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Tsimshian Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for chewing.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 350