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Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Bella Coola Drug, Emetic
Decoction of three foot stick taken alternatively with large amounts of water as an emetic.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 208
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Green River Group Drug, Emetic
Young shoots, peeled of bark, used as an emetic.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 33
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Antidote
Decoction of bark taken as an antidote for poisoning, caused vomiting.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of bark used as a wash or soaking solution for rheumatic pain.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Decoction of bark taken for rheumatic fever.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Emetic
Bark chewed and juice swallowed to induce vomiting.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Emetic
Decoction of bark taken as an antidote for poisoning, caused vomiting.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Drug, Laxative
Decoction of bark taken in small doses as a laxative.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Dye, Brown
Bark soaked with cedar bark to darken the cedar.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Hesquiat Other, Toys & Games
Wood used for making children's bows.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Karok Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Shoots used to make arrows.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Kwakiutl Drug, Cathartic
Root extract used as a purgative.
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 289
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Kwakiutl Drug, Emetic
Decoction of bark taken to induce vomiting.
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 289
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Kwakiutl Drug, Laxative
Decoction of bark taken for constipation.
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 289
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Kwakiutl Drug, Venereal Aid
Root extract used for locomotor ataxia.
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 289
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Miwok Food, Fruit
Raw berries used for food.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 162
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Saanich Drug, Laxative
Infusion of macerated roots taken as a quick laxative.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 86
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Tolowa Other, Toys & Games
Seeds squeezed and popped.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 43
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
USDA PHCA11
Wintoon Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Straight stems used to make arrows.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264