| Pedicularis attollens Gray Attol Lousewort USDA PEATA |
Washo Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plant applied to cuts, sores and swellings. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 112 |
| Pedicularis attollens Gray Attol Lousewort USDA PEATA |
Washo Drug, Tonic Decoction of leaves taken as a tonic. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 112 |
| Pedicularis bracteosa Benth. Bracted Lousewort USDA PEBRB |
Thompson Drug, Unspecified Plant used medicinally for unspecified purpose. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 467 |
| Pedicularis bracteosa Benth. Bracted Lousewort USDA PEBRB |
Thompson Other, Designs Leaves used as designs on baskets. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 500 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Catawba Drug, Analgesic Infusion of roots used for stomach pains. Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 190 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Catawba Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of roots used for stomach pains and disorders. Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 190 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Taken 'for bloody discharge from bowels' and used to rid sheep of lice. 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 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Used as an ingredient in cough medicine. 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 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of root rubbed on sores. 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 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root taken for stomachache and infusion taken 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 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Drug, Veterinary Aid Put in dog bed to de-louse pups and used to rid sheep of lice. 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 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Cherokee Food, Vegetable Cooked leaves and stems used for food. Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 54 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Chippewa Drug, Blood Medicine Infusion of dried roots used for anemic conditions. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 140 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Drug, Emetic Decoction taken to vomit for stomachaches caused by menstruating women. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction taken to vomit for stomachaches caused by menstruating women. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Drug, Heart Medicine Infusion of smashed roots taken for heart troubles. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Compound decoction of plants used as steam bath for sore legs or knees. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of whole plants taken for consumption with bad hemorrhage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 436 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Cooked and seasoned with salt, pepper or butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 118 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Menominee Drug, Love Medicine Root carried on the person who is contemplating making love advances. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 81 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Menominee Drug, Veterinary Aid Chopped root added to feed to make pony fat and vicious to all but its owner. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 53 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Meskwaki Drug, Cancer Treatment Poultice of root applied to tumors. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of root applied to external swellings. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Meskwaki Drug, Internal Medicine Decoction of plant taken for internal swelling and poultice applied for external swelling. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 247 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Meskwaki Drug, Love Medicine Root used in food to make estranged married people congenial & a love medicine used to return love Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Mohegan Drug, Abortifacient Infusion of leaves taken to induce abortion. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of roots taken for stomach ulcers. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2304 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Ojibwa Drug, Love Medicine Chopped root added to food as a love charm. The root was added to some dish of food that was cooking, without the knowledge of the people who were going to eat it, and if they had been quarrelsome, then they became lovers again. However, the informant said that it was too often put to bad uses. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 432 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Ojibwa Drug, Love Medicine Finely cut root secretly added to another's food as an aphrodisiac. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 389390 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Ojibwa Drug, Throat Aid Infusion of fresh or dried leaves taken for sore throats. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2304 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Potawatomi Drug, Cathartic Root used as a physic. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 83 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Potawatomi Drug, Internal Medicine Root used by Prairie Potawatomi for both internal and external swellings. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 83 |
| Pedicularis canadensis L. Canadian Lousewort USDA PECAC3 |
Potawatomi Food, Fodder Roots mixed with oats to fatten the ponies. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 123 |
| Pedicularis centranthera Gray Dwarf Lousewort USDA PECE |
Shoshoni Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root given to children for stomachaches. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 112 |
| Pedicularis centranthera Gray Dwarf Lousewort USDA PECE |
Shoshoni Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of root given to children for stomachaches. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 112 |
| Pedicularis densiflora Benth. ex Hook. Indian Warrior USDA PEDED |
Mendocino Indian Food, Forage Flower nectar used by yellowhammer birds. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 388 |
| Pedicularis densiflora Benth. ex Hook. Indian Warrior USDA PEDED |
Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified Honey sucked out of the flowers by children. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 388 |
| Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. Elephanthead Lousewort USDA PEGR2 |
Cheyenne Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of powdered leaves and stems taken to stop or loosen a long lasting cough. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 187 |
| Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. Elephanthead Lousewort USDA PEGR2 |
Cheyenne Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of smashed leaves and stems taken for coughs. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 39 |
| Pedicularis kanei Dur. Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Alaska Food, Unspecified Raw roots eaten with seal oil. Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Flowers with water added allowed to ferment. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 125 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Roots boiled or roasted. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 125 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Arctic Food, Unspecified Flowers sucked by children for the sweet nectar. Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Arctic Food, Unspecified Roots eaten either raw or cooked. Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Arctic Food, Vegetable Flowering stems boiled and eaten as a potherb. Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Dessert Fermented, frozen greens mashed, creamed and mixed with sugar and oil for a dessert. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 56 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Unspecified Raw shoots and roots used for food. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 56 |
| Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei Woolly Lousewort USDA PEKA7 |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Vegetable Fermented young flower tops eaten with oil and sugar, like sauerkraut. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 56 |
| Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. Swamp Lousewort USDA PELA2 |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Cooked and seasoned with salt, pepper or butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 118 |
| Pedicularis procera Gray Giant Lousewort USDA PEPR7 |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items Used in Mountaintopway. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 44 |