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Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used for headache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Anticonvulsive Root used for convulsions and palsy. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Expectorant Root 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 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root chewed 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 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Used for 'weakness of the womb and nervous affections.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Oral Aid Infusion used for 'thrush.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Other Root used as a tonic and expectorant and for palsy and vertigo. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Drug, Tonic Root used as a tonic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Cherokee Other, Cash Crop Roots sold in large quantities to traders in the late 19th century for fifty cents a pound. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 36 |
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Chippewa Other, Cash Crop Root became a money commodity because of the white traders' demand for it. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 137 |
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Chippewa Other, Good Luck Charm Root considered a good luck charm if carried in the pocket. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 137 |
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Creek Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plant applied to bleeding cuts. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
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Creek Drug, Diaphoretic Decoction of plant taken to produce sweating for fevers. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
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Creek Drug, Febrifuge Decoction of plant taken to produce sweating for fevers. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
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Creek Drug, Hemostat Poultice of plant applied to bleeding cuts. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
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Creek Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of roots taken for short windedness. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 44 |
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Delaware Drug, Tonic Roots and other plant parts used as a general tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 32 |
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Delaware Drug, Unspecified Plants used to effect cures where all others have failed. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 32 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Panacea Infusion of root used in any severe illness as a cure when others have failed. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 27, 76 |
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Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Tonic Infusion of root and other plant parts taken as a general tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 27, 76 |
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Houma Drug, Antiemetic Decoction of root taken for vomiting. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61 |
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Houma Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Decoction of root with whiskey taken for rheumatism. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61 |
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Iroquois Drug, Anthelmintic Compound infusion of roots taken for tape worms. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Antiemetic Decoction of roots taken for vomiting from cholera morbus. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Antiemetic Infusion of roots taken for vomiting gall . Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound infusion of roots taken as a blood remedy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of roots taken for sores on body and boils. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Dietary Aid Infusion of roots taken for a bad appetite. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Ear Medicine Compound infusion of roots used as drops for earaches. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Eye Medicine Infusion of roots used as a wash for two year old children with sore eyes. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of roots used for night fevers. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 55 |
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Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of roots taken for upset stomach and vomiting gall. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound infusion of seed pods taken by women having difficulty with labor. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Liver Aid Decoction or infusion of roots taken to stop vomiting gall. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction of roots taken for vomiting from cholera morbus. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Panacea Compound decoction of roots taken or dried roots smoked as a panacea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Panacea Dried roots smoked for every ailment or fainting spells. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 396 |
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Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of roots used as a wash for two year old children with sore eyes. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Respiratory Aid Smashed root smoked for asthma. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Stimulant Plant used for laziness and as a stimulant. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 396 |
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Iroquois Drug, Tonic Plant used as a tonic. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 396 |
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Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of roots taken for tuberculosis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 395 |
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Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 396 |
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Menominee Drug, Hunting Medicine Root used in some war bundles and hunting bundles. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80 |
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Menominee Drug, Psychological Aid Plant acted as a tonic and 'strengthener of mental powers.' Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 24 |
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Menominee Drug, Tonic Plant acted as a tonic and strengthened mental powers. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 24 |
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Menominee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Root chewed by hunters to impart a lure to the breath and to attract deer. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80 |
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Menominee Other, Protection Root used in some war bundles and hunting bundles. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80 |
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Meskwaki Drug, Adjuvant Used chiefly as a seasoner to render other remedies powerful. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |
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Meskwaki Drug, Love Medicine Compound called a 'bagger' and used by a woman to get a husband. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 204 |