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Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Infusion mixed with meal used as poultice for pain.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Taken for painful urination.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Used for 'scaldhead.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid
Leaves rubbed on children's thumb to prevent thumb sucking.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Poison
Used to poison fish and infusion mixed with meal used as poultice for pain.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Poultice
Used as a poultice for 'swelled and inflamed parts.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid
Taken for 'gravel,' painful urination and bloody urine.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Choctaw Drug, Gynecological Aid
Strong infusion of whole plant taken freely to prevent abortion.
Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 286
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Iroquois Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of plant and another plant given to children for diarrhea.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 40
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Compound poultice of raw plants applied to cuts and wounds.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Compound decoction taken and poultice used for baby's broken coccyx.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid
Compound decoction taken and poultice used for baby's broken coccyx.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 313
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of plant and another plant given to children for diarrhea.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 40
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Mendocino Indian Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of whole plant used as an astringent.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 345
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic
Warm infusion of plant taken for stomachache.
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 23
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Warm infusion of plant taken for stomachache.
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 23
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of whole plant taken, especially by children, for diarrhea.
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 238
Polygonum aviculare L.
Prostrate Knotweed
USDA POAV
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of whole plant taken, especially by children, for diarrhea.
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 238