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Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Abortifacient
Infusion of leaves taken to abort a fetus up to about four months old.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 320
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of leaves taken for dead people's sickness. The symptoms of this disease are numb and painful legs, neck, shoulders and perhaps the backbone. The sufferer is sleepy during the day, has 'short breath,' and loses appetite. Fever and headaches also accompany this illness.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 257
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of leaves taken for headaches.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 282
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of leaf taken for bear sickness: fever, headache, thirst, constipation & blocked urination.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 198
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of leaves taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 206
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of plant taken for wolf sickness: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and frequent urination.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 227
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Leaves used for adult's sickness caused by adultery: headache, body pains and crossed fingers.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 256
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Leaves used for baby sickness caused by adultery: appetite loss, fever, headache and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 253
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Leaves used for scalping sickness: severe headache, backache and low fever.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 262
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of leaves taken by babies and adults for otter sickness: diarrhea and vomiting.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 222
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of leaves taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 206
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of plant taken for wolf sickness: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and frequent urination.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 227
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Leaves burned and smoke 'smelled' by the baby for raccoon sickness: diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 218
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Leaves used for baby sickness caused by adultery: appetite loss, fever, headache and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 253
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal
Leaves used for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting and appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 156
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic and rubbed on the body for cat sickness: nausea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 224
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Infusion of leaves taken by babies and adults for otter sickness: diarrhea and vomiting.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 222
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Infusion of leaves taken by children for buzzard sickness: vomiting.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 305
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Infusion of plant taken for wolf sickness: vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and frequent urination.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 227
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antiemetic
Leaves used for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting and appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 156
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of leaves rubbed on body & body steamed for deer sickness: numb, painful limbs & joints.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 192
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Infusion of leaves added to food after a recent death.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 342
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaf used as an emetic in purification after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of leaves taken by babies & adults for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting & appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 234
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of leaves taken for dead people's sickness. The symptoms of this disease are numb and painful legs, neck, shoulders and perhaps the backbone. The sufferer is sleepy during the day, has 'short breath,' and loses appetite. Fever and headaches also accompany this illness.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 257
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Infusion of leaves taken as emetic for ghost sickness: grief, lung cough, appetite loss & vomiting.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 260
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Infusion of leaves taken by babies for opossum sickness: appetite loss and drooling.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 220
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Leaves used for baby sickness caused by adultery: appetite loss, fever, headache and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 253
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Dietary Aid
Leaves used for bird sickness: diarrhea, vomiting and appetite loss.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 156
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Decoction of plant & other plants taken as an emetic by doctors to strengthen his internal medicine.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 145
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic and rubbed on the body for cat sickness: nausea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 224
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as an emetic by the doctor to prevent the next patient from getting worse. This emetic was taken by the doctor after a patient had died. It prevented the next patient from getting worse instead of improving under the doctor's care.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 184
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as an emetic to 'clean the insides.'
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Emetic
Plant used as an emetic during religious ceremonies.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 409
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of leaves taken and used as a bath for mist sickness: eye disease, fever and chills.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of leaves taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 206
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Decoction of leaves taken for dead people's sickness. The symptoms of this disease are numb and painful legs, neck, shoulders and perhaps the backbone. The sufferer is sleepy during the day, has 'short breath,' and loses appetite. Fever and headaches also accompany this illness.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 257
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Decoction of leaves taken for fevers.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 282
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaf taken for bear sickness: fever, headache, thirst, constipation & blocked urination.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 198
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaves taken and used as a bath for mist sickness: eye disease, fever and chills.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Redbay
USDA PEBO
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213